A geotechnical site investigation campaign is set to begin at the proposed North Irish Sea Array (NISA) wind farm area offshore Ireland. The campaign will involve the deployment of seabed borehole drilling and Cone Penetration Test (CPT) equipment from a survey vessel at specific locations within th
The energy company Ilmatar has started a technical seabed survey for its planned Stormskär and Väderskär offshore wind project in Finland. The technical surveys of the seabed started by Ilmatar Offshore, a subsidiary of Ilmatar Energy Oy, are within the maritime areas north of Åland that, according
The geophysical and environmental survey works for the Salamander floating offshore wind project in Scotland have been completed, marking a significant milestone for the 100 MW project that is planned to be progressed through of the Scottish Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leasing round.
Offshore vessel provider MMA Offshore has secured a vessel contract with Beach Energy for a job in Bass Strait, offshore Australia.
The preliminary marine route survey for the second Malta-Sicily electrical interconnector is well underway as Fugro completed the geophysical survey near Malta, InterConnect Malta reports. Fugro Italy finalized the geophysical survey near Malta last week using smaller vessels to reach shallow waters
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) will soon start preliminary site investigations at three new offshore wind areas in the North Sea. The three sites are planned to be auctioned off in 2026/2027 and could jointly accommodate 3.5 GW of installed capacity. On 4 October, BSH launc
SSE Renewables and Equinor are looking into building what would be the fourth part of Dogger Bank Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, whose three phases (A, B and C) are currently under construction. Surveys are now underway at an offshore site where the partners want to develop Dogge
Decom Engineering is developing a new lighter subsea chopsaw following the completion of a cutting job on the Gyda platform removal in the North Sea. Decom was part of the project team in charge of removing Repsol Norge’s 30,000-ton Gyda platform, providing cutting expertise to remove conductors fro
Fugro is performing geophysical surveys at the array sites of RWE’s two Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind projects, DBS East and DBS West. The survey campaign, which started in May this year, will be underway until 31 October, subject to weather conditions, and is now being performed from the Fu
TGS has completed its 2022 NOAKA ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey two weeks ahead of schedule, marking the second successive season of dense OBN data acquisition in the region on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The project also signifies TGS’ fourth season of multi-client OBN projects i
Offshore geotechnical data acquisition, analysis and reporting specialist Geoquip Marine has appointed ex-president and CEO of JDR Cable Systems Richard Turner as its new chief executive officer (CEO), succeeding Stewart Higginson. Stewart Higginson, former CEO, is moving to the role of executive ch
Argeo has entered into a five-year bareboat contract for Argeo Searcher, with an option to purchase the vessel for $2 million after 12 months and $1 million after 27 months. Argeo Searcher, formerly known as Ocean Pearl, will operate in the North and South America (NSA) and West Africa (WA) energy m
Shearwater GeoServices is set to deliver the next-generation deepwater dual ROV ocean bottom node (OBN) deployment vessel to the industry. The vessel, under Shearwater ownership and management, is expected to be available to clients early in the second quarter of 2023 following the conversion of the
DEME has taken the decision to invest in a new DP fallpipe vessel by purchasing and converting a bulk carrier, as part of its commitment to rejuvenate its fleet for the offshore energy industry. DEME has signed an agreement with Singapore’s Pax Ocean Shipyards and the vessel will enter the yard in l
