Acteon’s marine technology specialist Seatronics has placed the first-ever order for Sonardyne’s recently launched SPRINT-Nav Mini Navigator. Seatronics made the purchase of what is said to be the world’s smallest hybrid acoustic-inertial navigation instrument for its Valor remotely operated vehicle
Rovco has commenced year two of its subsea and hydrographic campaign on the operational Beatrice offshore wind farm in Scotland. Rovco’s scope of work includes inspection and surveys across the nominated subsea jackets and inter-array cable locations at the 588 MW wind farm. The aim is to enable yea
Fugro is about to commence site investigation works in the development area for the consented Inch Cape offshore wind farm located within the Outer Firth of Tay.
Fugro GB North Marine has completed the geophysical site survey over the planned Pensacola exploration well location on Licence P2522 in the Southern North Sea.
PGS has completed a simultaneous node and streamer acquisition for Lundin Energy and partners in PL1083 in the Barents Sea.
Texas-based ION Geophysical is about to commence a third phase of the Mid North Sea High 3D seismic data acquisition multi-client program.
Irish offshore engineering consultancy Gavin & Doherty Geosolutions (GDG) has opened its first office in the Netherlands, with the aim of expanding its presence in the European offshore wind market. By adding a base in the Netherlands, GDG said it is looking to strengthen its connections with client
Survey vessels Northern Franklin and Normand Flower are set to start geophysical and geotechnical site investigation works at the Moray West offshore wind farm site at the beginning of September. Northern Franklin is scheduled to commence geophysical surveys on 4 September. The vessel will be carryi
Ryder Geotechnical has completed site-specific assessment (SSA) at the turbine locations of the first two phases of the Dogger Bank offshore wind project. Ryder completed a geotechnical zonation assessment to classify the 190 turbine locations in terms of geotechnical risk to the upcoming jack-up op
Seismic surveyor PXGEO has secured a contract to carry out an ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the North Sea. The OBN marine seismic acquisition project will be carried out in the second quarter of 2022, with an approximate duration of three months. PXGEO has not revealed any other details about t
Subsea Europe Services (SES) and Maritime Tactical Systems (MARTAC) have signed an extensive partnership agreement to cooperate on the delivery of unmanned and autonomous marine survey platforms. The collaboration combines technology and autonomous survey platforms for new, more efficient marine dat
Pre-lay trenching works have begun along a number of inter-array cable routes within the Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind farm area, ahead of the installation of cables at a later date.
UXOcontrol has completed the unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and disposal campaign at the Hollandse Kust Zuid 3 and 4 offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The campaign, which ran from early February till July, saw a total of 1,350 targets investigated, with 19 being highlighted as UXOs
TGS and Magseis Renewables are collaborating on two new technology pilot projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) and offshore wind. The first project will use high-resolution 3D seismic acquisition in Norway at a carbon storage area to demonstrate technology for detailed imaging of the full se
