UK’s Enshore Subsea and Belgian Herbosch-Kiere have partnered to purchase a 25-year-old cable-laying vessel (CLV) in a newly created joint venture. Herbosch-Kiere and Enshore Subsea have purchased the 1999-built, 88-meter-long Topaz Installer vessel, set to be renamed CMOS Installer. The vessel is m
U.S.-based developer of subsea autonomous robotic systems and software Nauticus Robotics has secured over $12 million in funding, part of a second tranche of investment, to execute 2024 goals, including augmented autonomy for subsea robots. Nauticus Robotics secured the first tranche of financing be
Helix Energy Solutions has secured the extension of its decommissioning contract with Trident Energy do Brasil at rates said to be in line with the improved well intervention market. The contract extension, expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024, is for an additional 12 months and is in dir
Oceaneering International has secured multiple contracts during the fourth quarter of 2023 with an anticipated aggregate revenue of approximately $200 million. The anticipated revenues from these contracts in Oceaneering’s Manufactured Products segment range in value from less than $10 million to gr
Fugro has been awarded the geophysical survey contract for the development of the Doordewind offshore wind zone in the Netherlands. Fieldwork is planned to commence in April 2024 and will be conducted with Fugro’s geophysical vessel Fugro Pioneer. Onboard are customized digital streamers and process
Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security has given its approval for the Adriatic Link submarine power line, set to facilitate the integration of renewable sources and support energy transition goals in Italy. The Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security authorized, through a de
Norwegian energy services company AGR has secured a long-term contract for the provision of blowout and well control studies and associated services to Vår Energi’s activities on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Under the framework agreement, AGR is set to provide services within blowout conti
International marine environmental consulting and survey company CSA Ocean Sciences has been granted a non-exclusive General Offshore Geophysical Survey permit which allows it to conduct low-energy marine surveys within a three-mile zone from the mean high tide line along California’s coast. The per
India’s government-owned energy giant Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has appointed Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices to deliver an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey off the coast of India. According to Shearwater, the venture will showcase its Pearl node technology aboard the SW Tasman, a vessel
Italian energy infrastructure operator Snam, in cooperation with Confindustria, has officially launched a market test on hydrogen demand in Italy and, in partnership with Eni, a collection of non-binding expressions of interest for the transport and storage of CO2 within the framework of the carbon
Norwegian provider of energy data and intelligence TGS and oilfield services company SLB are set to perform ocean bottom node (OBN) multi-client acquisition in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, representing the seventh program within the seismic joint venture. Starting in the first quarter of 2024, Engageme
A Canadian company active in the offshore oil & gas and energy sectors has appointed Norway’s VARD to convert a platform supply vessel (PSV) that it built 16 years ago into a cable-laying vessel (CLV). I.T. International Telecom Marine (IT) is a Halifax-based marine network installer offering deskto
Eidesvik Offshore has signed an extension to its ship management agreement with DEME for the construction support vessel (CSV) Viking Neptun. Eidesvik has provided full technical management, crewing and operation of Viking Neptun since December 2022 and this agreement extends the firm period to Janu
Energy major Shell has joined the Renewables for Subsea Power (RSP) collaborative project which is powering subsea equipment off the coast of Orkney, Scotland, through a combination of wave power and subsea energy storage. The £2 million demonstrator initiative, nearing 12 months in the water, has c
