Okeanus has expanded its geographical footprint to include offices and equipment storage facilities in the state of Rhode Island, to support the offshore energy sector amid increasing offshore wind activity in the northeastern United States. The US-based oceanographic equipment provider now has a ne
Saipem has received a Letter of Award from Qatargas for the development of the North Field Production Sustainability Offshore Project, located off Qatar.
Norwegian offshore vessel owner GC Rieber has entered into an agreement to sell the IMR / Walk-to-Work vessel Polar Queen. According to GC Rieber, the sale to the undisclosed buyer will see the vessel, built at Freire Shipyard in 2011, leave the offshore industry. The gangway onboard the vessel is n
Chariot Oil & Gas has signed a collaboration agreement with Subsea Integration Alliance to work together to enable the front-end design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation and operation of the Anchois gas development project in Morocco. Subsea Integration Alliance is a nonincorpora
Shearwater has secured an ocean bottom seismic 4D survey for Aker BP at the Ivar Aasen field. According to seismic exploration company, the OBS project in the Norwegian North Sea, has a duration of approximately one month. The survey will commence in Q2 2021 and will employ Shearwater’s multi-purpos
CWind Taiwan has secured a contract by Van Oord to charter a survey vessel for the nearshore cable route survey at the Greater Changhua 1 & 2a offshore wind project in Taiwan. Starting this March, CWind Taiwan will use Ocean Surveyor 3 to support Van Oord in conducting multibeam surveys of the wind
GC Rieber Shipping has agreed a charter extension with DeepOcean for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx. The deal will be in direct continuation of the ongoing charter in Ghana. Norwegian shipowner said the extension will see the vessel stay with DeepOcean until the end of May 2021. Built in 2014, the subse
Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract for the provision of subsea manifold and TCS connection systems for LLOG Exploration Offshore‘s Spruance and Dome Patrol subsea developments in the Gulf of Mexico. The manifold will feature Trendsetter’s TCS subsea production connectors along with produ
Dutch subsea and survey specialist Fugro has seen its loss almost doubled in 2020 with revenues down some 12 per cent due to the impact of Covid-19 and the downturn in oil and gas. The company recognised net loss of €74 million in 2020, against net loss of €39.6 million in 2019. Revenue declined in
As the world continues its race to a net zero future, identifying potential carbon and hydrogen storage sites as well as deep-sea mineral deposits will be vital to meet emissions abatement targets for 2050 and beyond. Existing and future marine seismic data can massively improve assessments of the s
Australian oil and gas firm Beach Energy is proposing to undertake subsea installation and commissioning works within petroleum production licence VIC/L23. Specifically, these activities are part of the Otway Phase 4 Development project, which aims to increase gas supply to the Beach-operated Otway
Fugro has secured a contract to conduct a cable route survey for the New England Aqua Ventus I floating wind project offshore Maine. Under the contract, Fugro will carry out a combined geophysical, environmental and geotechnical cable route survey at the state-designated area two miles south of Monh
Siem Offshore has entered into a contract with Seaway 7 for the subsea offshore construction vessel Siem Barracuda. The renewables business unit of Subsea 7 will utilise the vessel for an offshore wind project in the Far East. The Siem Barracuda is currently mobilising to the area of operation, for
AqualisBraemar LOC Group is acquiring East Point Geo, a UK-based geoscience consultancy in the offshore and onshore renewable energy and oil and gas sectors. AqualisBraemar LOC, which has entered into a definitive agreement to obtain 100 per cent of the share capital of East Point Geo Limited, said
