Helix Energy Solutions has secured another extension of its well intervention charter and services contracts with Petrobras for the well intervention vessel Siem Helix 2. The two-year extension directly follows Helix’s current contracts with Petrobras and is scheduled to conclude in December 2024. T
Transmission system operator TenneT has selected Fugro Germany Land GmbH to carry out geophysical and geotechnical soil investigations at the BalWin1, BalWin2, and BalWin3 offshore platform locations in the German North Sea. The contract covers the execution of geophysical and geotechnical soil inve
German offshore wind developer EnBW has contracted the Netherlands-based UXO consultancy company NjordIC for explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) expert services for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm project in Germany. The company will provide EOD expertise and UXO consultancy during the upcoming UXO s
Fugro has completed the geophysical analysis of the proposed seabed route of the second Malta-Italy interconnector. The activities, completed last week, took place between Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq, Malta, and Ragusa, Sicily, and were executed on board the 60-meter survey vessel Urbano Monti. This preliminary
Geophysical and environmental surveys will commence next week at two 100 MW floating offshore wind demonstration projects that will be built off the coast of southwest Wales in the Celtic Sea.
Poland’s PGE Baltica, a PGE Group company, has entered the stage of environmental surveys for the Baltica 1 offshore wind farm located approximately 80 kilometres from the Polish Baltic coast. The research will be carried out by a consortium of the Gdynia Maritime University and MEWO S.A., which wil
Magseis Fairfield has secured an increased project scope for an offshore survey in the North Sea awarded in June 2020. The project is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2023, with an expected duration of approximately three months, using the Z700 technology. It was initially scheduled to co
Shearwater GeoServices has signed a multi-year global agreement with WesternGeco for geophysical data acquisition services, as well as secured a new contract offshore Australia. The agreement is said to enable access to Shearwater’s full range of acquisition technologies and global fleet of seismic
Tanjung Offshore Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of energy solutions provider T7 Global, has received a letter of award (LOA) from Petronas for the delivery of mini remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services. The award is effective for two years, until 11 August 2024, and will see Tanjung Offshore
Swiss underwater robotics company Hydromea and Scotland’s remote technology specialist Air Control Entech (ACE) have entered into a service partnership agreement to commercialize what is said to be the world’s first wireless remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) for inspections at offshore floa
Norwegian seismic player TGS is planning to commence the Capreolus Phase 2 3D seismic survey in the Carnarvon Basin on the Australian North West Shelf by the end of the year. Capreolus Phase 2 will comprise 4,500 square kilometers of multi-client seismic data located in the Beagle Sub-Basin. This ar
Sercel, the Sensing & Monitoring division of CGG, has completed the acquisition of ION Geophysical’s software business. The acquisition is said to enable Sercel to supplement its range of software and services and open further diversification opportunities in simultaneous marine operations. The soft
Searcher Seismic has entered into a partnership with the South East Asia Petroleum Exploration Society (SEAPEX) for the GeoClerk platform. The SEAPEX non-profit organization was established in 1973 to promote awareness and advance the science of geology and related Earth Sciences, with emphasis on p
A joint venture of Van Oord and DEME has won a contract from Allseas for the Darwin Pipeline Duplication Project located offshore Northern Australia. Van Oord and DEME will be responsible for providing support for the shallow water pipeline installation scope in Northern Territory waters, including
