Oceaneering has formed a collaboration agreement with German firm InnetiQs to explore and develop advanced inspection solutions for the offshore and onshore energy markets. The agreement combines IQ’s inspection technologies for subsea pipelines, risers, and structural assets with Oceaneering’s glob
The board of the Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has officially given the green light to carry out feasibility studies for four new offshore wind farms totalling up to 7.2 GW in capacity. This follows Energinet receiving orders from the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Ministry
Fugro has won a contract with Renexia to carry out surveys at the 2.8 GW Med Wind project, the first floating offshore wind project in the Mediterranean. Fugro will perform marine geophysical and environmental surveys to acquire comprehensive geo-data at the proposed wind farm location in water dept
TGS has completed the transaction to acquire the multi-client and processing business of ION Geophysical Corporation, referred to as the E&P Technology and Services (EPTS) business. The acquisition includes all of ION’s global offshore multi-client data library, data processing and imaging capabilit
New Jersey-headquartered Pioneer Consulting has been appointed to assist with the deployment of Petrobras’ Malha Óptica system in Brazil which will comprise a 1,200-kilometer oil and gas fiber network. Under the contract signed with the Zemax-Planova Consortium, Pioneer Consulting will provide suppo
Norway’s Solstad Offshore has won four new contracts with companies from the offshore wind and oil & gas industries for its subsea construction vessels (CSVs). The contracts have been awarded for Normand Australis, Normand Fortress, Normand Frontier and Normand Navigator. Activities will be carried
State-owned Russian gas company Gazprom has again shut off the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that supplies Europe with gas due to maintenance. Nord Stream 1 has been running at reduced capacity following a ten-day shutdown in July and in the past month, the flow was at approximately 20% of normal capacity.
Helix Robotics Solutions has extended its charter agreement with Bordelon Marine for the DP2 Jones Act-compliant ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV) Shelia Bordelon through June 2024. Helix currently operates the vessel primarily to support offshore renewables and inspection, repair & maintenance
Aker Solutions, Schlumberger and Subsea 7 have entered into agreements to form a joint venture, with the goal of delivering a step change in subsea production economics. The proposed joint venture will comprise the subsea businesses of Schlumberger and Aker Solutions, with Subsea 7 purchasing 10% of
Schlumberger has joined Versal, a unified multi-client seismic data ecosystem that seismic players PGS, TGS and CGG launched last year. Versal is said to be an independent, secure, cloud-based, multi-client seismic data ecosystem where energy companies can easily access all their data and entitlemen
NKT will soon start the first of two rock placement campaigns at the Shetland HVDC link on behalf of Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission. The first rock placement campaign is expected to commence on 15 September the earliest, with works planned to be completed by 5 November. Rock placement vessel H
A geophysical site survey campaign is set to begin in September at the proposed Inis Ealga Marine Energy Park floating offshore wind project in Ireland. DP Energy Ireland plans to kick off the geophysical surveys on 2 September at the site located off counties Cork and Waterford. The works will be c
Fugro has secured a marine site characterization contract by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) for the Sørlige Nordsjø II project, set to become the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Norway. The work scope will include mapping the seafloor and sub-seafloor to expand understanding of th
Danish transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet has issued a tender seeking a provider of an after installation survey along the Viking Link cable between Denmark and the UK. The main purpose of the survey is to confirm the vertical and horizontal position of the cable location. The survey activ
