N-Sea Offshore has won a contract with Gasunie to deliver offshore acoustic survey services for the BBL subsea pipeline between the Netherlands and the UK. N-Sea will carry out an acoustic survey of approximately 230 kilometers of offshore pipeline in the Southern North Sea, between Balgzand in the
A pre-lay multibeam survey operation along the export cable route for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind farm in Massachusetts has begun. The survey operations, being performed by the research vessel Shearwater in the Nantucket Sound, will take approximately two weeks, subject to weather conditions. Sh
RTE Réseau de Transport d’Electricité has issued a tender for offshore unexploded ordnance (UXO) survey along the export cable routes of the Centre Manche 1 & 2 (AO4 auction) and South Britanny (A05 auction) offshore wind farm grid connection projects. The aim of the surveys is to identify potential
Green Energy Group (SeaBird Exploration) has entered into a binding agreement with an undisclosed party to sell the seismic research vessel Petrel Explorer. The sale, expected to be completed in about four weeks, will see the vessel leave the offshore industry. Green Energy Group did not disclose an
Ocean Infinity has started a geophysical survey campaign at the South Irish Sea offshore wind farm in Ireland, off the coasts of Wexford and south Wicklow. The survey, which is carried out by the vessel Northern Maria, will last until 30 August, subject to weather conditions. For the survey, Ocean I
Green Rebel Marine has commenced a geophysical site survey campaign at the Emerald floating offshore wind project in the North Celtic Sea. The surveys, which began on 13 July and are set to take place until 31 July, are carried out by Roman Rebel, using multibeam echo sounders and ultra-high-resolut
Norwegian seismic player TGS has made its first renewable energy venture investment with the acquisition of an equity stake in NASH Renewables, a start-up developing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for the prospecting, construction and operations of wind energy projects. Led by former Siemens
France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) has issued a tender seeking a contractor to carry out offshore geophysical studies on submarine cable routes of offshore wind farms. RTE is looking to conduct geophysical surveys along the submarine cables, approxima
MMA Offshore has added its first Taiwanese vessel to its fleet following the reflagging of the multipurpose vessel MMA Crystal. A subsea conversion program was completed on MMA Crystal, previously an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS), at the beginning of the year to support the offshore wind market
Kongsberg Maritime has secured more than NOK 450 million (around €43.7 million) in new contracts for its Hugin autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV). The Q2 2022 order income consists of a mix of recurring business with existing customers and new customers that will use the Hugin platform in their op
Oil and gas company Neptune Energy has awarded TechnipFMC with a new contract for the delivery of technical services in Norway. The Technical Service Agreement (TSA) builds on an existing contract that is said to have been optimised to fit Neptune’s future requirements. TechnipFMC will continue prov
Fugro has completed a geotechnical site investigation at the IJmuiden Ver (Noord) V and VI offshore wind farm sites in the Dutch North Sea for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), as part of the geophysical survey package the company was awarded earlier this year. Fugro worked from a third-party
Rovco has signed an agreement with Vroon Offshore Services for the charter of offshore support vessel VOS Star for the delivery of its offshore wind projects. The 68-meter long DP2 multi-purpose support vessel will support Rovco’s offshore wind campaigns throughout 2022, including the provision of s
Offshore geophysical and geotechnical site investigations will soon begin at the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. The investigation will be carried out on the site located on the Smith Bank in the Outer Moray Firth, approximately 22.5 kilometres from the Caithness coastline, covering an
