C-Ventus Offshore Windfarm Services BV has been contracted for Balance of Plant (BOP) services for the 108 MW Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. Under the five-year contract, C-Ventus’s annual scope of work will consist of above and below water inspections and seabed surveys inclu
UK’s Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM) has expanded its cable-laying hire fleet for pre-lay grapnel run (PLGR) and route clearance operations as the renewable energy sector prepares for a busy period offshore. Recent additions include two acoustic release hooks and a de-trenching grapnel with a 1.8-mete
HydroSurv and Sonardyne have completed a demonstration project involving HydroSurv’s Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) and Sonardyne’s acoustic communications technology, whose combined capabilities the two companies showcased at the site of the Valorous floating wind project, developed by TotalEnergies
Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP has placed an order with Optime Subsea for two new, second-generation remotely operated controls systems (ROCS). The second-generation system will come with a new stand-alone communication system for greater rig flexibility and efficient operations, and both sys
Norwegian seismic data company TGS has made an offer to buy compatriot Magseis Fairfield in a deal that values the seismic player at NOK 2.33 billion (approximately $237 million). The two companies entered into a transaction agreement whereby TGS, on and subject to certain terms and conditions, will
Fugro CEO Mark Heine has taken over as chair of the IRO, the non-profit organization for Dutch suppliers in the offshore energy industry. Heine was presented as the new chair during the celebration of IRO’s 50th anniversary on 23 June. Fugro’s CEO took over from previous chair Pieter van Oord, CEO o
TGS has kicked off a new seismic reprocessing project in the Western Margins of the Central North Sea, said to be designed to secure exploration success. The project will see the reprocessing of 3,500 square kilometers of data in the Greater Catcher Area covering quads 21, 28, and 29 of the North Se
XOCEAN has completed surveys of the export cable routes at the Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea. The campaign collected more than 7,000 kilometers of high-quality data across the inter-array areas and export cable routes in water depths ranging from 0 to 35 meters. The activities
A pre-construction geophysical survey for the Greenlink, a 500 MW subsea and underground electricity interconnector that will link Ireland and Wales, is about to begin. According to Jan De Nul’s notice to mariners, the survey of the Greenlink Interconnector route will be carried out between 26 June
Belgian transmission system operator (TSO) Elia has for the first time used an autonomous, unmanned surface vehicle (USV) to survey its offshore assets. The USV named Tupan, owned and developed by Brazilian start-up Tidewise, inspected Elia’s subsea cables to the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) in the B
MMA Offshore has entered into an agreement to acquire Subcon International, a Perth-headquartered provider of stabilization, coastal erosion and engineered reef solutions to the oil and gas, offshore wind and coastal infrastructure sectors. The acquisition is said to be in line with MMA’s purpose an
UK-based subsea services company Modus has chartered the multi-purpose offshore support vessel VOS Sweet from Vroon Offshore Services. The vessel has been chartered to execute a contract for pipeline inspection work in the Dutch North Sea and will be mobilized from the Modus Middlesbrough Marine Bas
DOF Subsea has secured the extension of four PIDF contracts with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras. The extensions will demand a fleet of at least three vessels operating for 18 months in direct continuation to the original schedule, performing flexible pipelines, risers and subsea equipment ins
PGS has won a “significant” acquisition contract comprising several 4D surveys by an international oil company offshore West Africa. The acquisition is scheduled to start in early November and is expected to be complete in early May 2023. “We are very pleased with this contract award, which secures
