
Fugro, NOAA, University of South Florida and SeaTrac Systems have kicked off a project to autonomously map ecologically vulnerable coastal areas and active waterways in Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico using an uncrewed surface vehicle (USV).

Fugro’s DP2 multipurpose vessel Atlantis Dweller has arrived in Luanda, the capital of Angola, ahead of an offshore survey that it will conduct for French energy major TotalEnergies.

Norway-based Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has secured a contract to conduct a 3D exploration in West Africa.

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has made available nearly $1.3 million to support redevelopment data collection in the New York Bight Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) to facilitate responsible offshore wind development.

Geoquip Marine has completed what is said to be a “highly challenging” geotechnical investigation at an offshore wind project in Japan for Influx Offshore Wind Power HD.

Reach Subsea has entered into an agreement with Equinor Ventures to acquire OCTIO, a provider of geophysical monitoring solutions for hydrocarbon producing fields and CO2 storage reservoirs.

DOF Subsea’s construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Neptune has completed the first stage of the ocean bottom node (OBN) 4D seismic campaign on the Jubarte field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.

U.S.-based marine environmental consulting firm CSA Ocean Sciences has completed a two-year environmental baseline survey (EBS) at depths of up to 2,400 meters in waters offshore southeast Barbados.

Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has approved Beach Energy’s plan for geophysical and geotechnical seabed assessment on the Trefoil field.

Oil major Shell is free to go ahead with its planned seismic surveys along the eastern coast of South Africa after the court dismissed an 11th-hour legal challenge by environmental groups which claim that the activities will cause irreparable harm to the marine environment in the region.

HOFOR Vind has issued a tender looking for UXO consultancy services for the Aflandshage offshore wind project, set to be located 12 kilometers east of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Norwegian seismic company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) is set to begin a 4D acquisition survey for Petrobras offshore Brazil.

Norway-based Magseis Fairfield has secured another contract to conduct a 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of Mexico for a repeat customer.

Australia-based MMA Offshore has secured a contract to conduct underwater geotechnical surveys to refine the cable route for the proposed interconnection project Marinus Link.