The future of offshore inspections lays in remotely operated vehicles and drones, with the end goal of minimizing the crews’ exposure to dangerous environments, making the operations safer, more efficient and sustainable, Lex Veerhuis, Fugro’s development manager for new business, said at OEEC 2021.
Providence and Lansdowne confirm the site survey at the K drilling location of the Barryroe field in the North Celtic Sea is underway.
Vattenfall has opened a tender for offshore wind geotechnical and geophysical site investigation works, looking to enter into framework agreements with multiple contractors. Site investigation operations will be carried out during the development/construction phase of the developer’s offshore wind f
Sercel, CGG’s seismic equipment business, has launched a purpose-built acoustic source designed to help protect marine wildlife from high-frequency emissions while conducting seismic acquisitions. According to Sercel, Bluepulse is compatible with all existing peripherals making it an easy choice for
Australia’s MMA Offshore has secured a contract with Oil Search Limited for the provision of diving inspection services at an undisclosed project. The multipurpose supply vessel MMA Vigilant will be outfitted with specialized diving and survey systems and will act as the key support vessel on the pr
Fugro has completed the final phase of the site survey programme over the planned Pensacola exploration well location on Licence P2522 in the Southern North Sea. Data collection began on 16 October and was completed on 20 October with demobilization commencing shortly thereafter. Accordingly, all si
PGS has entered into a strategic collaboration with Magseis Fairfield to collaborate in the hybrid towed streamer and ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic market. The strategic collaboration has a global scope with an initial focus on the North Sea, and a duration of one year, with options to extend by t
Mermaid Maritime Limited (MML) has secured multiple contracts in Thailand, Angola and Saudi Arabia with a combined value of approximately $120 million.
A consortium of TGS, CGG and BGP has signed a multi-client agreement with Suriname’s national oil company Staatsolie for multi-client seismic programs. The agreement allows the consortium to acquire, promote and license multi-client seismic programs, including new 3D acquisition and legacy data repr
Australia’s National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) is inviting public comments for Woodside’s proposed Scarborough 4D B1 marine seismic survey.
Norwegian seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has unveiled a new seismic source technology for enhanced subsurface characterization known as Harmony. The technology provides seismic surveys with enhanced low frequencies enabling better decisions for exploration, development, and carbo
The Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities has requested Energinet to expand the current feasibility study areas at the Bornholm Energy Island site in the Baltic Sea, which could allow for installing 1 GW of offshore wind capacity more and also be the new place where the Hesselø project co
Shearwater GeoServices has begun a 4D monitor survey for TotalEnergies at the Louro-Mostarda development areas of Block 32 offshore Angola.
Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) has placed an order with Teledyne for survey equipment to be installed onboard its new survey vessel Manor Brunel.
