Fugro has made what it says is an industry-first for pipelay support services, performing a remote survey for a 433-kilometer trunkline offshore Western Australia using its Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV). Fugro conducted a series of survey campaigns said to have played a critical role in
Brazilian oil & gas giant Petrobras and Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro have expanded their decades-long partnership with four multi-year contracts that together have an approximate value of $340 million. Following a tender procedure, Fugro has been awarded four multi-year, day-rate contracts for th
A construction support vessel (CSV) owned by Norway’s shipping player Rem Offshore has begun working for Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor following an extensive rebuild and mobilization project. In pursuit of more sustainable operations, efficiency enhancements, and cost savings, Rem Offsh
A couple of months after securing a contract for an oil project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro has been appointed to support a deepwater gas project in the Eastern Mediterranean. Italy’s energy company Eni has awarded Fugro with a contract to perform a co
France’s energy giant TotalEnergies has awarded Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices with a contract to perform marine seismic acquisition at an offshore block in São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa, it entered last year. The project is the first under a three-year firm capacity reservation agreement (CRA
SLB OneSubsea has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor for a subsea CO2 injection system destined for the second phase of the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project. Northern Lights constitutes the transport,
Shortly following the addition of a new Saab remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to its fleet, the UAE-based CCC (Underwater Engineering) has contracted the UK’s Forum Energy Technologies (FET) for the delivery of two work-class ROVs. The FET Perry XLX-C 3,000-meter systems will be used for construction
A short geotechnical survey is scheduled to begin at the Dogger Bank D offshore wind farm site in the UK this month. The offshore supply vessel (OSV) Connector will be deployed to carry out the work within the array area and the export cable route. The works will be performed in a single campaign, e
A geotechnical seabed survey has started at the project site of Ørsted’s Mooir Vannin Offshore Wind Farm in the Isle of Man’s territorial waters. Ørsted has commissioned GEO to carry out the work six to twelve nautical miles off the coast of Maughold, the area for lease granted to the Danish offshor
Dutch Fugro has been awarded contracts to conduct geophysical and geotechnical site investigations for the development of TotalEnergies and RWE’s two large-scale offshore wind farms in the German North Sea. Windbostel Ost and Windbostel West, being developed by a joint venture between RWE and TotalE
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has completed one and started another ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Gulf of America, previously known as the Gulf of Mexico. TGS announced last week that it had in collaboration with Viridien started Laconia Phase III in the Gulf of Ameri
Norway’s state-owned energy company Equinor has contracted compatriot marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater GeoServices to perform a 4D survey over its Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea. Located 25 kilometers southeast of the Åsgard field in water depth of 270 meters, Tyrihans was di
After having undergone upgrades to boost its survey capabilities, DOF Group’s vessel, designed for subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) and remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services up to 3,000 meters of depth, has been awarded multiple contracts. The multiple contracts will
Cyprus-headquartered marine seismic acquisition services provider SeaBird Exploration has changed its name to SED Energy Holdings, as well as its Oslo Stock Exchange ticker code, following the merger with Singapore’s tender-assisted drilling provider Energy Drilling. The new company name has been re
