U.S.-headquartered geotechnical and offshore survey research and service company TDI-Brooks has completed a geological assessment for Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge in the Gulf of Mexico/America. The project saw the utilization of the 48-meter-long research vessel Brooks McCall, which
Geoquip Marine has completed a preliminary geotechnical site investigation for two 4 GW offshore wind projects in the German North Sea. Under the contract, the UK-based company drilled 28 boreholes across the project sites to analyse the subsea terrain for wind turbine foundations. Geoquip underwent
GEOxyz has opened its first branch in Africa, located in Namibia, marking what the Belgium-headquartered survey company describes is a significant milestone in its international expansion strategy. According to GEOxyz, Namibia was chosen as the regional base due to its central location, strong busin
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured four long-term contracts with Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras that are together worth approximately $480 million. Skandi Iguaçu, which DOF describes as one of the biggest anchor handling tug and supply (AHTS) vessels ever built in Brazil with
Australia-based Shelf Subsea has completed reactivation works for its 2010-built saturation diving vessel, with all new ABS certificates reissued and the vessel now ready for its first job. Shelf Subsea reported some five days ago that the 82-meter-long DP2 vessel Southern Nova had finished its majo
PGE Baltica has signed a contract with a consortium of Polish companies to carry out a specialist geophysical survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for the Baltica 9 offshore wind farm. The two companies that will perform the survey of the Baltic Sea seabed for the presence of unexploded ordnance and shal
Fugro has initiated a recruitment process to replace its Group Director for Europe and Africa, who has decided to step down in order to pursue other opportunities. The Dutch company reported at the beginning of this week that Erik-Jan Bijvank was stepping down as Group Director Europe and Africa to
Norwegian Omega Subsea has awarded compatriot remotely operated vehicle (ROV) manufacturer Kystdesign with a contract for 12 new ROVs, scheduled for delivery next year, of which eight shall be deployed to support Solstad Offshore. Out of the 12 systems, eight are set to support various vessel and su
Ørsted has completed geotechnical and geophysical investigations at two Gippsland offshore wind farm sites in Australia. Using specialist vessels and equipment, the developer tested approximately 60 locations across its two feasibility licence areas by scanning and sampling the seabed in the Bass St
Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro is sending an uncrewed surface vessel (USV), said to be the largest one in its fleet, on a seabed data acquisition mission in the North Sea, which will enable Norway’s MAREANO seabed mapping program to tuck a new first under its belt with the first USV technology fora
RWE and Masdar have signed contracts with TGS and Fugro to conduct detailed geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the eastern array of the proposed Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms. According to the developers, these site investigations will enhance understanding of the seabed conditio
The Netherlands-based UXOcontrol, a subsidiary of N-Sea Group, is set to commence UXO-related scopes at a UK offshore wind farm at the beginning of May. UXOcontrol has secured a contract to perform various UXO-related scopes on a UK wind farm both for the inter-array area as well as the export cable
The Dutch company, N-Sea Group, has been awarded a contract to repair one of the four export cables that connect the 576 MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm in the UK to the National Grid. N-Sea will be responsible for replacing a five-kilometer section of 132 kV export cable from the onshore transiti
Italy-headquartered Rosetti Marino has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract valued at over €300 million for a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore the UK being developed by Italian energy major Eni. The contract for the Liverpool Bay CCS project covers the
