U.S.-headquartered energy services provider Expro has won a contract to supply tubular running services (TRS) for the first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the Netherlands. The contract covers the recompletion and conversion of legacy offshore gas production wells into CO2 injec
A UK-built 12-meter-long autonomous uncrewed surface vessel (USV), designed for long-distance over-the-horizon operations, has hit the water for the first time, with three sister vessels soon to follow. After nearly 18 months of design, engineering, and build, UK-headquartered Zero USV launched its
Geophysical survey operations and a static fishing gear survey are taking place within the Inch Cape offshore wind farm site and its associated export cable corridor from February 19 until the end of April. On behalf of Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between ESB and Red Rock Renewables,
An advanced, 24-meter-long unmanned surface vessel (USV) being built in Spain for a joint venture of DeepOcean, Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi has been floated out. GONDAN Shipbuilders started the construction of the USV Challenger in March 2024, following the order from USV A/S, a joint ventu
Spanish maritime survey and ROV services operator ACSM is in the process of upgrading its 25-year-old offshore support vessel (OSV) Nautilus to enhance its operations in the subsea sector. The 73-meter-long vessel has completed its upgrading phase at the shipyard Viana do Castelo in Spain, and is n
Norwegian marine geoscience and technology company Shearwater Geoservices has secured a contract from ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered ExxonMobil, for a large deepwater 4D ocean-bottom node (OBN) seismic survey. According to Shearwater Geoservices, the survey is set to begin
Seabed investigations using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) are scheduled to start at the site of Ørsted’s Hornsea Three offshore wind farm in the UK on March 1. A work-class ROV will be deployed from a DP vessel to investigate discrete areas of the seabed, both in the array site and on the export
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS is set to kick off a new multi-client 3D seismic acquisition and processing project in the Goliat area of the Norwegian Barents Sea. According to TGS, the upcoming GeoStreamer survey will cover up to 1,600 square kilometers over key discoveries,
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has secured two subsea construction projects for its subsea vessel Skandi Implementer in the Gulf of Mexico/America with two international oil companies. Skandi Implementer, which recently departed Mexico following contract termination after payment default from a cl
Norwegian shipping company Rem Offshore has held the steel cutting ceremony for its second energy subsea construction vessel (ESCV) being constructed in Vietnam. Two and a half months after entering the contract with compatriot Myklebust Verft, Rem Offshore announced it had celebrated the steel cutt
Provider of underwater sensor solutions Impact Subsea has signed a distributor agreement with Ashtead Technology Singapore to broaden access to its sensor technology for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) applications in the region. Through the agreement, which b
Global energy consultancy Xodus has been awarded a contract to support the Offshore Western Kyushu carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, one of Japan’s first large-scale CCS initiatives. According to Xodus, the project, backed by a consortium of Japanese energy firms, aims to capture and store a
A geophysical and geotechnical survey conducted offshore Viana do Castelo by Portugal’s WavEC Offshore Renewables has provided data on the seabed’s characteristics, supporting the development of floating offshore renewable energy projects. The study, carried out within the Technological Free Zone (Z
U.S.-based developer of subsea autonomous robotic systems and software Nauticus Robotics has kicked off the acceptance testing phase of its second Aquanaut vehicle, which facilitates the transformation of tethered remotely operated vehicle (ROV) operations to fully autonomous operations. Nauticus Ro
