Norway-headquartered seismic companies PGS and TGS have formally completed their merger, following the final regulatory approval obtained some twenty days ago. Back in September 2023, TGS and PGS announced their agreement on principal terms to combine their two firms and create a strong full-service
Surveying and mapping services provider Darkocean has added a multi-role workboat/survey catamaran to its fleet which will be used for offshore wind projects across the UK and Northern Europe. Darkocean has taken delivery of the 10-meter-long Coastal Observer from Purus, formerly known as HST Workbo
A week after it was hired to deliver an electro-hydraulic, steel tube dynamic umbilical for an energy project in the Gulf of Mexico, U.S. subsea engineering and applied technology player Oceaneering has secured multiple contracts for vessel services in the region. Oceaneering’s Offshore Projects Gro
Fugro has secured a contract to conduct site characterization for an offshore wind farm in Japan, which will be developed by a consortium including RWE, Mitsui, and Osaka Gas. The fieldwork started in May 2024 and is being performed from Fugro’s self-elevating platform (SEP), the Amberjack, and two
Aberdeen-based energy services company THREE60 Energy has acquired a local subsea engineering company with the aim of enhancing its capabilities. With the acquisition of Samphire Subsea, THREE60 said it expects to further enhance its lifecycle solutions offering by adding subsea engineering, operati
Skyborn Renewables has started site investigations in Finland, at a location where the company plans to build the 2.5 GW Pooki offshore wind farm, an extension of the former Suurhiekka project which was also being developed by Skyborn (wpd at the time). The work started with bird and subsea acoustic
Italian cabling giant Prysmian has awarded a five-year contract to Norwegian shipping company Solstad Offshore for a subsea construction vessel (CSV) set to support the installation of power cable systems on the company’s projects. The CSV Normand Ocean will be on a firm contract with Prysmian which
Amid the global energy transition, offshore survey and inspection companies are working on decarbonizing – but the industry is also going through a transition of its own. Bureau Veritas, Terradepth and Sulmara are among a number of offshore survey companies that are increasingly using autonomous or
Norwegian vessel owner DOF Group has added more work to its to-do list for Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras by securing two new long-term contracts. The Brazil-built and flagged 142.2-meter-long pipelay support vessel (PLSV) Skandi Niterói has been given a three-year firm plus option contract,
Norway’s Reach Subsea is collaborating with compatriot state-owned energy giant Equinor to carry out a technology qualification program for the Reach Remote uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) that aims to validate remote operations for various tasks. Reach Remote 1 and 2 have entered the final testing
The Norwegian Ministry of Energy has awarded four new exploration licenses related to CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to six companies as part of the sixth call for CO2 storage on the NCS. The exploration licenses are located in the North Sea, with two offered to Equinor, one to
Norway-based ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured its first work with Australian energy giant Woodside Energy, entailing subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) services to be performed at Senegal’s first offshore oil deepwater development. DeepOcean’s subsidiary Searov Offshore SA
A number of industry partners have kicked off the next phase of the On Demand Ocean Bottom Node (OD OBN) development project which aims to provide a versatile, lower-cost, more resilient solution for time-lapse seismic and subsidence monitoring of producing reservoirs. The project, which began in 20
Norwegian state-owned energy giant Equinor and French gas transmission operator GRTgaz have signed a project development agreement (PDA) for a transport system for captured CO2 from industrial emitters in France to permanent storage offshore Norway via the planned CO2 Highway Europe pipeline project
