A geophysical survey is set to begin this month in the UK for an interconnector that will connect to Morocco, described as the world’s longest HVDC subsea cable. The UK geophysical survey will follow the proposed cable corridor for the Xlinks Morocco-UK Power Project, routing along the North Cornwal
Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB), a subsidiary of Shell, has awarded McDermott with a contract to deliver offshore transportation and installation for a pipelay and heavy lift project in Malaysia. Under the contract, McDermott will perform transportation and installation services for two pipeline segments
Blue Gem Wind, a joint venture between TotalEnergies and Simply Blue Group, has completed its geotechnical campaign for the 100 MW Erebus Test and Demonstration floating offshore wind project in Wales. The surveys, led by the Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro, included the acquisition of sub-seabed da
SEA-KIT International’s latest uncrewed surface vessel (USV) has commenced sea trials in the UK ahead of delivery to the U.S. autonomous maritime solutions provider ThayerMahan. This latest USV, X107T – the seventh X-class to leave SEA-KIT’s production facility in the East of England, includes a new
The UK’s National Subsea Centre (NSC) and Robert Gordon University (RGU) are collaborating on a data project to add artificial intelligence technology to subsea inspection operations. The Subsea AI Body of Knowledge (SAIBOK) project is using AI and machine learning technologies to accurately train a
Houston-based Nauticus Robotics has secured a contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for the deployment and testing of its Aquanaut autonomous subsea robot offshore Brazil. The contract is said to come as Petrobras had recently ramped up efforts in robotics and artificial in
Fugro has secured a contract with France’s Directorate General of Energy and Climate (DGEC) and Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to perform a ground investigation campaign set to support the development of future wind farms in French waters. The acquired geo-data will be used by pre-selected
Fugro will expand its regional centre of expertise for offshore wind, located in Norfolk, Virginia, as the company’s Virginia operations have grown over the past decade with the increase in the number of offshore wind projects on the U.S. East Coast. The expansion, which was announced by Virginia Go
DeepOcean has carried out inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) of a field in the Danish sector of the North Sea.
GEOxyz has been selected by the Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to carry out geophysical and geotechnical surveys for the export cable route for the Nederwiek III offshore wind farm (NW3) in the Netherlands. The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and TenneT are pla
Renexia, the company behind Italy’s first offshore wind farm and the first to be built in the Mediterranean Sea, has contracted Seas Geosciences to study the most environmentally sustainable mooring and anchoring solutions for Med Wind, a 2.8 GW floating wind project proposed to be built in the Stra
Marine geophysical services provider PXGEO has secured a contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey offshore Brazil. The survey will be acquired in the Campos Basin at water depths of 2,300 meters. According to PXGEO, the duration of the w
Ørsted has designed and developed its own uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for offshore metocean measurement campaigns. The USV, which has also achieved DNV’s type validation as a floating LiDAR system, is set to enter serial production. The company, whose employees invented the concept which has now b
Canadian Cellula Robotics and UK-based HonuWorx are collaborating to carry out a series of technology demonstrations that will use an extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV). The demonstrations will see Cellula’s Solus-XR extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV) used in showcasing Hon
