Oslo-headquartered seismic company PGS has secured a 3D exploration acquisition contract in the Mediterranean with an undisclosed company. Seismic vessel Ramform Hyperion is in charge of carrying out the work and is set to mobilize for the survey late in the third quarter of 2023. According to PGS,
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Eidesvik Offshore has entered into agreements with two separate parties for the sale of its three seismic vessels. In a statement issued on 1 June, Eidesvik reported that it was selling the seismic vessels Veritas Viking, Vantage and Viking Vision to two separate buye
Norwegian seismic company PGS has secured industry pre-funding for another “large” multi-season MultiClient survey in the Norwegian Sea. The first phase of the survey will be acquired this year by the seismic vessel Ramform Hyperion. Acquisition is expected to start in late June and have a duration
Helix Alliance, the Louisiana-based subsidiary of Helix Energy Solutions, has secured a full-field decommissioning contract in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico shelf. As part of the project set to begin in mid-2023, Helix’s scope of work includes the plug and abandonment of 39 wells, 15 pipelines and seven s
UK-Based Blue Ocean Seismic Services has completed a set of trials of its autonomous subsea survey vehicles said to represent a big step towards commercialization. With this latest series of trials, Blue Ocean Seismic Services said it had confirmed that its autonomous undersea robots can reliably op
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has secured DNV qualification for its technology for digital monitoring of subsea pipelines during laying operations. The technology, called Integrated Acoustic Unit (I.A.U.), has obtained the statement of qualified technology for medium and large pipelines
Norway-headquartered Reach Subsea has extended the charter of Olympic Subsea’s multifunctional subsea support and construction vessel Olympic Triton. Following a six-month charter of the vessel announced on 6 February, Reach Subsea reported that it had exercised the option to charter the 95-meter-lo
A 3D seismic survey will soon start on the Sofia offshore wind farm array site off the east coast of the UK. The 3D seismic survey will consist of towed survey equipment approximately 100 metres in length within the offshore wind farm array site. The survey operations, conducted by GEOxyz’s MV Geo O
The global provider of energy data and intelligence TGS has announced the start of a wind, metocean, and environmental measurement campaign at the Utsira Nord offshore wind farm zone in Norway. The campaign’s first floating LiDAR buoy will be deployed in early June in the Utsira Nord zone to conduct
Norwegian seismic company PGS has secured a contract with an “independent energy company” to conduct a 3D survey in the Barents Sea. The project, which is about to start, will have a duration of approximately 40 days and will be carried out by the 104-meter-long Titan-class seismic vessel Ramform Hy
Turkish Petroleum has awarded a contract for subsurface solutions for the second phase of what is said to be one of Türkiye’s largest energy projects ever built to four companies. Subsea 7 confirmed the award of the “major” contract by Turkish Petroleum for the second phase of the Sakarya field deve
Germany’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has awarded Fugro a geophysical survey contract for two offshore wind farm sites in the German exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Sea. Working together with Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems (IWES), Fugro’s Geo-data will be
UK-headquartered energy services provider Expro has secured a new contract with Harbour Energy for a well abandonment campaign as part of a decommissioning project on the UK Continental Shelf. The multi-year contract, valued at more than $20 million, will see Expro use its Subsea Well Access technol
The UK’s first-of-its-kind national robotics center for offshore renewable energy has been opened at Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s testing facility in Blyth. The Digital, Autonomous and Robotics Engineering (DARE) Centre will provide an opportunity for developers, researchers and the wi
