The UK-headquartered company EGS Survey will carry out a survey campaign at the Muir Mhòr floating wind project site in Scotland, being developed by Fred. Olsen Seawind and Vattenfall. Starting next month, EGS Survey will be performing preliminary geophysical and environmental surveys using the vess
A consortium of TGS, CGG and BGP has completed the fourth phase of the deepwater 3D seismic survey offshore Suriname from which multi-client data is set to support the country’s deep and shallow water bid rounds. Covering 1,800 square kilometers, Phase IV completes the programmed 14,500 square kilom
UK regulator North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched an investigation into whether an oil and gas company possibly failed to meet license obligations, including seismic survey and work program commitments, designed to stimulate activity. The investigation will look into whether the compan
PXGEO has secured a contract with the Sépia consortium to carry out an ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The 3D survey is set to be acquired in water depths of 2,300 meters with a duration of approximately four months. PXGEO Executive Chairman Peter Zickerman said:
Belgium-based provider of offshore survey services GEOxyz has opened its first office in the United States. The new office is located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and will serve as GEOxyz’s U.S. headquarters. It will be led by Vice President U.S., Douglas Forbes, and Director U.S., Leeron Tagger. A
The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has awarded contracts to GEOxyz and RPS advies- en ingenieursbureau B.V. for the execution of metocean campaigns at three offshore wind energy search areas in the Netherlands. The tender, which was divided into three lots, outlines that the data is obtained by
An investigation carried out by the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has found that hydrogen embrittlement was the cause of a flowline jumper failure in the Gulf of Mexico in 2020 that resulted in a subsea leak. The incident that occurred in July 2020 saw approximately 479
JDR Cable Systems has begun the subsea cable termination and testing works on behalf of its client Parkwind for the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wind farm in Germany. In 2021, JDR won a contract to supply, test, and terminate 45 kilometres of 33 kV array cable that will connect the wind farm’s 27 MHI Vest
Cathie has been awarded a contract to provide geophysical and geotechnical consultancy services for the up to 1.7 GW Bluepoint Wind offshore wind project in the United States. Located 38 nautical miles off the coast of New York and 53 nautical miles off the coast of New Jersey, Bluepoint Wind offsho
The joint venture between Eidesvik Offshore and Reach Subsea has completed the acquisition of the subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR) vessel Viking Reach. The purchase price for the vessel previously known as Edda Sun was $29 million. Viking Reach is suited for survey and light construc
RWE is performing a benthic survey off the northeast coast of the UK, where the company plans to build its 3 GW Dogger Bank South (DBS) Offshore Wind Farm. According to a Notice to Mariners from the project, the developer has contracted Ocean Ecology to carry out the seabed habitat survey at the off
Several subsea operations are scheduled to soon commence at the sites of the first two phases of the Dogger Bank Wind Farm, currently under construction off the North East coast of England. Later this month, NKT will begin nearshore intervention works in support of the installation of the Dogger Ban
UTEC, a Geo-services brand that is part of Acteon, has launched a cloud-based platform that gives the offshore energy industry a 360° visualization of subsea assets and data. Through iSite Subsea, users can source, view, manage and report on seabed, survey and asset data, as well as interrogate and
All American Marine (AAM) has delivered a research and hydrographic survey vessel to Geodynamics, an NV5 company, that will service the offshore wind market and carry out other scientific survey missions. The vessel named Shackleford has been specifically customized to serve the offshore wind sector
