Norway’s Reach Subsea has sent off its uncrewed surface vessel (USV) on a trip to Australia where it will provide reservoir monitoring for Australia’s energy giant Woodside Energy. The Reach Remote 2 USV, which Reach Subsea took delivery of in June, is currently travelling to Australia to perform re
Norway’s Shearwater GeoServices has secured another contract in Africa, this time for a deepwater ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic survey it will perform for ExxonMobil in Angola. The two-month project, secured with ExxonMobil’s affiliate Esso Exploration Angola Block 15 Limited, will begin during th
Solstad Offshore has secured more time for an anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) and a construction support vessel (CSV) to stay on their current assignments with Brazil’s Brava Energia and Ocean Infinity.
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has won its first contract in Malaysia, as part of which it will deliver offshore seismic data acquisition services using its seismic vessel PXGEO 2. The two-year agreement with a new client includes a minimum commitment of 365 days of acquisition activity o
Norway’s VARD is set to perform an extensive conversion of a seismic research vessel into a seismic source vessel for compatriot company Sanco Shipping. Following Sanco Shipping’s takeover of the PGS Apollo, now renamed Sanco Sailor, on July 31, the vessel sailed directly to Vard Langsten. VARD said
Semco Maritime, a Danish engineering and contracting company operating in the conventional energy sector and offshore wind, has partnered up with London-headquartered start-up Stormborn to help bring unmanned surface vessel (USV) technology to market. Semco Maritime announced that it had made an inv
A flexible, large subsea construction vessel owned by Norwegian DOF Group has been contracted on a four-year term charter with Brazil’s oil & gas company Petrobras. Under the contract valued at approximately $165 million, Skandi Salvador will operate with two work-class remotely operated vehicles (R
Helix Energy Solutions, a U.S.-headquartered offshore energy services provider, has landed a long-term assignment with an undisclosed oil and gas operator in the Gulf of America, formerly the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Norway’s Reach Subsea has performed a subsea inspection campaign at TotalEnergies’ fields on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) using its Reach Remote 1 uncrewed surface vessel (USV). The annual inspection of subsea production systems and Xmas trees also included integrity checks, assessment of a
Brazil’s state-owned oil & gas giant Petrobras has awarded compatriot OceanPact with four new contracts worth approximately BRL 3.2 billion (around $640 million) for the charter of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) support vessels (RSVs). Founded in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, OceanPact offers services fo
The next stage of seabed preparation for the construction of the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm has begun with the arrival of Boskalis’ BOKA Falcon vessel in Polish waters. The task of BOKA Falcon, equipped with two plows, T-Rex and Megalodon, will be to remove large boulders along the planned
UK-based subsea technology and services company SMD has appointed a new chief executive officer (CEO), after the previous one spent a decade in the role. The new CEO, Kenny Liu, is succeeding Julian Zhu, who led the establishment of SMD’s innovation division and oversaw the expansion of UK facilitie
UK-headquartered Tekmar Group has secured two offshore grouting contracts in Qatar with a total value of approximately $1.6 million, supporting subsea infrastructure inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) campaigns. The contracts, awarded by two existing customers, cover the provision of pipeline
Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has secured multiple project awards in the Middle East that have a combined value of approximately $430 to $500 million. The awards cover the delivery of a comprehensive suite of services, in
