Subsea & Survey

CGG has been awarded a multi-year contract by Equinor for 4D seismic imaging of multiple towed-streamer and OBC datasets from the Gullfaks field area in the Norwegian North Sea. Equinor’s Gullfaks asset team will analyze the resulting 4D seismic images to optimize recovery and value from the field.

BOURBON will contribute to the construction of the Eolmed project, a key pilot farm of 3 floaters each fitted with 10 MW turbines to be installed by mid-2024.

Following an extensive technological development phase, Armach Robotics (Armach), a spin-off company from Marine software pioneer GREENSEA SYSTEMS INC. (Greensea) has unveiled its first post-prototype Hull Service Robot (HSR).

This spring, using the SEAMOR Chinook ROV, Lax Kw’alaams Fishing Enterprises (LKFE) and Shift Environmental Technologies (Shift) retrieved 630 kg of lost and abandoned fishing gear or “ghost gear” from the traditional marine territory of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation in Prince Rupert, BC, Canada.

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a sizeable¹ project by BP for the TOPR project located offshore Trinidad and Tobago, in water depths of up to 280 feet.

On April 28, the world’s deepest diving three-person acrylic submersible was officially named ‘Aurelia’ and will soon go through sea trials as it gets prepared for its first missions.

TMC the metals company Inc., an explorer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped source of critical battery metals, announces the successful completion of initial deep-water trials of the polymetallic nodule collector vehicle in the Atlantic Ocean.

Feritech Global has announced the launch of a new product which is expected to create a step change in subsea geotechnical surveying. The Sealance brings the various functions required for geotechnical surveying together in one streamlined product, enabling significantly reduced timescales for projects.

iXblue recently completed the bathymetric survey of the Saint Nazaire offshore wind farm using its DriX Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV). Relying on 4G and satellite communication, the operation – located 20km off the West coast of France – was remotely conducted by the iXblue teams of surveyors from their Remote Control Center in La Ciotat, South-east of France.

The consortium between Van Oord and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) has been selected by Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, as main contractors for subsea rock installation works related to the development of Empire Wind I & II.

TechnipFMC has been awarded an additional contract and received notice to proceed by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited for its Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana.

N-Sea Group has entered into an agreement with Braveheart Marine to long term charter the Dutch flagged DP2 vessel Braveheart Spirit, a modern offshore survey / IRM / support vessel.