Subsea & Survey

A newly published document - ‘Guidance on the provision, acceptance and handling of breathing gases for diving’ IMCA D 075 - from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) aims to raise awareness of the issues that industry has faced when procuring breathing gases used for diving.

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Information, Communications and Transport (MICT) for the Republic of Kiribati, an island country in Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean.

Jumbo Offshore has completed the transportation and wet storage of a riser caisson for Technip FMC. Jumbo carried out the job in October, deploying its heavy-lift vessel Fairplayer to handle the 120-meter long and 1.3-meter diameter caisson.

TechnipFMC is awarded a contract for three field developments at the Utsira High in the North Sea. The contract comprises engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea production systems, controls, pipelines, and umbilicals.

ABL Group (ABL) has been awarded a contract by Chevron Australia to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the Jansz-io Compression project offshore Western Australia.

Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has announced the release of its latest generation of video recording solutions for the survey and inspection of subsea assets.

International subsea rental equipment and solutions specialist Ashtead Technology has signed a multi-year rental agreement with Maritime Robotics, a leading provider of unmanned technology solutions.

A newly published document - ‘Guidance on Underwater Excavation Works Involving Divers’ IMCA D 074 - from the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) aims to raise awareness of the hazards associated with subsea excavation works and, in particular, the significant risks to divers who engage in such work.

Subsea Europe Services has opened a new R&D center at its premises in the Ocean Technology Campus Rostock. The new department is led by Dr. Frank Niemeyer and has been established to enable the subsea systems, services and solutions provider’s mission to simplify the acquisition of marine data by leveraging new integrated, autonomous and digital technologies.

Oceaneering International announces its Offshore Projects Group (OPG) segment has won a contract from Ocyan to support a decommissioning project offshore Brazil. The scope of work includes subsea specialized tooling to perform the decommissioning of subsea infrastructure related to three floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels offshore Brazil.

PGS has been awarded its firs ultra-high resolution windfarm site characterization project, sealing its entry into a strategically important new energy market.

Fugro has completed its first fully remote offshore survey inspection in the North Sea for energy company TAQA using one of its Blue Essence® uncrewed surface vessels (USV) with Blue Volta® electric remotely operated vehicle (eROV).