Subsea & Survey

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a major⁽¹⁾ contract by Petrobras for the development of the Búzios 8 field located approximately 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro at 2,000 metros water depth in the pre-salt Santos basin.

The UK´s Royal Navy has already used ECOsubsea´s services in Southampton, Plymouth and Portsmouth through a testing period in 2021 with encouraging results.

Fugro has extended its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Underwater Survey Technology 21 (UST21) following strong demand for combined geophysical, geotechnical and metocean data services, launched 2019, to support South Korea’s ambitious expansion of wind power assets.

TMC the metals company Inc. (Nasdaq: TMC) (“TMC” or the “Company”), an explorer of the world’s largest estimated undeveloped source of critical battery metals, has announced the successful deployment of a riser system and flexible jumper hose which, alongside the robotic nodule collector vehicle, represent key components of the pilot nodule collection system designed by the Company’s strategic partner and shareholder, Allseas Group S.A. (“Allseas”).

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.