Sonardyne to Deliver Seabed Monitoring Kit for North Sea CCS Project
Sonardyne has secured a contract by the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) to deliver baseline environmental monitoring services for the U.K.’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) site.Sonardyne will provide environmental monitoring, in the form of seabed landers, at key locations above and around the subsurface Endurance site - the saline aquifer located 145km off the coast of Teesside where captured CO2 will be stored.Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) is the developer of the onshore and offshore infrastructure needed to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) from carbon capture
Inyanga Hires Delivery Contractors for Welsh Tidal Energy Array
Inyanga Marine Energy Group has announced the winners of contracts to build its 20 MW HydroWing tidal energy array at Morlais off Anglesey in Wales.Inyanga has selected the contracts to deliver its tidal energy pilot project, which is planned for deployment in the first quarter of 2026.Hutchinson Engineering has already been announced as the company which will fabricate the foundation and rear nacelle.Aside from Hutchinson Engineering, Inyanga has hired PPI Engineering for the design and manufacture of the generator and generator housing, optimized to ensure efficient power generation.RMSpumptools has
Autonomous Drones Start Service Aker BP's at North Sea Platform
Aker Solutions has installed an autonomous drone system on Aker BP’s Edvard Grieg platform in the North Sea, enabling remote inspections from shore.The company recently completed the first offshore beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation, piloted from its onshore control center in Stavanger. The inspection flight was carried out using an installed drone on Aker BP’s Edvard Grieg platform.The drone is equipped with autonomous navigation capabilities and advanced sensors, collecting high-resolution imagery and data during its inspection rounds. The flight marks a major step
Fugro Lands Deepwater Gas Field Job in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia.The contract award represents the largest geotechnical and geophysical survey project for Fugro in the Asia Pacific region to date, reflecting the positive momentum of deepwater developments in the region.The complex project builds on a combination of Fugro’s onshore, nearshore and offshore geophysical and geotechnical survey services.Geo-data acquisition is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2025, with fieldwork estimated to last approximately one year. Detailed testing and consulting deliverables will continue into 2027.Supporting site planning and engineering design, the
Survey Sequence Important to Predicting Underwater Landslides
Submarine landslides can hamper the productivity of offshore installations, but researchers at Texas A&M may now be able to accurately predict the occurrence of marine landslides using underwater site characterization data.Although data from personnel with different expertise are needed to tell the story of the land below the sea, the order in which they perform their tasks toward site characterization is important, says Zenon Medina-Cetina, associate professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. This sequence, if violated due to budgetary or time constraints, could lead to
Gazelle Secures Multi-Million Funding for Floating Wind Demo
the deployment of the demonstrator off the coast of Aguçadoura.Gazelle Gets Clearance for Floating Wind Demonstrator off Portugal“Having the support of such a respected institutional investor is a meaningful vote of confidence in our floating wind platform and its potential to help unlock offshore wind at a global scale. We’re truly grateful for their trust in our team and their belief in our mission to drive the future of floating wind energy forward,” Gazelle said in a statement
Island Frontier MSV Wraps Up West Africa Campaign for Oceaneering
Island Frontier multi-service vessel (MSV), owned by Island Offshore, has completed another campaign in West Africa for Oceaneering, ahead of embarking on a new project in the region.As part of the campaign, Island Frontier MSV delivered spool-piece installation and light construction work for Oceaneering.The vessel is now preparing for its next project in the region and is expected to return to the North Sea in August, according to the U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm.Delivered in 2003, Island Frontier is a 106-meters long vessel suitable for subsea construction and equipment installation
Wales Tidal Energy Project Moves Ahead
Inyanga Marine Energy Group awarded the fabrication contract to build its HydroWing tidal energy device to Hutchinson Engineering.The 20 MW HydroWing tidal energy array will be deployed at Morlais off Anglesey in Wales, one of the largest consented tidal energy projects in Europe. The contract with Hutchinson Engineering covers the fabrication of the foundation frame and the rear nacelle, including welding, painting and coating to a specification capable of withstanding the harsh underwater environment. The foundation frame will weigh 120 tons, with an energy yield of 1.2 MW from
OPT Wraps Up WAM-V Sea Trial off New Jersey
a customer with substantial operations in Sub Saharan Africa.The sea trials were carried out at OPT’s newly permitted test site in Southern New Jersey following site visits and operational reviews by the U.S. Coast Guard.OPT’s WAM-V features autonomous capabilities and is designed to provide offshore surveys with 24/7 operational payloads for multiple days without requiring a return to base."This is a great step ahead for OPT. We are pleased that we have completed the sea trials of a WAM-V for a major specialized offshore services customer and were able to do so at our newly permitted test
DeepOcean Expands Subsea Market Scope with Shelf Subsea Acquisition
, proprietary technology, subsea tool pool, ROV’s and access to a versatile subsea fleet.The subsea markets in APAC and the Middle East are characterized by attractive fundamentals with growing demand for subsea IMR (Inspection, maintenance and repair) and recycling services, and a growing offshore wind market.Similar to DeepOcean, Shelf Subsea offers engineering and project management for subsea construction and installation, subsea survey and positioning services, subsea IMR services, as well as removal and recycling of subsea assets.Shelf Subsea is headquartered in Australia, with further
Terradepth Awarded 5-Year Contract For Offshore Energy Surveying
Terradepth, a provider of Ocean Data as a Service (ODaaS), was awarded a five-year Master Services Agreement with a major offshore energy company. Terradepth will deliver autonomous hydrographic survey and data services at a fraction of the traditional hydrographic survey time and cost. The first project is for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region.The project leverages the company’s ODaaS vertically integrated solution, from robotic autonomous subsea data collection capability to delivery of processed data through the Absolute Ocean platform—a
SMD Hits 100 Sale Mark for its Subsea Plough
and maintenance.The sale is the latest in a series of collaborations between the two companies. Over the last 30 years, SMD and Global Marine have partnered on 27 projects, and countless more equipment upgrades and refurbishments, delivering innovative technology that continues to shape the future of offshore engineering.Plough M has successfully completed sea trials and has now been deployed on its first commercial mission. Designed to perform in challenging conditions, Plough M will be integrated into Global Marine’s worldwide network of vessels, subsea assets and depots.“With a legacy
Geoquip Marine Wraps Up Surveys for German Offshore Wind Projects
Geoquip Marine, a Njord Partners portfolio company, has completed a preliminary geotechnical site investigation for two 4 GW offshore wind projects.The investigation will support the developer in advancing the next phase of design for both project sites, located in the German sector of the North Sea.Under the contract, Geoquip drilled 28 boreholes across the project sites to analyze the subsea terrain for turbine foundations.It underwent thorough soil sampling and seismic site monitoring to inform the engineering parameters for both projects in depths of 40 meters.By deploying the Dina Polaris vessel
Synaptec Rolls Out Monitoring Tech to Tackle High-Voltage Cable Faults
specifically to address high-voltage cable failures, stemming from faults in cable joints and terminations.Greenlight provides continuous, automated visibility of all joints and terminations in a cable network, delivering early warnings of emerging faults before they become failures.Designed for offshore wind farms and high-voltage power grids, it replaces manual inspection and reactive maintenance with a smarter, safer, and far more cost-effective approach to asset management.The system is based on Synaptec’s patented Distributed Electrical Sensing (DES) technology, which uses fully passive
Industry Leaders Set to Discuss Future of US Offshore CCS Market
National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the Offshore Operators Committee (OOC) are organizing fourth annual Offshore CCS & Emerging Technologies Symposium, where industry leaders will gather to discuss the future of U.S. carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects.The event is just around the corner, taking place on June 3, 2025, at the Rice University Baker Institute in Houston, Texas.Industry leaders, policymakers, regulators, and innovators are set to convene for forward-looking conversations on the future of U.S. CCS projects and cutting-edge offshore technologies. Several sessions
Strategic Move Brings Decom Engineering's Base to Aberdeen
in 2022 before growing into a larger facility in Marywell Commercial Park from where it has consolidated relationships and secured major projects with UKCS and international operators and contractors.Decom is currently engaged on a wide range of infrastructure removal projects in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore Brazil, Nigeria and western Australia.In 2024, the company completed a successful cutting project on the removal of 30” conductors from the decommissioned Brent Charlie platform in the North Sea.“With so many existing and potential clients having a strong presence in the north east of
Mitsui’s STATS Rolls Out Titanium Connector for Oil and Gas Sector
mechanical pipe connectors, aimed at addressing increased demand in the Norwegian oil and gas sector.Titanium is better suited to high-stress corrosive environments found in the Norwegian North Sea where it can resist high chloride and corrosive gases better than conventional steels and the Norwegian offshore sector is expected to increase usage of titanium connectors as it expands into deeper fields in more challenging environments, according to STATS Group.Its usage is primarily concentrated in subsea risers and flowlines, cooling systems and heat exchangers, process equipment and in pipeline segments
Topside for Hollandse Kust (west Beta) Substation Set to Sail to Final Location
and jacket will then be welded together and connected to the electricity grid in the coming months.Through this connection, the electricity from the 700 MW project, operated by RWE/OranjeWind, will be fed to the high-voltage grid via the transformer station in Wijk aan Zee.The Hollandse Kust West Beta offshore wind farm is expected to enter service in 2025
DEME Acquires 50% Stake in BAUER Offshore Technologies
DEME Offshore Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of DEME Group, has acquired a 50% stake in BAUER Offshore Technologies, a BAUER Group company.BAUER Offshore Technologies specializes in drilling services for the installation of foundations for offshore wind farms.The company will become part of DEME’s Offshore Energy segment.The experienced eight-person team will continue to deliver its consulting and engineering services, along with specialized equipment developed and manufactured by the BAUER Group.The company will maintain operations under the Bauer Offshore Technologies brand and continue to
Stakeholders Wary of Partial Decommissioning of Offshore Wind Farms
decommissioning can be considered in advance, rather than close to when it is due to take place. However, the researchers also acknowledge that today’s preferred decommissioning methods may become obsolete, and change depending on societal attitudes and ecological findings.In the Netherlands, two offshore wind farms are due to be decommissioned in the near future: Egmond Aan Zee (by 2027) and Prinses Amalia (by 2028). Dutch legislation requires that the wind farm owner should submit a plan for decommissioning to the Dutch government, which involves leaving the site “in an equal state&rdquo
CorPower Ocean to Develop 5MW Wave Energy Farm off Scotland
of the power take-off as it responds to passing waves.Key innovations include CorPower Ocean’s WaveSpring technology, which amplifies the motion and power capture in regular sea states, and a proven storm protection system that locks down the device during extreme conditions and enables safe offshore access for maintenance.This marks CorPower Ocean’s second project at EMEC, following testing its C3 WEC at EMEC’s Scapa Flow test site in 2018 through the Wave Energy Scotland program.Since, CorPower Ocean has demonstrated its C4 device off the coast of Portugal, surviving storm waves
SLB Launches New Well Completions Tech to Boost Production
reservoirs - resulting in higher recovery factors that maximize return on investment from the asset,” said Paul Sims, president, Production Systems.There have been more than 100 installations of Electris completions technologies across five countries.In Norway, Electris completions were deployed offshore to enhance oil production in an extended-reach well. The operator is using intelligence from the system to determine which zones are contributing to production to optimize oil output and minimize produced water.Controlling water production with Electris completions has decreased the energy needed
Green Marine Poised for Growth Alongside Potential UK Marine Energy Surge
(£114 million) in system benefits annually, while saving 113,000 tons of carbon emissions each year—contributing significantly to the UK’s net zero targets.Green Marine UK recently announced a seven-figure investment in a new Subsea Services Department, supporting the UK’s offshore wind and marine energy sectors. Backed by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), the package includes state-of-the-art subsea equipment from Rovtech (Seatronics), Sonardyne, Norbit, and others—positioning the company to serve a subsea operations and maintenance (O&M) market expected to
InterMoor Completes Studies for UK Floating Windfarm Development
studies include:Mooring System Costs and Installation Comparison StudyMooring Repair and Sparing Philosophy StudyPort Facilities Study: FOWT Mooring Storage and MobilizationAnchor Feasibility StudyFOWT Temporary Mooring Study“These studies are crucial for the upcoming development of floating offshore wind in Scotland and position InterMoor at the forefront of floating offshore wind development, driving innovation and efficiency for our customers,” said Frank Burns, General Manager, InterMoor Ltd
Seatools Gets Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Job from CDWE
Seatools, a subsea technology company, has secured a contract by CSBC-DEME Wind Engineering (CDWE) for the design, engineering, and delivery of the metrology and control system for the Pre-Piling Template (PPT) at the Fengmiao 1 Offshore Wind Farm in Taiwan.The Fengmiao 1 wind farm will feature jacket-type foundations installed using pre-installed pin piles.Seatools’ metrology and control system will be integrated into CDWE’s piling template to ensure accurate positioning of piles within tight tolerances -an essential element for successful jacket installation.While the system design
US Firm Debuts 20K Intervention Solution at Gulf of America Deepwater Field
Texas-based subsea oil and gas equipment supplier Trendsetter Engineering has marked the first deployment of its Trident 20,000 psi (20K) intervention system at Beacon Offshore’s Shenandoah project in the Gulf of America.The Trident 20K intervention system was deployed from Transocean’s Deepwater Atlas drillship for a two-well flowback operation at the deepwater Shenandoah project.Trendsetter wet-hopped the Trident 20K system between wells, significantly reducing operational costs and saving the client several days of critical path rig time. The system has since returned to Trendsetter
TGS Starts Summer Acquisition Activities in North Europe
Norwegian seismic firm TGS has mobilized a number of its acquisition vessels in North Europe, marking the start of an active summer season in the region.TGS has deployed a total of four acquisition vessels in the region; three seismic vessels and one offshore wind vessel, doubling the company’s capacity compared to 2024.All the three seismic streamer vessels have successfully mobilized, according to plan, and are currently engaged in production on 4D seismic contracts.These vessels will continue with additional 4D programs. TGS has been awarded a total of seven 4D contracts in Northern Europe
Machine Learning Versus Statistics
A study published last week used a wave flume to evaluate the effects of waves on small-diameter pipelines. The experimental data was interpreted statistically and using machine learning.The difference between the two is fundamental.As a University of North Dakota blog pointed out recently: In statistics, the main objective is to understand relationships between variables, make predictions, test scientific hypotheses and provide explanations based on data. The focus is often on understanding the underlying processes that generate the data and providing interpretable results that can inform decision-maki
SKF to Deliver PTO System for Australian Wave Energy Developer
SKF has entered into partnership with wave energy technology developer Carnegie Clean Energy to deliver power take-off (PTO) system for its CETO wave energy device.CETO is a fully submerged, point absorber type wave energy technology where a submerged buoy sits a few meters below the surface of the ocean and moves with the ocean’s waves. This motion drives a PTO system that converts it into electricity.As a first step towards a long-term technical partnership on the commercialization of Carnegie’s CETO wave energy technology, SKF and Carnegie are collaborating on the design and delivery of
Fugro Extends Offshore Survey Scope at UK Wind Farms
Fugro has secured contract to perform comprehensive geotechnical surveys for the eastern array of the Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farms, a major initiative led by RWE and Masdar to develop one of the U.K.'s most powerful offshore wind energy projects.The detailed investigations will provide data on subsurface conditions at planned wind turbine locations, inter-array cable routes, and platform foundations, directly informing the safe and efficient design of the wind farms.Starting in mid-May, Fugro will mobilize multiple geotechnical vessels to carry out the fieldwork 122 km off the
TGS Kicks Off Geophysical Survey for Dogger Bank South Offshore Wind Project
Norwegian seismic firm TGS has started detailed seabed geophysical surveys for the eastern array of the proposed Dogger Bank South offshore wind farms for RWE and Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company - Masdar.The site investigations will enhance understanding of the seabed conditions over 122 km off the northeast coast of England.TGS started the surveys in April, acquiring ultra-high resolution 3D (UHR3D) seismic data to assess the subsea terrain at turbine locations.Dogger Bank South consists of two offshore wind farms with a combined capacity of 3 GW. RWE leads both projects, overseeing development
Newbuild USV Challenger Getting Ready for Remote-Controlled Subsea Work
Ocean services provider DeepOcean, with its joint venture partners Solstad Offshore and Østensjø Rederi, has taken delivery of a newbuild uncrewed surface vessel (USV), which will be used for subsea survey, inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) work across offshore energy industries.The vessel - named USV Challenger - will shortly arrive at DeepOcean’s subsea base at Killingøy in Norway, where it will undergo trials of its launch and recovery system (LARS) for the onboard ROV.The USV Challenger is 24 meters long and 7.5 meters wide. It is equipped with a hybrid diesel-elect
DOF Develops Cable Repair Spread for Offshore Wind Services
Offshore services provider DOF has announced an investment in a modular cable repair spread designed to expedite offshore wind operators’ response to cable faults.Engineered for compatibility across DOF’s fleet of 65 vessels, the system offers an industry-first combination of fleet-wide flexibility, road transportability, and rapid deployment capabilities.Developed in collaboration with engineering specialists, Royal IHC, the spread allows for mobilization and commissioning within 48 hours, using just 12 lifting operations.According to the company, this represents a vast improvement on
Sentinel Subsea Completes Well Monitoring Job in North Sea
, ensuring safe and efficient operations during this crucial phase.The deployment began and was completed in February 2025.This project marks the first time WellSentinel technology has been implemented at the start of a well’s lifecycle, showcasing the benefits of passive monitoring in multiple offshore operations.The WellSentinel Coral systems were installed from the jack up onto wellheads through the texas deck via crane wire.Preconfigured for detection before installation, the systems streamlined the deployment process, eliminating the need for in-well intervention. “We are thrilled
ONGC Buys Viridien’s Sercel Offshore Logistics Solution
French seismic company Viridien has sold its Sercel Marlin Offshore Logistics management solution to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to enhance operational efficiency and safety across its Western offshore exploration and production (E&P) operations in India.The sale includes a five-year contract to provide ONGC with dedicated on-premises Sercel software and support services.The Sercel Marlin Offshore Logistics solution will digitize and streamline ONGC’s complex offshore E&P logistics, increasing situational awareness through real-time vessel tracking and boosting efficiency in
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