Subsea & Survey

The Saildrone Surveyor, the world’s largest uncrewed ocean mapping vehicle, has completed a months-long survey around Alaska’s Aleutian Islands and off the coast of California as part of a multi-agency public-private partnership funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to address ocean exploration gaps in remote areas with uncrewed surface vehicles (USVs).

DOF Subsea announces that Petrobras has exercised an option for the diving support vessel Skandi Achiever, including ROV and diving services. The new commitment will now run until February 2024 and has commenced in direct continuation with the current commitment.

Sentinel Subsea, specialists in passive subsea integrity monitoring, has successfully deployed multiple of its proprietary WellSentinel™ wellhead systems in the Americas.

HII is a global engineering and defense technologies provider and recognized worldwide as America’s largest shipbuilder. With a 135-year history of trusted partnerships in advancing U.S. national security, HII delivers critical capabilities ranging from the most powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, to unmanned systems, ISR and AI/ML analytics.

Aker Solutions has been awarded a sizeable^[1] contract by Eni Angola S.p.A. – Sucursal de Angola, a subsidiary of Azule Energy Holdings Limited ("Azule Energy ”), to provide the dynamic and static subsea umbilicals for the Agogo field development located offshore Angola in the West Hub Area of Block 15/06.

Baker Hughes, an energy technology company, has been awarded a major contract to provide subsea equipment and services by Azule Energy for work in the Agogo oilfield, offshore Angola. This award represents the first major new greenfield project awarded in offshore Angola in more than five years.

Next month TDI-Brooks will be adding a Manta-200 CPT System to their geotechnical capabilities. The TDI-Brooks’ Manta-200 Cone Penetration Testing (CPT) system is suitable for almost any project in shallow water up to 150 meters. The Manta-200 represents the latest generation Cone Penetration Test (CPT) system for determining offshore seabed soil conditions.

Subsea 7 S.A. announces a sizeable¹ award by Petrobras for a pipelay support vessel (PLSV) offshore Brazil. The agreement extends an existing contract for Seven Cruzeiro from February until November 2023. 

Success across the UK’s £8billion underwater industry was celebrated in Aberdeen this week at the Subsea Expo Awards.

Fugro has reached an agreement to acquire two platform supply vessels, Topaz Endurance and Topaz Energy, both built in 2015, which will be repurposed to geotechnical vessels.

Underwater Contracting (UCO), owners of the world’s largest fleet of Saab’s Seaeye Falcons, has expanded to 27 vehicles as they win one of the largest contracts in the global aquaculture sector.

Optime Subsea signs a long-term framework agreement with Wintershall Dea regarding rental of the technology company’s remote-controlled subsea well completion and intervention systems.