Subsea & Survey

CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA), an international marine environmental consulting and survey company, has released details of a recent collaboration with HWCG, a consortium of deepwater operators in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), to create a Surface Monitoring Equipment program designed to assist offshore oil and gas operators with enhancing their environmental monitoring and preparedness capabilities.

RWE has appointed Fugro to complete a geophysical survey off the Danish west coast. Up to three survey vessels will be deployed to carry out a detailed pre-construction survey including a search for unexploded ordnance (UXO) up to approximately 34 kilometers off the coast of Thorsminde.

Kraken Robotics Inc. has received a $3 million contract to carry out boulder detection subsea survey services as part of an Offshore Wind Farm Project, located in Europe.

Work to gather wind, wave and seabed data from across Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm's (PFOWF) offshore site area and cable corridor has been completed over summer 2021-summer 2023, marking a significant milestone in the development of the 100MW project. 

Ocean services provider DeepOcean and NCS operator Aker BP have agreed to pioneer the use of an unmanned surface vessel (USV) for subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) and survey work.

Reach Subsea ASA, the trusted data and subsea service provider for ocean-based industries, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of the Australian marine survey company Guardian Geomatics.

Jakarta-based PT Fabila Teknik Sejahtra, has bought Saab’s Seaeye Falcon remotely operated robot, declaring it superior to other brands.

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has successfully completed a significant decommissioning project on Fairfield Energy’s Dunlin Alpha platform on the UK continental shelf.

Nauticus Robotics, Inc., a developer of autonomous vehicles and robots for data collection and intervention services for offshore industries, announced the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire 3D at Depth, Inc. (“3D”), a global leader in commercial subsea laser LiDAR (Light Detection and Range) inspection and data services, for approximately $34 million in stock, before certain purchase price adjustments and the assumption of debt.

AIS has been awarded a significant offshore contract as part of a SURF development for a pre-salt field in the Santos Basin.

CGG has announced the delivery of the eastern phase of its GeoVerse™ Carbon Storage Gulf of Mexico Study and commencement of the westward extension of the study. Both phases of the project, supported by industry funding, are available for license now with final products for the westward expansion phase available in Q1, 2024.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant (1) contract to supply flexible pipes to Petrobras for the pre-salt fields offshore Brazil.