Subsea & Survey

ELWAVE deployed its new active electrics sensor Octopulse in September 2023 for an UXO survey on EFGL (Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion) floating offshore wind farm site. This survey was carried out with ELWAVE’s Octopulse sensor based on its patented CEDAR^® technology providing accurate and high-sensitivity electrical impedance cartography of the area surrounding the wind farm.

Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. (TEI) recently delivered two subsea manifolds, two High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS), along with Trendsetter’s field proven TCS clamp connectors to Woodside Energy for use in their Shenzi North Field in the Gulf of Mexico.

TechnipFMC has been awarded⁽¹⁾ a contract to manufacture flexible pipe by Woodside Energy.

Global Underwater Hub’s (GUH) 2023 Business Survey has emphasised the strength of the UK supply chain across the underwater sectors but warns that a continuing lack of project surety is impeding necessary investment.

In July this year, AIS was awarded a significant Subsea Production System contract for the insulation of 47-off Christmas Trees as part of a development in the Norwegian North Sea.

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.