Damen to Revamp SGU’s Survey Vessel

Damen Oskarshamnsvarvet in Sweden has won a contract to undertake a major life extension programme on the survey and research vessel S/V Ocean Surveyor, owned by SGU, Sweden’s national geological survey agency. The vessel will undergo the life-time extension over the course of 12 months. It will include the replacement of the all the machinery, […]

Shearwater in Black Sea Survey for Total Off Bulgaria

Shearwater GeoServices has secured an award of a large towed streamer 3D acquisition and Fast Track processing project in the Black Sea by Total E&P Bulgaria. The survey covers 5,500 sq. km in the Han Asparuh block 1-21 using Flexisource triple source together with Fast Track processing enabled by Shearwater’s proprietary Reveal […]

Murphy Hires Subsea 7 for Work in Gulf of Mexico

Subsea 7 has secured a contract, worth between USD 150 million and USD 300 million, by Murphy Exploration and Production Company – USA for the subsea installation services related to the Samurai, Khaleesi, and Mormont developments tying back to the King’s Quay semi- submersible. The King’s Quay host facility is approximately 175 […]

Subsea 7 Wins Barossa SURF

Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract contract between $300 million and $500 million by ConocoPhillips Australia to deliver the SURF scope for the Barossa project, 300 kilometers offshore Darwin, Australia. Subsea 7’s scope of work includes project management, engineering, procurement, fabrication, transportation, installation and pre-commissioning of 36 kilometers of flowlines and […]

Ocean Aero Lands Homeland Security Deal

Ocean Aero has secured a multi-million-dollar agreement to deliver a variety of its autonomous, underwater and surface vehicles (AUSVs) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) for a ground-breaking research, evaluation, and testing program. Ocean Aero will be delivering a mix of its Navigator and Discovery models and working closely […]

Global Marine Group Spins Oceanteam Turntable

Oceanteam Solutions has entered into a three-year agreement for rental of its 4000Te carousel for the ultimate client Global Marine Group. The client has the option to extend this agreement with a total of five years. The contract started end of February 2020. For this specific project, the 4000Te carousel will be […]

Seatronics Becomes Kongsberg Mesotech Dealer in Africa

Seatronics, an Acteon company, will now act as a reseller of Kongsberg Mesotech and underwater positioning products for the African region. Seatronics said it has identified significant opportunities for its VALOR observation-class ROV which will be offered to the region as an integrated package utilising the latest Kongsberg technologies. The Kongsberg MicroPAP, […]

EMGS Sets Sight on Namibia Multi-Client Campaign

Norwegian geophysical services company EMGS has received a letter of intent with a minimum value of USD 3.6 million from an undisclosed customer on behalf of a JV block consortium, offshore Namibia. Under the terms of the pending data licensing agreement, a final survey option type and license fee is expected to […]