Ocean Bottom Seismic News


XOCEAN Secures Five-Year Survey Deal for Six Dutch Offshore Wind Farms

Dec 04, 2025

Ocean data acquisition specialist XOCEAN has secured five-year contract to deliver bathymetric survey services across six Dutch offshore wind farms.The agreements were coordinated by Eneco on behalf of the participating wind farms – Borssele 3&4 (Blauwwind)…

ABS Approves FPSO Remote Control Functions from Hanwha Ocean

Dec 02, 2025

ABS issued approval in principle (AIP) to Hanwha Ocean Co. Ltd. for remote control functions for FPSO units.ABS completed design reviews based on the ABS Requirements for Autonomous and Remote-Control Functions.The project is part of the Offshore…

UK Backs Development of 145-ft Uncrewed Offshore Support Vessel

Dec 02, 2025

A consortium led by UK unmanned vessel developer ACUA Ocean has secured government support to develop a new 145-foot uncrewed offshore support vessel, aiming to scale up autonomous operations for offshore energy, logistics and surveillance.The Project MROS consortium…

TGS Secures First OBN Job for 2026 in Europe

Dec 01, 2025

TGS, a leading provider of energy data and intelligence, is pleased to announce the award of an ocean bottom node (OBN) contract in Europe.The company's node-on-a-rope crew is scheduled to mobilize early May 2026, and the contract has a duration of approximately 60 days…

Jifmar Concludes Takeover of 15 Seacontractors Workboats

Nov 24, 2025

Jifmar Group has completed the transfer of Seacontractors’ fleet of 15 workboats, finalizing a deal signed in August and strengthening its presence in the Middle East and Indian Ocean.The vessels and associated teams formally joined Jifmar on November 19…

UK Regulator Grants Multi-Year Extension for Pilot Oil Field License

Nov 24, 2025

The UK North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has approved a three-year extension to the second term of License P2244, which contains the Pilot oil field, pushing the expiry date to December 2028.Orcadian Energy holds an 18.75% carried interest in the license…

Trump Proposal Opens California Coast to Drilling, Drawing Fierce Opposition

Nov 21, 2025

President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday unveiled a plan for a dramatic expansion of oil and gas drilling rights auctions in U.S. waters, including in California, where state officials strongly oppose energy development along its world-famous coastline…

Fugro Concludes Surveys for Adriatic Sea Offshore Wind Farm

Nov 20, 2025

Fugro has completed geophysical and archaeological surveys for Energia Wind 2020 to support the development of the Rimini offshore wind farm.As one of Italy’s first fixed-bottom offshore wind initiatives, the 330 MW project represents a major step forward in the country’s energy transition…

Ocean Winds Secures Rights for Third Floating Wind Site in Celtic Sea

Nov 20, 2025

Ocean Winds, the 50-50 joint venture between EDPR and ENGIE, is set to be awarded rights for a floating offshore wind site in the Celtic Sea, off the coast of England and Wales, by The Crown Estate.The site is one of three that was offered in Offshore Wind Leasing Round 5…

DeepOcean Gets Subsea Tie-Back Job in UK

Nov 19, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded a contract to provide subsea construction and tie-in work at a subsea field development on the U.K. continental shelf.The field is being developed as a subsea tieback to an existing host facility…

Sonardyne Takes Charge of Passive Seismic Monitoring for UK’s First CCS Site

Nov 18, 2025

Sonardyne will provide passive seismic monitoring services for the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) at the Endurance carbon storage site in the U.K. North Sea, expanding its role at the country’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project…

TGS Secures Monitoring and Survey Extensions Offshore Norway

Nov 18, 2025

Data energy and intelligence firm TGS has extended the existing contracts with major international energy company for reservoir monitoring and source services offshore Norway.The extensions are for the provision of reservoir monitoring and source…

TGS Getting Ready for Multi-Client 3D Survey Offshore Brazil

Nov 17, 2025

Energy data and intelligence firm TGS has outlined plans for the start of Pelotas Norte Phase I multi-client 3D survey in the Pelotas Basin, offshore southern Brazil.Phase I will encompass approximately 14,800 square kilometers across 21 exploration blocks…

Canada’s First Tidal Energy Array Authorized Using Adaptive Regulatory Framework

Nov 14, 2025

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has issued a Fisheries Act Authorization to Eauclaire Tidal Ltd. to deploy up to three Orbital Marine Power Ltd (Orbital) O2-X tidal energy devices at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy (FORCE). This marks the first project to proceed under Canada’s revised…

PXGEO Inks Two Seismic Acquisition Contracts with Petrobras off Brazil

Nov 13, 2025

Marine geophysical services company PXGEO has signed two significant contracts with Petrobras-led consortia, to deliver seismic data acquisition and monitoring services in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The projects will run consecutively…

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