Offshore Survey News


Fugro Restarts US Hydrocarbon, LNG Projects After Trump Win

Mar 03, 2025

Dutch geological data specialist Fugro has restarted multiple projects in the U.S. hydrocarbon and LNG sectors since Donald Trump's election and is optimistic about offshore wind development in Asia and Europe, its CEO told Reuters on Friday…

Shearwater Nets ExxonMobil’s Contract for 4D OBN Survey Off Guyana

Feb 24, 2025

Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has secured large deepwater 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) reservoir surveillance program by ExxonMobil Guyana.Under the contract, Shearwater will begin a six-month survey starting in the first half of 2025…

TGS Gets 4D Streamer Acquisition Job at Vår Energi’s Goliat Field

Feb 21, 2025

Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured a 4D streamer acquisition project in the Barents Sea covering the Vår Energi-operated Goliat field.The Goliat 4D project is scheduled to start in July.The total duration of the project is approximately 20 days…

TGS Secures New Multi-Client Survey in Barents Sea

Feb 19, 2025

Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured a new multi-client 3D streamer acquisition and processing project in the Goliat area of the Norwegian Barents Sea.The new GeoStreamer survey will span up to 1,600 square kilometers over recent discoveries such as Countach…

TGS Nets Two 4D Streamer Contracts Offshore Norway

Feb 10, 2025

Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured two 4D streamer contract acquisition projects, one in the North Sea and the other in the Norwegian Sea.The 4D projects are scheduled to be acquired back-to-back and start in June 2025.The total duration of the two surveys is approximately 80 days…

DeepOcean Lines Up Subsea Survey Work for Polish Offshore Wind Farms

Jan 30, 2025

Ocean services provider DeepOcean has secured a subsea survey contract on the Bałtyk 2 and 3 offshore wind developments in Poland which are jointly developed by Equinor and Polenergia.Under the contract, DeepOcean will conduct geophysical seabed…

TGS Lands Another Offshore Wind Job in UK

Jan 30, 2025

Norwegian seismic specialist TGS has secured another offshore wind site characterization contract on the U.K. continental shelf, the second since the beginning of 2025.The contract has a total duration of approximately 30 days and the Ramform…

Oceaneering Orders 100 Exail's Octans 9 Systems to Bolster Offshore Ops

Jan 27, 2025

U.S.-based subsea services and technology firm Oceaneering has placed an initial order for a minimum of 100 units of Exail’s new Octans 9 Attitude Heading Referencing Systems (AHRS), as it aims to enhance capabilities for offshore survey and positioning projects…

EMGS Lines Up New CSEM Survey Offshore India

Jan 15, 2025

Norwegian offshore survey services firm Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) has secured a controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) survey offshore India.The survey is expected to have a contract value of approximately $10 million, subject to the issuance of a callout order…

TGS Secures 4D Streamer Campaign Offshore Norway

Jan 15, 2025

Norwegian seismic specialist TGS has secured four 4D streamer contract acquisition projects, three of which are in the North Sea and one in the Barents Sea.The 4D campaign in the North Sea is scheduled to begin in early second quarter of 2025…

NextGeo Scoops $27.8M for North Sea Offshore Wind Surveys

Jan 10, 2025

Marine geosciences and offshore construction support services firm Next Geosolutions has been hired by TenneT under a $27.8 million contract to conduct an unexploded ordnances (UXO) survey off the Dutch coast, in support of the development of offshore wind farms…

XOCEAN Nets $118M Investment to Expand Offshore Operations

Jan 09, 2025

Irish ocean data company XOCEAN has secured $118.3 million investment to support its expansion across multiple offshore segments including wind development and operations, asset integrity assurance, CCUS, and civil hydrography.XOCEAN partnered with S2G Ventures to structure the round…

Shearwater Kicks Off Second Round of Pelotas Basin Surveys

Jan 07, 2025

Shearwater Geoservices has started the second season of acquisition for the Pelotas Basin multi-client 3D seismic survey in Brazil, conducted in partnership with Searcher Seismic.The new acquisition will be the sixth multi-client 3D project for the joint venture and will utilize the SW Empress…

Shearwater to Proceed with 4D Survey for Petrobras in Campos Basin

Dec 23, 2024

Offshore seismic services firm Shearwater Geoservices has been given a go-ahead from Petrobras to start one of the two 4D projects covering the Jubarte and Tartaruga Verde fields in the Campos Basin area.Under the eight-month contract, announced in January 4…

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