The Wire - Offshore and Hydrographic, February 2024

Offshore and Hydrographic Wire

Offshore and Hydrographic Wire

22/02/2024

Offshore and Hydrographic Wire

Offshore professionals operate in diverse areas. These include: seismic, hydrographic and geophysical surveyors; designers and naval architects of oil rigs, drill ships or FPSOs; design and engineering of subsea structures and equipment; marine mammal observers and environmental consultants; supply of crew and consultants; design and consultancy of wind farms and other renewable energies.
A series of unfortunate events

22/02/2024

A series of unfortunate events

An offshore surveying firm signed a contract with an oil company, for the provision of geophysical surveys and geotechnical surveys over certain gas fields.
Setting out for a claim

22/02/2024

Setting out for a claim

A hydrographic surveyor member of ITIC also carried out land surveys. They were contracted to set-out a shore entry point of a subsea power cable.
Subsea telecommunication cable

22/02/2024

Subsea telecommunication cable

A consultant was engaged to notify all interested parties along a route of a new telecommunications cable. The consultant did this in accordance with its principal’s instructions.
Jack-up barge punches through sandy bottom

22/02/2024

Jack-up barge punches through sandy bottom

An offshore consultant performed a site assessment for a jack-up crane barge. The site was known to have some inherent difficulties for jack-up operations due to the underlying layer of soft clay which could potentially lead to a “punch-through” of one of the jack-up’s legs.
Resample required

22/02/2024

Resample required

As part of a pipeline project a surveyor carried out geotechnical sampling which required the collection of samples at numerous stations. Unfortunately the surveyor did not follow proper procedures in handling some of the core samples for laboratory tests.  
Hydrographic howler

22/02/2024

Hydrographic howler

A hydrographic surveyor was appointed to conduct a survey for a harbour authority. The surveyor made a mistake taking the readings as they had not allowed for the depth of the transducer on the survey vessel.
Patent problems

22/02/2024

Patent problems

An offshore engineering firm was engaged by the head contractor engaged in the construction of an offshore windfarm to design a subsea pile template (“SPT”) to be used to assist in the driving of piles into the sea floor.

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