Insights and News

PROD is a self‑contained, remotely operated seabed drilling and geotechnical testing system, operating in water depths to 4,000 m and investigating seabeds to 150 m. PROD has a proven global track record, including operations in ultra-deepwater, challenging soil conditions, and extreme seabed slopes. Operating directly on the seabed, PROD avoids time-consuming deployment of drill string, yielding immediate efficiency gains.

Chantiers de l’Atlantique, EDF power solutions, Heerema Marine Contractors, Menck, RTE, Sealence and Smulders have formed a consortium to develop a cutting-edge noise mitigation system for offshore wind operations. The growth of offshore renewable energy presents an important opportunity to further strengthen our commitment to responsible operations. Understanding and managing underwater noise becomes increasingly essential to protecting marine ecosystems. Activities such as ship traffic, sonar use, and offshore construction can affect marine life over large distances. Offshore wind farm installation is one of these activities.

As our recent blog series has shown, scaling offshore energy depends on integration across every stage of delivery, from reliable moorings and precise seabed intelligence to adaptable engineering design. Now, as the offshore wind industry races toward gigawatt-scale developments, offshore wind foundations have become the next frontier for efficiency and innovation.

Acteon’s Menck and 2H delivered a full offshore drilling and grouting service for eight mooring piles, supporting the Scarabeo 5 marine foundations project in Congo.

The offshore energy market is entering a new era of demand and complexity. Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) activity is surging across South America, Africa and Asia, with schedules tightening and vessel availability remaining a critical constraint. According to Rystad Energy, over $70 billion in FPSO capex is forecast over the next decade – around 85% of it concentrated in these three regions. As investment ramps up and timelines compress, every day offshore counts.

Mooring integrity management can be seen as an afterthought. Yet, the risks and costs associated with a mooring line failure can be catastrophic. In this episode, Tom Fulton, Global Director, Strategic Mooring Solutions and Kent Longridge, Senior Principal Engineer at Intermoor dive into a topic that sits at the core of safe and reliable offshore operations: Mooring Integrity Management.

2H, Acteon’s engineering consultancy, today announced the acquisition of Houston based EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) specialist Upstream Engineering. The move significantly expands Acteon’s global engineering capability and creates one of the industry’s most comprehensive minimum facility platform (MFP) offerings.

Menck, Acteon’s Marine Foundations business line, has successfully delivered the first of two MHU4400S hydraulic hammer systems to Heerema Marine Contractors Nederland SE (“Heerema”) under a strategic multi-million-pound agreement. This milestone marks the first phase of a two-hammer supply agreement that reinforces the long-standing collaboration between Heerema and Acteon. The hammers will join Heerema’s extensive fleet of Menck’s systems, further strengthening its position among leading transport and installation (T&I) contractors.

Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line is proud to announce that it has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for the provision of stack-up mooring system services in Brazil. This work will support light-workover interventions and abandonment operations on installed subsea Christmas trees across both anchored and dynamically positioned Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) and Well Intervention Vessels (WIVs). The assets are located in water depths from 80 to 600 metres.

The offshore energy sector is evolving rapidly. Both oil and gas fields and offshore wind farms are under pressure to deliver reliable energy while keeping projects affordable. The design choices engineers make today will determine whether these projects remain adaptable, resilient and ready to meet future challenges or whether they become locked into costly, rigid solutions that limit flexibility for decades.

Our Permanent Mooring Track Record brochure consolidates hundreds of permanent mooring projects across multiple environments, water depths, and asset types and summarises our work scope for each project. By combining advanced engineering, robust anchor technologies, disciplined offshore procedures, and long-term integrity management, we deliver mooring solutions that behave exactly as intended throughout the asset’s life.

Menck, Acteon’s Marine Foundations business line, delivered its largest offshore grouting operation to date for DEME, supporting the installation of 61 turbine foundations at the Yeu-Noirmoutier Offshore Wind Farm. To keep pace with DEME’s rapid installation schedule, we executed large annulus grouting operations at previously unmatched pumping rates, achieving exceptionally fast turnaround times between pours and enabling fast consecutive foundation installations.