PanGeo Subsea and SeaRoc Team to Provide Offshore Renewable Energy Services

PanGeo Subsea Inc. of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, a service provider of high-definition 3D sub-seabed acoustic imaging, and SeaRoc Inc. of Brighton, UK, a consultancy with experience in offshore wind, wave and tidal energy, have entered into a working agreement to pool their expertise to offer a comprehensive service package to the offshore renewable industry.

The two companies will provide a bundled site investigation service that includes project management, vessels, imaging equipment and data collection and analysis to support the near-shore and offshore requirements of investigations and installations related to the development of wind farms.

“PanGeo Subsea has broad-based intellectual property and expertise related to high-definition, detailed volumetric mapping of the sub-seabed,” said PanGeo Subsea President Moya Cahill. “Our technology involves a family of stationary acoustic coring tools called the Acoustic CorerTM and an ROV/AUV platform-supported near-surface sub-seabed unit, the Sub-Bottom ImagerTM, delivering continuous volumetric mapping. Combined with the significant offshore and project management experience that SeaRoc puts forward, we will deliver a dramatic improvement in the resolution and focusing ability for 3D site investigations and route surveys for our customers.”

“As a marine consultancy, SeaRoc has been involved in the offshore renewable industry since 2002 and the majority of offshore wind farm projects (in the UK)”, said SeaRoc Chief Operating Officer Eric Briar. “Our marine knowledge and experience, twinned with the Acoustic Corer and Sub-Bottom Imager, will deliver results not yet seen in the industry and for us that is a very compelling offering.”

PanGeo Subsea specializes in 3D and 4D subsea acoustic imaging, utilizing acoustic tools that deliver high-resolution volumetric delineation of sub-seabed hazards and sediment variations. The company’s international clients include: oil and gas (installations, decommissioning, pipeline installation and monitoring), renewable energy (foundations), military (Q routes and UXO detection); marine civil engineering; archaeology and mining. Corporate headquarters and technology development are located in St. John’s, Newfoundland, with global operations and business development in Aberdeen, UK.

SeaRoc provides specialist products and services to the offshore renewable energy sector, offering marine engineering, quality, health, safety and environment (QHSE) and geographic information system (GIS) data management expertise with applications that support the lifecycle of offshore wind, wave and tidal projects. SeaRoc has been involved from site selection through construction to operations and maintenance on a large number of UK offshore wind projects, as well as an increasing number of Northern European and North American projects.