IBERDROLA INGENIERÍA, in partnership with the Swedish company CorPower Ocean specializing in wave energy converters and the Portuguese marine research centre WavEc, has embarked on the development of the R&D project HiWave, focused on high efficiency wave power. This international initiative aims to
Barge Master has received a Letter of Award from Niestern Sander bv for employment of the Barge Master motion compensated crane on their new Walk-to-Work vessel, to be built for Wagenborg. The vessel, including the Barge Master system, will be ready in the first quarter of 2015. NAM will use the mot
The University of New Orleans School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering has received a $121,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop ocean current turbines that will be able to convert the energy of the sea into electricity. The project, “Collaborative Research: Optimized
The ability to join two high voltage cables on a vessel is becoming an increasingly common occurrence in the UK’s offshore wind farm industry. Wind farm sites that are situated a long distance from shore require multiple ‘export cables’ to be laid and later joined together in order to provide a cont
Wright’s Well Control Services was contracted by Marine Platform Limited and Chevron Nigeria to provide a means of supplying a fluid delivery system for deepwater intervention. Using Wrights’ proprietary coiled tubing system, an existing unit was modified to meet the requirements of the contract. Th
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has received a first order for their new production facility in Brazil. The new order includes three sets of five cranes, which will be manufactured as soon as construction of the Brazilian production facility is completed
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed a £4.7 million boulder clearing and pre-lay trenching project which it claims has been one of the most successful ever conducted for the wind energy sector. As subcontractor to Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC), the Banchory-based subsea specialist completed 8
Huisman, the worldwide specialist in lifting, drilling and subsea solutions, has received a first order for their new production facility in Brazil. The new order includes three sets of five cranes, which will be manufactured as soon as construction of the Brazilian production facility is completed
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a new contract worth approximately € 70 million, for the connection of the island of Capri and Torre Annunziata (Naples), by Terna Rete Italia S.p.A., a company fully owned by Terna S.p.A., the Italian Tr
The Asia-Pacific market for electrical equipment for marine and offshore solutions has been concentrated in South Korea, Japan and Singapore. While South Korea and Singapore have been the hubs of the offshore structure building industry, Japan and South Korea are leaders in marine vessel manufacturi
Chevron Technology Ventures LLC (CTV) has announced it has launched CTV Fund V, a $90 million venture capital fund to invest in early- to mid-stage companies and in limited partnership funds. Investments from CTV Fund V will focus on companies developing emerging technologies that have the potential
Inocean has been awarded the contract for the concept and option for FEED for the Statoil CAT I Drillship. “The most important contract for Inocean ever,” says Jon Erik Borgen, CEO of Inocean. “Being developed for arctic operations, we are probably speaking of the most advanced and sophisticated uni
An offshore cable protection company, Tekmar Energy, has bolstered its senior management team with the appointment of a new chairman. High profile industry figure Ally MacDonald takes up the post. With 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry and a background in engineering, MacDonald brings
Rotork flow control products have been selected for applications throughout the giant Queensland CSG-to-LNG projects in Australia. To date, Rotork’s international sales network has received orders for more than 5000 valve actuators, embracing electric, electro-hydraulic, pneumatic and gas-over-oil t
