Ithaca Energy Inc. announces an Athena field operational and production update. The planned hydraulic intervention to eliminate the production tubing blockage in the P1 well, using a Remotely Operated Vehicle Support Vessel, has been performed. This intervention, involving the pumping of fluids into
The Carlson Machine Control has introduced the new MC Pro Vx5 3D machine control sensor. Combine it with Carlson Machine Control’s CBx5 Control Box Console, the next generation, ruggedized, touch-screen control box, and get true simplicity of operation, installation and portability. Both are availab
Yesterday, Deltares started building the new Delta flume at their premises on Rotterdamseweg in Delft. This research facility will replace the present one in the Dutch North-East Polder and will be much more advanced. The new facility is unique as far as size and test features are concerned. Deltare
For the very first time, remote-controlled machines and an underwater welding robot have installed a new tie-in point on a live gas pipeline, without the pipeline being prepared in advance. This type of operations can save Statoil lots of money in the long run. The hot tap installation is the first
Continuing with its busy event season, Sonardyne International Ltd. will next be exhibiting at AUV 2012. Held bi-annually by the Oceanic Engineering Society (IEEE-OES), this year’s conference is taking place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and marks the first time that the event h
A preliminary analysis of the results has shown that the sensor systems predict the dike breaches well in advance. The dikes collapsed at the IJkdijk test location in Bad Nieuweschans, the Netherlands, on Saturday, 8 September. The exact failure mechanism still has to be determined. The first two di
Finnish wave energy developer, Wello Ltd, has on September the 11th released further test results of the Penguin wave energy converter installed in Orkney, Scotland. The Penguin wave energy converter survived first heavy storms in Orkney when the device was battered with over 12 meters waves. Even t
Ocean Renewable Power Co., a Maine company is the first developer of tidal energy to get a commercial project on the grid in North America. According to The Chronicle Herald, the company’s turbine in Maine’s Cobscook Bay started producing electricity last week, however it will not officially start p
American Power Group Corporation, GreenMan Technologies, announced that its subsidiary, American Power Group, Inc. has signed an agreement with The Horizon Strategies Group for business development and sales support services to introduce APG’s Turbocharged Natural Gas Dual Fuel Technology to the Dep
Bladt just finished the fabrication of one suction anchor for their well-know Norwegian client Sevan Marine. The suction anchor is very similar to the 13 anchors Bladt fabricated to Sevan Marine in 2011, and the suction anchor will also head for the same destination the Huntington field, which is lo
Bladt, an international steel contractor specializing in large-scale and highly complex steel structures just finished the fabrication of one suction anchor for their Norwegian client Sevan Marine. The suction anchor is very similar to the 13 anchors Bladt fabricated to Sevan Marine in 2011, and the
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has delivered a 110 MW gas engine power plant to Nihon Techno, a power producer and supplier. Kawasaki was awarded a full turnkey contract in October 2011 to supply the power plant for Nihon Techno’s Sodegaura Green Power Project. The 110 MW power pl
Gardline Geosciences Limited, specialists in the offshore geotechnical and geophysical market, and Canyon Offshore Ltd, specialists in subsea robotics, trenching and seabed intervention, announce a 3-year strategic alliance to provide seabed drilling, sampling and in-situ services to complement Gard
OYO Geospace last week accepted a non-binding letter of intent with the international energy company Statoil to provide 600 kilometers of seabed seismic reservoir monitoring system for the Snorre and Grane fields on the Norwegian continental shelf. Under the letter of intent, Statoil is contractuall
