Cenergy Holdings subsidiary Hellenic Cables has won a contract from Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) for the supply of medium voltage subsea cables. The cables will replace older submarine cables connecting Scotland’s island communities. SSEN owns and operates the 11kV and 33kV subsea
Researchers at Berkeley Lab have have been awarded new grants to develop fiber optic cables for monitoring offshore wind operations and underground natural gas storage. The new research builds on Berkeley Lab’s previous studies in fiber optic cables and their for use in carbon sequestration, groundw
Kongsberg Maritime has developed a new launch and recovery system (LARS) solution for its HUGIN range of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The company came up with a solution to have the new LARS operating from midships, with the release and capture of HUGIN marine robots occurring beneath the
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has contracted Norwegian marine robotics firm Stinger for services related to planning and preparing site testing of an AUV equipped with a robot arm for performing subsea pipeline inspections. The underwater intervention drone is based on a fusion of submarine technologies
McDermott has been awarded a sizeable contract by BHP to provide pre-FEED services for a floating production unit (FPU) that will be installed at the Trion field offshore Mexico.
McDermott has been awarded a sizeable contract by BHP to provide pre-FEED services for a floating production unit (FPU) that will be installed at the Trion field offshore Mexico.
Three oil and gas technology companies have teamed up to offer an integrated and boundary pushing approach to well lifecycle integrity and production optimisation. Churchill Drilling Tools and US-based expandable tubular well specialist Mohawk Energy have joined with Coretrax under its new brand. Ke
Completions service company Tendeka has signed a three-year contract with Mubadala Petroleum to supply sand-face completion equipment in Thailand. The deal will see Tendeka supply its FloElite sand screens and FloSure autonomous inflow control devices (AICDs) to Mubadala Petroleum’s Jasmine, Manora
Tekmar’s subsea asset protection specialist Pipeshield has secured 20 new projects in the first quarter 2020 from customers in the UK, Europe, US, Middle East and Asia. Amongst a multi-million-dollar total value awards is a contract to supply over 90 4Te Precise Rock Placement Units (PRP’s) to the M
Independent completions service company Tendeka has signed a three-year contract with Mubadala Petroleum to supply sand-face completion equipment in Thailand.
Eelume has received NOK 175.000 in pre-project funding this year from GCE Ocean Technology. Eelume was established in 2015 as a spin-off from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). After a decade of research on snake robots in collaboration with the research organization SINTEF,
Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes has issued a profit warning for 2020 due to demand outlook uncertainties resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. The company said that many of its customers are limiting access to their premises, disabling the company from completing the installation of new equ
96 percent of Europe’s wind turbine and component manufacturing factories continue to operate, WindEurope said. Currently, only seven wind energy manufacturing sites are closed, according to WindEurope. All of them are located in Spain and Italy, the countries with the strictest lockdown regulations
Malin Renewables has recently received the steel to kick off the fabrication works for AWS Ocean Energy’s Archimedes Waveswing wave power generation device. In February this year, Malin Renewables secured a £1-million contract from AWS to supply a fifty-tonne wave energy converter. Malin will build
