Ocean Power Technologies’ PowerBuoy has been deployed in the Adriatic Sea to advance Eni’s R&D MaREnergy project, aiming to develop, deploy and demonstrate suitability of wave energy renewable technologies in oil & gas operations.
SIMEC Atlantis said it has completed the proposed sale of the company’s stake in its Canadian joint venture at the FORCE facility in Nova Scotia, Canada, to its renewable energy development partner DP Energy group. DP Energy has acquired the remaining 50% interest in Atlantis Operations (Canada) Lim
CAPE Investment Partners has acquired majority shareholding in CAPE Holland and FoundOcean from the private equity investor Ambienta. With the new shareholder, a new phase for both companies will start. The companies aim to further grow their unique market positions in the rapidly expanding offshore
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has completed the redeployment of two 1.5MW turbines at the MeyGen tidal energy project in Scotland. The turbines were retrieved for modification work following initial operations, and now all four turbines have been reconnected to the grid. Since reinstallation of these turbin
Damen Shipyards Group has signed a contract with Gerd Stensen AS from Norway for the delivery of a Damen Stan Tug 1606. According to Damen, the client will apply the new vessel to their dredging operations. Gerd Stensen, like Damen, is a family company. Their dredging work includes but is not limite
Piedroba Consulting Group (PCG), a Miami-based marine infrastructure consultancy firm specializing in project risk management, has continued to grow in 2018. Dredging Today recently caught up with Piedroba partners, Jelle Prins and Luis Prieto y Munoz, to review their 2018 and discuss Piedroba’s pro
OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Equinor for the supply of the all-electric actuated subsea boosting system for the Vigdis field in the Norwegian North Sea. The scope of the contract includes a pump station, with a manifo
OneSubsea has been awarded an EPC contract by Equinor for the first all-electric actuated subsea boosting system for the Vigdis field.
Aberdeen-based C-Tecnics Subsea Electronics has fulfilled an order for six high definition underwater inspection cameras to be installed on Simec Technologies’ latest ROV. The batch of model CT3017 titanium HD cameras, each providing full 1080p definition picture quality and rated to 4000 metres dep
Global OTEC Resources has released images of its first design concepts for using ocean thermal energy conversion. The company said it has spent the last year developing its OTEC concept especially for ‘off-grid’ resorts and local islands in the Maldives and Caribbean. The firm believes it has reache
Holland Dredge Design (HDD), a Dutch company involved in engineering, designing, building, supplying and maintenance of all sorts of dredgers and dredging equipment, is currently building components for a new trailing suction hopper dredger. According to HDD’s latest announcement, their trailing suc
Nexans has completed the installation and testing of its 445 km submarine and land mass-impregnated HVDC interconnector linking the Cepagatti converter station in Pescara, Italy, to the Kotor converter station near Budva in Montenegro. In 2012, Nexans was awarded a €340-million contract by Terna, th
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has carried out an audit of subsea deliveries for Equinor’s Snorre expansion project in the northern part of the North Sea. The objective of the audit, performed last month, was to verify that the design engineering of the subsea production system and Christ
Malaysian contractor Destini has secured a deal for the provision of tubular handling, conductor installation and slot recovery equipment and services for the Pan Malaysia Petroleum Arrangement Contractors (PAC) drilling program by Petronas. The award which was received by Destini Oil Services (DOS)
