Seismic player Polarcus said it has accepted service of court proceedings filed by PGS Australia relating to the acquisition of seismic data on 3 surveys in Australia and the processing of that data. According to the company, these proceedings follow 3 years of intermittent correspondence from PGS i
McLane Research Laboratories has introduced a new a 7,000-meter deep option for its large volume water transfer system (WTS-LV) samplers. The WTS-LV Deep option is available on the Standard, Dual Filter, and High Capacity WTS-LV models, and can also be retrofit to existing WTS-LV systems. “The LV De
Royal Boskalis Westminster (Boskalis) has acquired the contract for the supply and installation of the inter-array cables for the Moray Offshore Windfarm East (MOWE). In June 2017, Boskalis signed a ‘preferred bidder agreement‘ with MOWE which has now been converted into a binding contract following
Industry body Subsea UK and NSRI, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise has announced the latest call for companies to drive forward R&D between Scotland and Japan, as part of a partnership between Scottish Enterprise and the Nippon Foundation. The second call for projects follows the success of t
Norway’s Agder Dykk, is extending its scope of operations in the region with a new Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robotic vehicle. An early task for Agder Dykk’s Falcon is a survey of Norway’s harbours to provide data for the authorities on the status of sediment built up over decades of environmenta
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a letter of intent to enter into a long-term agreement with energy storage specialist NEC Energy Solutions (NEC ES) for the supply of lithium ion batteries for OPT’s subsea battery solutions. George H. Kirby, president and CEO of OPT, said: “We are excited t
The Coast Guard and partner agencies located the missing barge, Dredge 200, on Wednesday after it capsized and sank earlier this week in Broad Sound approximately two miles southeast of Nahant. The barge’s location was confirmed by a contracted company using multi-beam sonar just north of the North
InterGlobix, company focused on the convergence of data centers, terrestrial fiber and subsea fiber has joined SubOptic Association, the subsea industry’s global trade organization. SubOptic Association has long been active in the international undersea communications industry and is best known for
Equinor and its partners have decided to invest some NOK 1.4 billion in Vigdis boosting station, expected to come online in the first quarter of 2021. The subsea field Vigdis has been producing oil through the Snorre field for more than 20 years. Field production will now be boosted by almost 11 mil
Baker Hughes, a GE company, has been awarded a major stimulation and well-testing contract by Saudi Aramco.
SIMEC Atlantis has signed a grant agreement with EASME for €1 million in grant funding to support its tidal turbine technology and its MeyGen project supply chain partner Asturfeito. On October 30th 2018, Atlantis announced its plans to enhance the existing 6MW MeyGen project. This grant should supp
Subsea technology company Seatools has introduced Carrera E 3D motion-controlled precision flow excavation spread. The 630+ kW, all-electric deep-water excavator features Seatools’ ROV DP technology and, according to the company, it sets the stage for unprecedented levels of accuracy, production, an
AKOFS Offshore’s AKOFS Seafarer well intervention vessel has been upgraded with Siemens BlueVault Energy Storage Solution. AKOFS Seafarer is the first existing well intervention vessel to be upgraded with a battery solution, the company said. The delivery will include Siemens BlueVault Energy Stora
Following an extensive R&D trajectory, Seatools is now introducing the Carrera E 3D motion-controlled precision flow excavation spread. “Seatools developed the Carrera E mass flow excavation spread leveraging its proven capabilities in heave compensation and ROV control technologies. The patent-pend
