Minesto has decided to engage a new supplier for the construction of a gravity-based structure (GBS) foundation for the company’s first Deep Green installation in Holyhead Deep, as a consequence of the discontinuation by current supplier Ocean Resource. “We have taken immediate actions to ensure the
GE has completed the previously announced combination of GE’s oil and gas business with Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) is the first and only company to bring together industry-leading equipment, services and digital solutions across the entire spectrum of oil and gas development, GE
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Elia, the operator of the Belgian high-voltage grid, have concluded a loan agreement for 100 million euros with a tenor of 7 years. This loan will be used primarily for financing the Stevin project; this includes bringing ashore the wind energy produced at sea
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has been awarded a contract for the supply of elastomeric bearings for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup oil field, offshore Norway. Located on the Utsira Height in the North Sea, 160 kilometers west of Stavanger, the Johan Sverdup oil field will be operated by elec
Swedish engineering company Trelleborg has been awarded a contract for the supply of elastomeric bearings for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup development off Norway. Trelleborg’s elastomeric bearings are steel plate laminated and installed between the hull and the modules. They accommodate axial, shear, an
Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio), based in India, has launched the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system. The AAE-1 will stretch over 25,000 km from Marseille, France to Hong Kong, with 21 cable landings across Asia and Europe. With diversified Points of Presence (PoP) in Asia (Hong Kong and
Kraken Sonar has formally taken delivery of ThunderFish Alpha autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) designed for deep sea military, commercial and scientific applications. The ThunderFish Alpha AUV (formerly called DEDAVE) was developed by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute and will be used as a technolog
Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. The facility, constructed by Technip Samsung Consortium, is being towed to North West Australia, where the next phase of the project will begin. Prelude now faces a 5,
Subsea excavation experts James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) is providing equipment and personnel to subsea power cable installation specialist VBMS for several concurrent projects. The company’s Twin R2000 spread, coupled with its patented water jetting system, is supporting offshore wind farm c
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has entered into a data sharing agreement with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Norway for use of surplus data to improve understanding of the oceans. In late March 2017 PGS announced its intention to open the Company’s surplus database for research on the ocean
Bardot Group has completed its latest R&D project: an experimentation platform named OTEC Lab. This facility is dedicated to model and optimize the Ocean Thermal Energy Converter (OTEC) system developed by Bardot’s business unit specialized in marine renewable energy. OTEC technology uses seawater t
MacArtney Underwater Technology has supplied FOCUS 2 underwater vehicles on board a multipurpose supply vessel engaged in survey work on the world’s longest subsea interconnector between the UK and Norway. Business partnership between Geomarine, local MacArtney agent in Italy, and Next Geosolutions
Caterpillar recently delivered the Cat 6015B OEM Frontless Hydraulic Shovel that is being used for the Ashdod Port Development Project in Israel. The port, located about 40 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, is undergoing a substantial expansion to meet the forecast of a 40 percent increase in cargo traf
The RRS James Clark Ross arrived at the National Oceanography Centre last week, returning Autosub Long Range (Boaty McBoatface) home after its first scientific deployment in the Antarctic. Developed by the NOC, Autosub Long Range, the latest type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), captured data
