Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation has engineered and manufactured a custom syntactic foam buoyancy package for the Schmidt Ocean Institute for use on its new remotely operated vehicle (ROV), SuBastian. The Schmidt Ocean Institute underwater robotic research program includes the design and
Unique Group’s Survey Equipment division, through its Oceanvision brand, has recently delivered two custom-made portable CCTV inspection systems to an undisclosed energy services company based in Singapore and Australia. The CCTV inspection systems were developed through Oceanvision’s software which
The technology group Wärtsilä is to supply the engines and other propulsion machinery for DEME’s new offshore construction vessel ‘Orion’ being built at the Cosco shipyard in China. This will be the first vessel of its kind to be fueled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and in addition to the dual-fuel
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and The British Geological Survey (BGS) have released the 21st Century Exploration Roadmap (21CXRM) Palaeozoic Project, aiming to improve the knowledge and data from the underexplored Palaeozoic petroleum systems of the North Sea and Greater Irish Sea. The project was
Chinese submarine cable manufacturer ZTT Group received the purchasing contract from EMAS Chiyoda and Saipem and has been confirmed as the bidder of 33kV, 15kV of Hasbah II, Marjan & Zuluf, and Safaniya 10 these three projects from Saudi Aramco with total value of $30 million. ZTT said it has passed
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has been awarded a contract to provide its Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system for the Semi-Autonomous Hydrographic Reconnaissance Vehicle (SAHRV). SAHRV is a small, portable underwater vehicle (UUV) intended for shallow water surveillanc
Mooring specialist First Marine Solutions (FMS) has entered into an official alliance with Interocean Marine Services, forming FMS Interocean company. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, the alliance will combine the two companies’ equipment and technical capabilities to offer “enhanced inte
Louis Dreyfus Travocean repaired on behalf of RTE and National Grid 4 of the 8 submarine cables being part of the IFA2000 electrical link between France and England. The cables of this link are buried in pairs, and form 4 routes about 1 km apart from one another. The defaults concerned 2 of these ca
East Coast Oil and Gas Engineering (EC-OG) has installed and switched on its ocean current energy conversion system, the Subsea Power Hub (SPH), at EMEC’s Shapinsay Sound test site. The unit is now fully operational and performing in line with the technical predictions. The next step is to leave the
DCNS Energies and its subsidiary OpenHydro have retrieved one of the two tidal turbines of the Paimpol-Bréhat project. The two turbines for the Paimpol-Bréhat demonstration project, with the combined capacity of 1MW, were deployed in the first half of 2016, off the coast of Brittany in France. One o
Scotrenewables Tidal Power’s SR2000 tidal turbine has reached full rated power at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney. The turbine has achieved a full, 2MW rated, export capacity on Wednesday, the company noted. Andrew Scott, CEO, said: “We are tremendously excited to have the SR2000
Prysmian’s UK production facility in Wrexham is to manufacture both 33 kV and 66 kV submarine cable cores used for the inter-array cable connections in offshore wind farms, the company said earlier this week. According to the company, its high voltage facility in Wrexham is the only factory in the U
Ocean Infinity has awarded 4D Nav the contract for InfinityView, a mission planning and monitoring software for its multiple autonomous vehicle systems. 4D Nav’s managing partner, Stewart Cannon, said: “We are excited to be awarded this project and be part of the Ocean Infinity team. I believe this
Canada-based subsea services provider Dominion Diving has customised its Saab Seaeye Cougar XT light work electric robotic vehicle to boost its performance. The resulting Cougar XT custom version could handle a tooling package normally possible only on a larger hydraulic system, and take on three de
