A team of subsea engineering experts representing the UK has advanced to the semi-finals in the $7-million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE. The XPRIZE is an international competition which aims to create the next generation tools, technologies and techniques for rapid, unmanned ocean exploration and di
Baggerbedrijf De Boer B.V. (Dutch Dredging) has made an order for two custom, special-purpose tugs to be built at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld in the Netherlands. According to Damen, the tugs are for a 10-year contract with Grand Port Maritime de Guyane in the ports of Cayenne and Kourou in French Gu
Offshore services player Helix Energy Solutions has seen red in the fourth quarter of 2016 on impairment charges linked mostly to its robotics division, but still managed to improve when compared to a year-ago period. Despite revenue drop of close to 19 percent year-over-year, the Houston-based well
Pharos Offshore has recently completed the development and enhancement of a 2,500-meter rated SMD-built tracked (or free-flying) jet trencher, which has subsequently been named the UTV400. The 400hp trenching ROV (TROV) set the benchmark for cable maintenance scopes when it was first introduced in t
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) has secured an export contract award for its ARCIMS mission system with an undisclosed Navy. The ARCIMS 11-metre unmanned surface vehicle (USV) is a military specification maritime autonomous mission system equipped with ATLAS family of variable depth sonars. This latest c
TechnipFMC posted a picture on social media channels last Friday of the first subsea trees being prepared for Total’s Egina field offshore Nigeria. The subsea trees, loaded in the company’s Dunfermline facility in Scotland, were ready on Friday for TechnipFMC’s Onne base in Nigeria for completion, a
Lancaster-based First Subsea has signed a multi-million pound contract with DONG Energy for Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm cable protection systems (CPS). The order is for 151 CPS units, and marks the first major UK contract in renewables for First Subsea, which should allow the business to
This is the third time snakes have been featured on Offshore Energy Today. In 2013 we wrote about the real snakes on a rig, when Maersk shared photos of (correct me if i’m wrong) pythons aboard one of its semi-submersible rig offshore Angola*. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2lyl03c Then, in April 20
Eelume AS has released the first live video footage of its snake-like underwater intervention vehicles. With the support of Kongsberg Maritime as a development partner, the new Eelume robot has been designed to live permanently underwater and carry out underwater intervention tasks that would normal
The fourth and final tidal turbine has been installed as part of Phase 1a of the MeyGen tidal energy project, located in the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth, Scotland. The Atlantis AR1500 tidal stream turbine was successfully deployed in less than 60 minutes following earlier connection of its pro
Chevron has acquired the right to explore for oil and gas in a new permit near its giant Gorgon gas field, offshore Western Australia. According to the Australian government, the company has paid $3 million for a cash bid to secure exploration rights there. Minister for Resources and Northern Austra
Siemens Wind Power has secured a contract to provide complete offshore wind power plant solutions including foundations for the EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm. Starting in early 2018, the Hohe See wind farm will be installed at a site 90 kilometers north of the German island Borkum in the North Se
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District, has just released a video about their TSHDs Essayons and Yaquina, named ‘Drydock: Repairing the Massive Ships that Dredge the Columbia River’. These Portland District’s hopper dredgers work to ensure a safe ‘highway’ for container ships and other
VBMS, a subsidiary of Boskalis, has been awarded an inter-array cabling contract by EnBW Hohe See GmbH for the 500 MW EnBW Hohe See offshore wind farm. The contract has a value of approximately EUR 80 million (USD 85 million), and includes the supply, installation and burial as well as termination a
