Grant scheme Supply Chain Innovation for Offshore Renewable Energy (SCORE) has named the first three East Anglian SMEs to bag funding. North-Norfolk based offshore wind farm specialist Tidal Transit will pocket £48,000 from the grant programme to back the development of the latest addition to its fl
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) achieved revenue of EUR 3.5 billion in 2013 (2012: EUR 3.1 billion). Net profit rose sharply to EUR 366 million (2012: EUR 249 million), partly due to a number of extraordinary items amounting to EUR 97 million post tax. Boskalis intends to distribute a div
Petrobras has completed drilling of wildcat well 1-BRSA-1205-RNS (1-RNS-158), located in deep-waters of the Potiguar Basin. The results confirm the discovery of intermediate oil (24º API), as previously announced to the market on December 17, 2013. The well, informally referred to as Pitu, is locate
The Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility (CSSF) has announced its provision of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services to the US Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) cabled network through the University of Washington (UW)’s Regional Scale Nodes component of the OOI. The ROPOS ROV (owned and op
Sonardyne International Ltd. is inviting qualifying academic establishments and research institutions to apply to participate in a Field Evaluation Programme for its new family of acoustic modems, uComm. Applicants with an upcoming, short-term ocean science project that would benefit from an underwa
Lundin Petroleum AB announced that the exploration drilling of the Boni prospect in the Baronang PSC, Natuna Sea, Indonesia has been completed. On 11th March 2014 drilling of the Boni-1 well reached Total Depth at 2,214 metres below mean sea level in the granitic basement as per the drilling program
After five days of searching for the Flight MH370, which was en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, the aircraft is still missing. The plane disappeared on Saturday with 239 people abroad. The authorities suspect that the Flight MH370 changed its route, so the search for the plane has been widened t
Ramboll continued to grow in 2013 in a tough market due to strong performance in most business units. More than 400 new persons joined Ramboll in 2013 and the company now has more than 10,000 employees globally. Ramboll generated revenue of DKK 7.8 billion in 2013 compared to DKK 7.6 billion in 2012
The Energy Department today announced $10 million to strengthen the U.S. marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy industry, including wave and tidal energy sources. Through the two funding opportunities announced today the Department is supporting design, manufacturing, demonstration, and testing of sus
The Supervisory Board of South Stream Transport B.V. today approved the signing of a construction contract for the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. The South Stream Offshore Pipeline will consist of four parallel pipelines of 931 kilometres across the Black Sea. Each pipeline will consist of over 75,
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and institutions involved in developing offshore and subsea technology are urged to prepare now for the opportunity of testing their new product prototypes or use existing ones in the open sea, at no cost. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton is c
Autosub Long Range, a state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle developed by the National Oceanography Centre, is about to be launched for a 30-day scientific expedition off the coast of Donegal in Ireland. Fitted with the latest oceanographic sensors, battery technology and advanced satellite
WesternGeco and PGS have been awarded contracts for seismic acquisition in the southeastern Barents Sea. The surveys cover blocks proposed for the 23rd concession round by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE) and will in total cover an area of approximately 13,700 square kilometres.
A2SEA earned DKK 276,5 million (EUR 37 million) in 2013, which is the largest ever profit for the company in the 14 years of its operation. “We secured a very large occupancy of our vessels in 2013 including our new vessel SEA INSTALLER operating throughout the entire year. This has resulted in an i
