Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announces the signing of the formal funding agreement, for the award of a $1.27m AusIndustry grant from the Clean Technology Innovation Program to support a CETO Seawater Desalination Demonstration Pilot Plant. The signed funding agreement supports
Following the news that almost 60 monopiles had been completed on 18 March, specialised jack-up vessel Seajacks Zaratan continues installation at a rapid pace at the Meerwind Offshore Park, installing 3 monopiles in just under 1 and a half days. Zaratan collected the three 675t steel structures from
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. reported net income of $1.6 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2013 compared with net income of $65.7 million, or $0.62 per diluted share, for the same period in 2012, and a net loss of $171.6 million, or $(1.64) per diluted share, in the
MultiClient Geophysical ASA (MCG) announces the completion of the MC2D-MCG1281 survey in Barbados. The first phase of the seismic survey was acquired in 2012 and comprised of 3,856 km. The second phase has added another 3,020 km and was completed on 17 April 2013. The 6,876 km survey has been recent
Neptune Marine Services Limited (Neptune or the Company) announces that it has been awarded a contract extension from Eni on the recently announced IRM works in the Blacktip field. The extended Eni scope of work includes a geotechnical drilling campaign and is expected to be followed by the utilisat
1. Alstom Shows Tidal Stream Power Generation (VIDEO) Alstom, a world leader in transport infrastructure, power generation and electrical grid, shows tidal stream power animation. Tidal power is a major growth area, with a potential global electricity generation estimated up to 100 gigawatts. 2. UK:
At the beginning of March a Hydrex team of diver/technicians sailed out with one of the company’s dive support workboats to a 200-meter vehicle carrier berthed in the port of Antwerp. They performed an underwater inspection and repair of the vessel’s malfunctioning rudder. The latest development all
On April 17th, the positioning of the first portside sponson (p10) has been succesfully completed at the site of Costa Concordia wreck. Operations have continued yesterday with installation of the second sponson (p11) offshore Giglio Island. Eventually, the sponsons will be welded on the hull of the
Seaborn Networks, the developer and operator of the first direct Sao Paulo – US cable system (Seabras-1), announced it is establishing its first Brazil gateway in Equinix’s International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Equinix’s facility in Sao Paulo (SP2) provides data c
Hydrex teams carried out underwater steel repairs on vessels in France and Portugal. In France Hydrex carried out a pipe repair on a 210-meter bulk carrier berthed in Dunkirk and reinforced the weld seams of a leaking doubler plate on a 183-meter tanker in Marseille. In Setubal, Portugal, two repair
U.S. Navy Divers from Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 and contracted salvage personnel successfully raised and returned to shore a sunken patrol boat (PB 502), April 18. Coastal Riverine Squadron (CRS) 10, a Navy Reserve unit based in Jacksonville, Fla., was conducting a routine training eve
Last month, Hydrex teams carried out underwater propeller operations in Bremen and Rostock (Germany) and Algeciras (Spain). In Algeciras a 200-meter vehicle carrier had its five propeller blades cropped. In Germany three of the five blades of a 183-meter tanker were grinded, re-profiled and polished
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has published its results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2012[1] together with its Annual Report. Financial Highlights for the 12 months to 31 December 2012 – Record revenues of £129.9m (2011: £83.2m), an
Petroceltic International plc (“Petroceltic” or the “Company”), the upstream oil and gas exploration and production company focused on North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions announces its participation in a joint venture with Edison International Spa (“Edison”) which was the succe
