The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) aboard the deep-sea scientific drilling vessel Chikyu has been conducting IODP Expedition 358, “NanTroSEIZE Plate Boundary Deep Riser 4: Nankai seismogenic/slow slip megathrust” since October 7, 2018. Chikyu will enter the port of Sh
Aker Energy Ghana has submitted an integrated plan of development and operations (PDO) to Ghanaian authorities for the Deepwater Tano / Cape Three Points (DWT/CTP) block offshore Ghana. “The plan will, once approved, ensure an efficient development and production of the Pecan field and further optim
Zeeland Tidal Power partnership has laid down the ambition to generate 100 megawatts of tidal energy in Zeeland before the year 2025. The Zeeland Tidal Power consists of the companies Hillebrand, Istimewa, DELTA Energy, PZEM, Zeeuwind and Tocardo. Zeeland is the only province in the Netherlands with
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) has completed its second subsea trenching project with one of Europe’s front-running cable solution providers. JFSE used its Twin R2000 excavation tool for the project. The Twin R2000 provides operational flexibility for non-contact excavation. Excavating at a v
Finnish technology company focused on ocean-wave energy conversion, Wello, has launched a new funding campaign. Wello is looking to raise €1 million – €2.5 million in exchange of equity between 4.34% and 10.18% until April 23, 2019. Through Invesdor, Wello is offering its shares at a minimum investm
Neptune Energy has filed its draft for decommissioning of two fields located in the Southern North Sea, the Minke and Juliet. The Minke field is located in the Southern Basin of the UKCS and lies about 184 km from the Norfolk coastline. Minke began production in 2007 and was developed through a sing
AgileTek Engineering, one of Tekmar Group’s four primary operating companies, has completed the acquisition of Ryder Geotechnical Limited. Ryder Geotechnical, founded by Fraser Gibson in 2016, provides geotechnical design and consulting services in the offshore wind and subsea oil and gas sectors. B
Irish company DesignPro Renewables has said that its custom-built grid connected mooring system is running smoothly at the SEENEOH test site in Bordeaux, France. In September 2018, DesignPro deployed a 25kW device at the SEENEOH test site as part of its €2.7-million Horizon 2020 SME Instrument funde
Marine survey for the Djibouti Africa Regional Express 1 (DARE1) submarine cable system has been completed and the cable route finalized, Djibouti Telecom, Somtel and SubCom said. The companies also announced the addition of a landing station in Bosaso, Somalia. The DARE1 cable system is the first s
A survey commissioned by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has revealed that more needs to be done when it comes to adopting and sharing new data and digital technologies. 94% of the participants in the Digital Innovation Priorities Survey said there is a gap between the way in which the offsho
A survey commissioned by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has revealed that more needs to be done when it comes to adopting and sharing new data and digital technologies. 94% of the participants in the Digital Innovation Priorities Survey said there is a gap between the way in which the offsho
L3 Technologies together with Sonardyne will offer 6G-enabled capability across its commercial autonomous vessel product range. L3’s C-Stat 2 and C-Cat 3 autonomous vessels will be offered factory-fitted with Sonardyne’s 6G range of Ranger 2 Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) tracking and communications sy
Seabed Geosolutions has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed client for 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in what is said to be a challenging area of the Gulf of Mexico. Covering 270 square kilometres and in water depths up to 2,100 metres, the survey will start in the third quarter of 2019 and
UK-based Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) has decided to open its first location in an overseas territory. Namely, the Canadian city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, will become home to AAE Americas on May 1st 2019, when the company moves into its new office at the Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneur
