The elastomeric mooring tethers, said to be in position to address cost and reliability challenges associated with marine energy devices, have been installed at the BiMEP test site in the Bay of Biscay, on the northern coast of Spain.
DG MARE, a body responsible for the EU Commission’s policies on maritime affairs and fisheries, has published an ocean energy market study which outlines the financial needs of the ocean energy sector in the EU.
Equinor, formerly known as Statoil, has awarded Reach Subsea with a contract for survey and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) works at Dudgeon and Hywind offshore wind farms, which Reach Subsea will execute together with MMT.
Equinor has, on behalf of the UK offshore wind farm operations at Dudgeon Offshore Wind and Hywind, awarded Reach Subsea a frame agreement for survey and inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services. The frame agreement has a firm duration of 3 years, with extension options for 2 additional yea
Spectrum Geo has started acquisition of an offshore multi-client 2D seismic survey in the Eastern Turkish Black Sea. The first phase of this campaign comprises 7,000 km of 2D data and is focused on an area identified to have significant hydrocarbon potential. The project is carried out in partnershi
The representative organizations for the UK marine energy sector, as well as their European counterpart Ocean Energy Europe, have expressed their disappointment on the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon rejection and called the UK government to chart clear and viable route to market for tidal and wave industr
UK-based high voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group has set up operational bases in Lowestoft and Aberdeen, UK.
The Swedish Energy Agency has granted CorPower Ocean a little over €8 million (SEK 85 million) to support the construction and testing of a full-scale device and subsequent wave energy park demonstration.
Pioneering Spirit has resumed pipelaying of the second offshore string for the TurkStream offshore gas pipeline towards Kiyikoy in Turkey. After entering the Black Sea on June 20, Pioneering Spirit completed a set of preparatory works, including lowering of the stinger and re-testing of pipelay equi
Oilfield technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas has started a qualification of a TCP riser for deepwater and dynamic applications for an operator in South America in collaboration with Subsea 7. The TCP riser qualification programme, believed to be a world first for fully bonded composite risers, aims t
Following the UK government’s rejection of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon proposal, SIMEC Atlantis Energy has put the spotlight on its Wyre Estuary tidal barrage project calling it a ‘natural pathfinder’ for the larger planned lagoon projects.
Shell said it has made a final investment decision (FID) for the Fram gas and condensate field in the UK North Sea. This FID adds momentum to Shell’s North Sea production growth, following the decision to redevelop the Penguins field in the northern North Sea. At peak production, the Fram field is e
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has received a new US patent for a method of controlling wave power generation equipment to optimize energy harvesting in low to moderate sea states.
Australian-based tidal energy company MAKO Tidal Turbines (MTT) and Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) are about to undertake a six month tidal turbine demonstration at the Port of Gladstone. The project will investigate how tidal energy can contribute to Australia’s energy mix. MTT CEO, Douglas Hunt
