The Oil & Gas Technology Centre has invested in three robotics projects to transform pressure vessel inspection. The projects were selected as part of our first Asset Integrity ‘Call for Ideas’, which launched in 2017. Pressure vessel inspection was identified by the industry as a crucial challenge
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) is collaborating with the University of Strathclyde and the University of Exeter on developing new offshore wind access forecasting methodology expected to enable safer crew transfers.
Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult expects to publish the contract notices and procurement documentation for the construction of its wind turbine bearing test facility in Blyth, UK, in March.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has submitted a ‘final needs case’ to the UK energy regulator Ofgem for a subsea cable link that could connect up to 220MW of new renewables on Orkney to the Scottish mainland.
An expedition crew of the research vessel (R/V) Petrel has discovered the wreckage of USS Lexington that went missing 76 years ago, Paul G. Allen informed. The Lexington was found 3,000 meters below the surface, resting on the floor of the Coral Sea more than 500 miles off the eastern coast of Austr
Elia, Belgium’s electricity transmission system operator, has contracted London Offshore Consultants (France) to provide marine warranty surveyor (MWS) services for the modular offshore grid (MOG) project in the Belgium sector of the North Sea. The MWS provides independent third-party technical revi
Aker BP has received consent from Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) Norway to perform manned underwater operations in 2018. The underwater operations will be undertaken by Aker BP’s contractor Subsea 7, at the Alvheim, Ula and Valhall fields. The underwater operations will be carried out by the divin
Systematic has designed a new software solution called SITE which is said to improve employee safety and streamline logistics at offshore wind farms.
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has began a survey in the waters of the Kingdom of Tonga as part of the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme. The company will use multibeam sonar equipment to map key areas of the seabed in the approaches to the harbour of the capital, Nuku’alofa, on the main is
Global provider of engineered services and products Oceaneering International has acquired Ecosse Subsea through one of its subsidiaries.
The video shows the recently inaugurated SEENEOH tidal energy test site, located on the River Gironne, at the heart of the French city of Bordeaux.
Energean Oil & Gas in Israel has signed a secured Senior Credit Facility that will provide funding for Karish and Tanin fields development. In addition, the company also signed a contract with TechnipFMC for the construction of an FPSO for the project. The company signed the Senior Credit Facility o
Dutch tidal energy developer Tocardo has signed an agreement with DELTA power utility company for the purchase of clean electricity generated by its tidal energy array on the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier.
EDS HV Group (EDS), a part of James Fisher and Sons, has completed its scope of work for cable termination and testing works at the Rampion offshore wind farm. The Rampion development, located off the Sussex coast in the UK, features 116 turbines each 3.45MW in capacity, giving the project a total g
