James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been selected to provide project engineering services for the installation of GWave’s wave energy device at Wave Hub.
James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS) has been selected to provide project engineering services for Gwave’s inaugural ‘Power Generation Vessel’ (PGV) installation, the first wave energy device of its kind to be used in Europe. The work will be undertaken by a division of JFMS, Marine Projects (previou
A new €17 million ocean energy call to support the development of ocean energy technologies has been launched by Scottish Enterprise on behalf of the Oceanera-Net Cofund project consortium.
The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has joined the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) on the on-going joint industry research project, ‘Hypo-Lias’, to explore the hydrocarbon potential of Jurassic rock formations across the Southern North Sea (SNS). This research project, exe
Pembrokeshire has come one step closer to the establishment of a marine renewable energy center around the Milford Haven waterway with the signing of Swansea Bay City Region deal set to take place later today.
Badger Explorer has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with the shareholders of Dwellop to acquire 100% of the company’s outstanding shares. Dwellop is systems and technology provider delivering topside handling equipment for well intervention and plugging & abandonment (P&A) operations. A large
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) has won an offshore contract for the Neelam Re-Development & B173AC project from the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) valued at USD 245 million. The contract encompasses engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning for the project. The
Singapore-listed offshore services player Ezra Holdings has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States together with its two entities EMAS IT Solutions and Ezra Marine Services. The decision to file for Chapter 11 comes just weeks after Ezra’s subsea joint venture, EMAS Chiyoda-
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (March 13 – March 19). The US oilfield services major Halliburton is said to be close to strike a deal to acquire Norwegian oil services company, Aker Solutions. According to Norwegian media reports, w
ABPmer has developed tide and surge model, and related database, for the North West Europe.
In collaboration with multi-client geoscience data company, TGS, Fugro continues to map the seafloor in the Gulf of Mexico to pull together a complete picture of geological features, including hydrocarbon seeps. This latest survey, “Otos”, follows the successful completion of another TGS industry-fu
Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories, Giorgio Bacelli, has received recognition for his wave energy research from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
OceanGate Expeditions said it will conduct the first manned submersible expedition to the wreck of the RMS Titanic since 2005. The survey expedition team will use a newly built manned submersible to assess the condition of the shipwreck and document artifacts in the debris field. The exploration tea
Aker Solutions will provide design engineering for the upgrading of the semi-submersible Njord A platform in Norway. The company will, as a subcontractor of Kvaerner, take part in upgrading the platform after operator Statoil exercised an option in an agreement awarded in April 2016. The option is f
