Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has secured a contract with US Department of Defense Office of Naval Research (ONR) to design a new mass-spring oscillating PowerBuoy for mission critical sensors.
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed second seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on the Race Bank offshore wind farm. ESS cleared more than 3000 boulders at the wind farm site, located off the Norfolk and Lincolnshire coast. Race Bank will consist of 91 turbines of 6MW each and gen
BioPower Systems (BPS), an Australian wave energy developer, has identified a damage on the cable that links its bioWAVE wave energy device to the onshore grid.
Following a successful deployment of its riserless coil tubing (CT) technology in the offshore petroleum industry, Island Offshore is said to be taking it to the next level by performing heavy well intervention with coil tubing in producing subsea wells. In 2015 Island Offshore made history when dri
Seismic contractor Polarcus has secured a letter of award from an undisclosed client for 3D marine seismic acquisition in Australia. The Oslo-listed company said it plans to carry the survey by utilizing its XArray acquisition technique. According to Polarcus the broadband data acquisition project i
DCN Diving deployed Saab Seaeye Cougar XT remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to perform cutting off 194 grouting hoses from 97 structures at Godewind 1 & 2 wind farms. The company incorporated a tooling package created by DCN Diving into Cougar XT Compact to conduct the work. The task for the Cougar al
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is now home to the only geotechnical modelling facility in the world that operates three centrifuges. A third 26-tonne fixed-beam centrifuge was lowered by crane into the new Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre building after arriving from France last week.
Welsh government has launched consultations on proposed changes to the fees and associated charges for marine licensing.
BP has ordered approximately 100 km of static umbilicals and associated accessories from Nexans for the next stage of the West Nile Delta project. This contract should help BP, and partner DEA (Deutsche Erdoel AG), develop the Giza, Fayoum and Raven gas condensate fields and for future discovered an
Statoil and its licence partners have opted for gas-fired power solution for Johan Castberg as the most suitable and socio-economic solution for the development. Aker Solutions, Aibel, ABB, Unitech, Pöyry and Thema Consulting have contributed to the power analysis. The power solutions include full a
Wah Seong Corporation (WSC) informed that its pipe coating business unit, Wasco Coatings Europe (WCEu), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of WSC incorporated in The Netherlands, has finalised a deal regarding the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project. Namely, WCEu signed a contract with Nord Stream 2 AG
Richard Parkinson, Operations Director of James Fisher Marine Services, has shared his experiences in tidal energy industry, as well as his views on the future development of the sector.
Aker Solutions, Det norske oljeselskap and Subsea 7 agreed on a so-called “one for all, all for one” collaboration model that should, as the companies believe, mark a major shift in how an operator and its suppliers can work together on oil and gas developments offshore Norway. The alliance combines
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has granted Statoil consent to use the mobile drilling facility Scarabeo 5 for well intervention in well 34/7-A-10 H on the Snorre field. Spanning blocks 34/4 and 34/7 in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea, about 150 kilometers west of Floro, this
