Allswater, a Canadian engineering firm, has started detail design works of the Triton tidal platform for Black Rock Tidal Power. The semi-submersible Triton platform will host an array of Schottel Hydro turbines generating up to 2.5 MW of power, Allswater press release reads. Black Rock Tidal Power
TGS announces a new multi-client 3D survey offshore Eastern Canada with plans to acquire approximately 4,300 km² of seismic data. This survey is conducted in partnership with PGS. The Ramform Valiant, utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer® technology, will acquire data in Flemish Pass Basin over the Explora
Aqueos Corporation and Bibby Subsea have entered into a strategic alliance to jointly market their combined services to pursue subsea related projects in the Gulf of Mexico and other targeted regions. The goal of this strategic alliance is to increase their respective market share and expand their g
T.D. Williamson, a solutions provider for pressurized piping systems, has delivered a double block and bleed isolation during ESDV replacements in the South Atlantic Sea offshore West Africa for an independent European oil and gas company. Performing maintenance or repair on a live crude export pipe
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (July 06 – July 12). French engineering giant, Technip, has informed that the company will accelerate its cost reduction and efficiency efforts worldwide through a restructuring plan in response to the
The Reliance vessel, Olympic Canyon, after a 33 day search by the Indian Coast Guard and other agencies, has located the debris of the Dornier aircraft CG791. The Dornier aircraft went missing on June 8, 2015 after a routine maritime surveillance sortie along the Tamil Nadu coast. According to India
SmartBay Ireland has released a video of the subsea power and data cable installation at the Galway Bay Ocean Energy Test Site, featuring comments from the representatives of marine science organisations in Ireland. The 4 km cable was laid at Galway Bay on April 10, 2015. It will supply power to the
Bluestream Offshore has been awarded the Dutch Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Certificate by TÜV Netherlands, the company announced via social media. “The development of numerous, mainly offshore, wind projects which are often planned on relatively near shore locations, see project developers f
Bluestream Offshore has been awarded the Dutch Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) Clearance Certificate by TÜV Netherlands, the company announced via social media. “The development of numerous, mainly offshore, wind projects which are often planned on relatively near shore locations, see project developers f
Fairbanks Nijhuis, an engineering company, has developed a bi-directional tidal turbine equipped with blades that can rotate 180 degrees. The turbine was originally developed for the Power consortium that aims to research the possibility of generating electricity using dynamic tidal power concept in
This week, subsea major, Technip, introduced its restructuring plan in order to tackle the challenging industry environment, speculating an even tougher and prolonged downturn. Following the announcement that Technip will take one-off charges of €650 million due to restructuring, the company’s share
JBA Consulting has boosted its Marine and Coastal Risk Management team with the addition of two IDCORE research engineers. The research engineers, Ben Hudson and Edward Kay, will work on the further development, testing and application of JBA’s metocean planning tool – ForeCoast Marine Mission Plann
Singapore-listed, Ezra Holdings, just barely managed to stay afloat as the offshore O&G contractor books a 96 per cent decrease in profit after tax on lower revenue and higher costs. For the third quarter of 2015 (3Q2015) ending May 31, Ezra recorded $400,000 in profit after tax, down from $$10.2 mi
On 7th July, the Horns Rev 2 meteorological mast, supported by a Mono Bucket foundation was successfully decommissioned, since Dong Energy no longer required the met mast at its Danish offshore wind farm. The Mono Bucket, which was one of the very first to be deployed and has been in situ for 6 year
