Areva Wind, the wind turbine manufacturer from Bremerhaven, has teamed up with a development company Energiekontor from Bremen to test Areva’s 8MW wind turbine in Asselermoor, Drochtersen, in Lower Saxony, according to German media. The aim of the tests is to obtain a type certification, which is a
Areva Wind, the wind turbine manufacturer from Bremerhaven, has teamed up with a development company Energiekontor from Bremen to test Areva’s 8MW wind turbine in Asselermoor, Drochtersen, in Lower Saxony, according to German media. The aim of the tests is to obtain a type certification, which is a
Douglas-Westwood forecast spend during 2013-2017 to double to $124 billion compared to the preceding five-year period. Deepwater activity is booming in the ‘Golden Triangle’; Brazil, West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico, which is forecast to account for 44% of total subsea hardware expenditure. The do
The Briese Award for Marine Research will take place at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde, next Wednesday 19th February, 2014. The awarded PHD thesis is titled “Locomotion in biological systems”. There have been altogether 13 scientists applying for the award, among them seve
Dana Petroleum has released an update about the Fregate-1 exploration well being drilled in Block 7, offshore Mauritania. The well is being plugged and abandoned at a depth of 5,426m MD BRT. The well discovered gas-condensate and oil pay in multiple thin, but good quality sands within the Lower Corm
Alstom participated in a €30 million Ocean Lider R&D project directed at the sustainable use of marine energy sources and its future objectives. In this 4-year project, led by Iberdrola Engineering and Construction, Alstom’s assignment concentrated on the integration of marine energy sources into th
Scientists of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) at the Technical University of Denmark explain how hydrographic conditions affect the distribution of fish eggs and growth of economically important fish stocks. In the Baltic Sea, two cod
Benefits to asset integrity and environmental monitoring of oil and gas installations will come from a project developed by Eni Norge and Tecnomare called Clean Sea (continuous long-term environmental and asset integrity monitoring at sea). The Clean Sea team have found answers to key issues, like t
A&P Falmouth informed that the work on Seatricity’s wave energy device will start this week. At the beginning of this month, Seatricity contracted A&P to build a wave energy device Oceanus 2, which will be deployed at Wave Hub. Oceanus 2 will be built in the fabrications workshops, assembled on the
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited announced the completion of two progress milestones for the pipeline and CETO unit components of the Perth Wave Energy Project. Carnegie received $937,200 for completion of two milestones from the Western Australian State Government under its LEED G
Recently, Atlas Professionals (previously: Atlas Services Group) announced its new brand positioning, building on the organisation’s long tradition of continuous development and improvement. Working at the cutting edge of specialist recruitment & HR services in the energy and marine industries, Atla
Partrac will organize a workshop on turbulence at tidal energy sites on Wednesday, February 26, in Belfast. The workshop ‘From Big Whorls to Little Whorls: The impact of turbulence at tidal energy sites’ is sponsored by The Crown Estate and The Carbon Trust, and will run prior to RenewableUK Wave &
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released a tender invitation for specialist advisory services, focused on wave energy. The promoter is in need of qualified service providers of expert project management, engineering and specialist advisory services for the development of the Atlantic
ExxonMobil Corporation announced the start of natural gas production at the Damar field off the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. ExxonMobil subsidiary, ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia Inc., has a 50 percent interest in the project. The Damar field has a projected capacity of 200 mil
