Narec informed yesterday that it became an associate member of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA). Ignacio Marti, Narec‘s Chief Technology Officer, welcomed EERA’s decision to grant the membership: “Narec’s R&D activity has considerably increased over recent years and this acceptance ackno
The Aasta Hansteen and Polarled development projects will have significant spinoff effects in the north. So far the projects are set to ensure jobs for 200 people on the Helgeland coast. “Aasta Hansteen is a pioneer project in Northern Norway. It is the deepest field development on the Norwegian con
Croatian company Brodosplit, delivers a hydraulically operated pipeline lifting tool intended for handling of oil pipelines at 3,000 m of sea depth. Device is fully operated by remotely operated vehicle (ROV), operated by a crew aboard a vessel. Practicality and usefulness of this device is best sho
Half a year ago, MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) launched an initiative to offer six free slots for invited maritime start-ups. This way the Institute encourages maritime innovation in the Netherlands, said MARIN director Bas Buchner. Out of twenty applicants, six received a symbolic
The Australian Greens will introduce a bill to ban offshore dumping in the Great Barrier Reef today, as new research shows the government is effectively subsidising the Abbot Point sludge dumping by $1 billion. “The government is letting 5 million tonnes of dredging sediment be dumped in the Reef fo
Eni has made an important new exploration discovery in the Marine XII Block located approximately 17 kilometers offshore Congo. The exploration well, Nene Marine 3, which led to the important result, was drilled in a water depth of 28 meters and has encountered a significant wet gas and light oil ac
Seatronics Inc., an Acteon company, is expanding its rental, sales and service work for customers throughout North and Central America by moving to a new facility in Huston. The new plant, at 1319 West Sam Houston Parkway North, Suite 150, contains service facilities for cable moulding, connector as
Statoil and the partners in the Johan Sverdrup field have decided on a concept for the first development phase. The partners have agreed on a field centre consisting of four installations and power from shore. Johan Sverdrup is among the largest oil fields on the Norwegian shelf, and will at peak co
Subsea mining is in the news as well as on the agendas of an increasing number of companies around the globe. On Friday 7 February the Deep Sea Mining Bill, which seeks to bring forward greater regulations to the emerging industry, with an emphasis placed on protecting the marine environment, was gi
Ithaca Energy Inc. announces that the exploration well on the Handcross prospect (204/18b-2A) has been drilled to a total measured depth of 10,120 feet into the Tertiary, Vaila Formation. No hydrocarbons were encountered in the target T36 or T35AA sands. The well is in the process of being plugged a
DeepOcean today announced that it had bought a geotechnical drilling rig and had established a strategic alliance with Geoquip Marine, in order to enter the offshore geotechnical services market. The new rig is a heave compensated, offshore geotechnical deepwater drilling rig built and commissioned
DeepOcean today announced that it had bought a geotechnical drilling rig and had established a strategic alliance with Geoquip Marine, in order to enter the offshore geotechnical services market. The new rig is a heave compensated, offshore geotechnical deepwater drilling rig built and commissioned
DeepOcean Group Holding BV (“DeepOcean”) announces that the company has made the decision to enter the market for Offshore Geotechnical Services. The Company has acquired a geotechnical drilling rig and entered into a Strategic Alliance with Geoquip Marine AG for the provision of Geotechnical Servic
Lockheed Martin announced that it has signed a contract with Victorian Wave Partners Ltd. to begin developing the world’s largest wave energy project announced to date. This is a significant step toward making ocean energy commercially available. The 62.5-megawatt peak power wave energy generation p
