Oxford professor, Paul Taylor, will visit the National University of Singapore from 25 March to 2 April 2013 under the Maritime Technology Professorship (MTP) programme, which aims to enhance research and development (R&D) in marine and offshore engineering research in Singapore. Professor Taylor is
The high amount of plastic that floats freely in the oceans forming gyres, which endanger sea life, affects food chain and causes over a billion US dollar worth vessel damages per year. Take a look at the inspiring speech of a first year aerospace engineering student at the Delft University of Techn
The plans for construction of a subsea technology center have been welcomed by NOF Energy’s CEO George Rafferty, informs The Northern Echo. He welcomed the decision to build the Neptune National Center in the North-East on the River Tyne in Newcastle. “The region has one of the most vibrant subsea s
Professor David MacKay FRS, Chief Scientific Advisor at the UK’s Department of Climate Change and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, is speaking about how the laws of physics constrain sustainable energy options in the following video from TE
Professor David MacKay FRS, Chief Scientific Advisor at the UK’s Department of Climate Change and Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics at the University of Cambridge, is speaking about how the laws of physics constrain sustainable energy options in the following video from TE
The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has officially opened international oilfield services company, Expro’s new well intervention facility in Aberdeen. The Carnegie and Young facilities, located in Dyce, Aberdeen, will enhance the company’s growing wel
Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd (Gt Yarmouth, UK) reports that two major product launches are planned for this year’s Ocean Business Conference, both of which are to be demonstrated on board their dedicated survey vessel, the Coral Wind. In a shift away from their traditional sub-bottom profiling a
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Ocean Power Technologies, a company planning to build the nation’s first commercial wave energy operation offshore Oregon, announced that it is undertaking studies which will probably cause the delay of a test buoy installation, Winnipeg Free Press reports. CEO Chuck Dunleavy stated: “This process c
PIRA Energy Group will release a new study this May entitled, Liquefied Henry Hub: The Repercussions of North American LNG Exports at Home and Abroad, which analyzes and forecasts the effects of foreign gas demand and global competition on LNG production in the North American gas market and beyond.
The US Government is about to release the first draft of Florida Atlantic University’s Environmental Assessment for its planned ocean energy project, the Business Journal informs. The university’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology plans to install undersea turbines in the Gulf Stream to generate el
Australia’s resources and energy commodity export earnings are forecast to decline to $186 billion in 2012–13, but grow in the medium term according to the Resources and Energy Quarterly–March Quarter 2013, released by the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE). “A forecast fall in the pric
Since the plate tectonics revolution of the 1960s, scientists have known that new seafloor is created throughout the major ocean basins at linear chains of volcanoes known as mid-ocean ridges. But where exactly does the erupted magma come from? Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at U
The net support costs for society of offshore wind in Belgium is lower than in neighbouring countries. Gross income for the various projects also lies below the European average. This appears from a comparative report by an independent consultancy firm, 3 E, in which the various support systems of 6
