Scotland’s economic development agencies, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, have joined forces to launch a series of research and development funding calls to attract projects with potential to drive down the cost of offshore renewable energy. R&D funding has been made availa
Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery in the Statoil-operated Block 2 licence in Tanzania. The logging results from the Lavani well confirm a new high-impact discovery for Statoil, with a preliminary resource estimate of 3 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas in place. The Lavan
International energy consultancy Xodus Group has invested £100,000 in ground-breaking research which will provide a vital industry insight to the interaction of renewables with the marine environment as offshore wind developments scale up in the UK and around the world. James Monnington has been bro
During the EAGE in Copenhagen the WGP Group signed a new joint venture (JV) agreement with P-Cable 3D Seismic AS (“P-Cable”) for the commercialisation of new, patented High Resolution 3D seismic technology; the joint venture will trade as WGP Survey Ltd. The benefits of P-Cable’s new technology incl
Holland America Line and Marine Conservation Institute announced the recipients of the 2012 Mia J. Tegner Memorial Research Grants in Marine Environmental History and Historical Marine Ecology. Funded through a partnership between Marine Conservation Institute and Holland America Line, the program s
The German government’s plan to improve the storage capacity of the present grid by installing approximately 1,800 kilometres of new, high voltage power lines by 2012 resulted in only 214 kilometres of installed power lines until June 7, writes the cospp.com news portal. After renouncing nuclear pow
Intertek’s Energy and Water consultancy services (formerly Intertek METOC), has launched a cable optimisation service to support planning and operation of array, export and interconnector cables. The unique modelling service will enable developers and utilities to save time and cost during array cab
MMT is participating in ground-breaking archaeological discoveries in Hanöbukten, Sweden. The project called Landscapes Lost, is led by researchers from the MARIS (the Maritime Archaeological Research Institute) at Södertörn University. The project consists of both extensive surveying and more local
Canadian-owned Nautilus Minerals received more criticism in its bid to mine the sea-floor offshore Papua New Guinea, Radio New Zealand reported. Nautilus is developing the world’s first commercial deep sea mining project in Papua New Guinea called Solwara 1. But the Deep Sea Mining campaign says the
Fugro has chosen Global Offshore Wind 2012 for the launch of the Group’s new SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy, which represents the next generation of multi-purpose buoys tailored for the renewable energy industry. The new buoy is the result of a successful joint industry R&D project utilising offshore and
Fugro has chosen Global Offshore Wind 2012 for the launch of the Group’s new SEAWATCH Wind LiDAR Buoy, which represents the next generation of multi-purpose buoys tailored for the renewable energy industry. The new buoy is the result of a successful joint industry R&D project utilising offshore and
International oil service group Aker Solutions continues its investments in Asia Pacific with a brand new lifecycle services workshop in Songkhla, in the Gulf of Thailand. Recently, Aker Solutions announced several investments in Malaysia including a new umbilical and a subsea service base, in addit
An international crew of aquanauts is settling into its home on the ocean floor, where the team will spend 12 days testing concepts for a potential asteroid mission. The expedition is the 16th excursion of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO). The crew of four began its mission in
CGGVeritas announced that it has opened a new processing & imaging center in Melbourne, Australia. The Melbourne center extends the services and accessibility of CGGVeritas in Australia where it has had an ongoing presence since 1981 and opened its main Perth office in 2000. Although Perth has tradi
