A series of photos taken by the JAMSTEC’s deep-sea submersible Shinkai 6500 reveals the appearance of fissures and bacterial mats on the seafloor, which are possibly associated with the 2011 Earthquake of the Pacific Coast of Tohoku on March 11. The survey was conducted from 30 June to 14 August, 20
The development of a pipeline system for the transport of gas from the Barents Sea is an important decision for the future. – Our task is to provide a sound base for making good technical and economical decisions for the companies that want their gas exported to the market. We are still in an [&hell
OrbisEnergy is spearheading a bid to set up a technology innovation centre (TIC) for East Anglia. Orbis is answering an invitation from the Technology Strategy Board, which stimulates technological innovation in sectors boosting UK growth and productivity and is creating a network of TICs. The renew
Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected for the development of a number of testing facilities for the rapidly expanding global wind industry. The state of the art facilities are under development by customers worldwide. In the UK Converteam has been contracted
On September 1, Siemens Energy opened its new subsea technology center in Trondheim, Norway. Siemens has invested more than EUR10 million in the refurbishment of a building in which new process equipment will be developed and manufactured. The new facility covering an area of 10,000 square meters wi
It has been about a year since BP sealed the oil well that had been gushing oil into the Gulf of Mexico… CNN [mappress] Source: CNN, September 01, 2011;
Underwater engineering specialist Tekmar Energy doubled revenues in the last 12 months and expects to achieve the same magnitude of growth… (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, September 01, 2011;
Crews are finalizing plans to conduct a subsurface investigation on Greers Ferry Lake, beginning Tuesday, September 6, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) officials. The work is expected to last until September 22. Crews from the Geotechnical section of AHTD’s Ma
Nautilus Minerals is to raise approximately US$100 million (C$98.1 million*) through a private placement of common shares to fund the development of its first project, Solwara 1, in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea. The placing will involve the issue of approximately 39 million shares to a numbe
With the wind industry moving toward larger wind turbine platforms in the future, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, today announced it has begun work on the first phase of a 2-year, $3 million project from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a n
With the wind industry moving toward larger wind turbine platforms in the future, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, today announced it has begun work on the first phase of a 2-year, $3 million project from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a n
The Australian Maritime College is celebrating 10 years of cutting-edge hydrodynamic research at the Model Test Basin, and a function was held on Tuesday, 23 August to mark the occasion. Past and present AMC staff members involved with the creation and ongoing development of the facility attended, a
An underwater war grave containing the victims of one of the worst British naval disasters of the first world war has been surveyed for the… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, August 30, 2011;
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released a new report evaluating how climate change may affect the environmental conditions measured and used in mathematical modeling for oil-spill trajectory analysis in the Arctic region. Key findings from the study includ
