Dr Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, has visited Aker Solutions to find out more about the company’s grow… (SubseaUK) [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, Sptember 05, 2011;
A powerful earthquake struck off the island nation of Vanuatu on early Sunday morning, seismologists said, but there were no immediate repor… (myweathertech) [mappress] Source: myweathertech, Sptember 05, 2011;
On September 1st the 274-foot Naval research vessel Thomas G. Thompson pulled into Newport, Oregon. Its crew of researchers, engineers, grad… (singularityhub) [mappress] Source: singularityhub, Sptember 05, 2011;
Sound of Mull Artificial Reef Trust (SMART) is looking to commission a feasibility study for the placing of an artificial reef in the Sound of Mull, West Coast of Scotland. The reef will be a decommissioned British Naval vessel. The feasibility will have to consider the economic, technical and envir
Subsea UK has updated its index of subsea databases for this month. Subsea UK members can now log in to access the Projects, Contracts, Vessels, Renewbables and FPSOs & FPUs databases for internal usage. Ongoing Databases The Renewables Database consists of over 100 current Offshore Renewables proje
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
