SMD has been formally presented with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise by His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. His Royal Highness presented the Award in the innovation category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facility in Wallsend, North East England. During
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced that a multi-agency team of ocean scientists has launched an expedition using sonar to map deepwater canyons, and to identify s
Technical seminar on subsea Positioning Solutions in Abu Dhabi on June 20th. iXBlue will hold a technical seminar on subsea positioning solutions on June 20th in Abu Dhabi Golf Club. The seminars will be structured to facilitate an understanding of innovative subsea positioning solutions through pre
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
In four years, Carrollton High School went from not having an ROV team to being confident enough in their underwater robot they feel they… (times-georgian) [mappress] Source: .times-georgian,June 09, 2011;
The West Michigan Wind Assessment project team at Grand Valley State University has issued a report to address the benefits and concerns … [mappress] Source: mlive, June 08, 2011;
Atlantis, The Palm, is planning to create 25 to 30 artificial reefs from recycled plastic to help habitat and protect local marine life and… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247,June 09, 2011;
Environmental lobby group Greenpeace has raised concerns that deep-seabed mining in the Pacific ocean may cause irreparable damage to the… (australianetworknews) [mappress] Source: australianetworknews,June 09, 2011;
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
Viva Wyndham Resorts is sponsoring the Living Museum in the Sea, a one-of-a-kind, underwater historic site featuring the shipwreck, Quedagh Merchant, abandoned by the scandalous 17th century pirate Captain William Kidd, located in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. The Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach and th
Far more oil and gas is now being produced from subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf than from platform wells. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has collated production from the fields in 2010 and found that subsea wells dominat the picture. Last year, almost 131.3 million standard cubi
An official representing the families said the remains of 104 victims of the Air France flight A447 crash had now been recovered and the sea… (mercopress) [mappress] Source: mercopress,June 08, 2011;
Otto Energy Limited advises that it has commenced a 3D seismic data acquisition program in Service Contract 69 (SC 69) in the Visayan Basin of the Republic of Philippines. The seismic vessel BGP Explorer, operated by Exploiter Pte Ltd (a subsidiary of BGP ), has been contracted to record the seismic
