To coincide with the publication of the new Global Perspectives Remotely Operated Vehicles Market Report To 2017, Infield Systems have published a free whitepaper that provides some of the highlights, facts conclusions from this new report. This new whitepaper can be downloaded free of charge from t
The Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU, operated by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), was in the Hachinohe port in preparation for IODP(*1) Expedition 337(*2), when the large earthquake hit the Northeast Pacific coast of Japan on March 11. In the wake of the earthquake
The Laboratory of Applied Bioacoustics at the University of Catalonia recorded the sound of the earthquake that hit Japan last week, as it… (channel4) [mappress] Source: channel4 ,March 18, 2011;
San Leon and its partner, Beach Energy Limited, announced they have commenced an 840 square kilometre 3D seismic survey on their Durresi Block, offshore Albania. Petroleum Geo-Physical AS (“PGS”) has been contracted to carry out the survey using the M/V Ramform Vanguard seismic vessel. The 3D seismi
The Trelleborg Annual Report for 2010 has been published on the website: www.trelleborg.com In the CEO’s comments, President and CEO Peter Nilsson writes that 2010 was a successful year for Trelleborg when action programs yielded improved profitability. At the same time, Trelleborg accelerated the p
It was celebration all round on March 16th as two Kongsberg Maritime business units received prestigious Awards for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council during its annual Design Day, which took place in Oslo, Norway. Kongsberg Seatex was given an Award for Design Excellence in the Ind
In 2005, Roger Hine was designing equipment to manufacture semiconductors at Asyst Technologies in Fremont, Calif., when he was asked to… (businessweek) [mappress] Source: businessweek ,March 18, 2011;
In the world of clean energy, kites have have become a big deal. Recent advances in technology have lifted ideas like high-altitude wind tur… (earthtechling) [mappress] Source: earthtechling ,March 18, 2011;
Cabot Corp. confirmed the safety of all its employees in Japan and said that its facilities have sustained only minimal physical damage. “We have a strong presence in Japan,” said Patrick Prevost, Cabot’s president and chief executive officer. “We are deeply concerned for the people of the region an
Aker Solutions’ wholly-owned subsidiary STEP Offshore has delivered a drilling fluid and well control system to Rolls-Royce Marine, which will be used on the Yme field in the North Sea. The Aker Solutions unit made a fast and efficient delivery of an ultra compact skid mounted system for drilling fl
China’s Minmetals has joined the hunt for deep sea minerals including copper and gold, a newspaper said on Thursday… (miningweekly) [mappress] Source: miningweekly ,March 17, 2011;
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Consortium for Ocean Leadership (OL) announced Teledyne Webb Research, of East Falmouth, Mass., will provide coastal gliders supporting the Pioneer and Endurance Arrays of the Coastal and Global Scale Nodes (CGSN) for the Ocean Observatories In
Scientists have long been aware of a link between naval sonar exercises and unusual mass strandings of beaked whales. Evidence of such a link triggered a series of lawsuits in which environmental groups sued the U.S.Navy to limit sonar exercises to reduce risk to whales. In 2008, this conflict rose
The powerful Japan earthquake last week damaged some communication cables that link many countries in the Asia-Pacific region and to the… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes ,March 17, 2011;
