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PGS has reached an agreement with Perupetro to create a new ‘MegaSurvey’ in Peru. This large-scale merged and matched dataset targeting the extensive coastline of Peru should provide an opportunity to evaluate prospectivity on a regional basis. The PGS Peru MegaSurvey comprises 21 000 sq. km of 3D s
Dutch Marine Energy Centre (DMEC) will play an active role at the first Pan-American Marine Energy Conference (PAMEC) to raise awareness on how standards and certification can boost marine innovations. PAMEC will take place in San José, Costa Rica between 26-28 January 2020. Besides a paper presenta
An exploration well is being drilled south of the Troll field in the North Sea, for the first time, with the objective not to find oil or gas, but to investigate whether the reservoir in the deep Johansen Formation is suitable for storage of carbon dioxide (CO2). The Northern Lights project, consist
Premier Mark McGowan has announced the opening of the Centre for Long Subsea Tiebacks laboratory located at the University of Western Australia (UWA). The centre will focus on long subsea tieback discoveries that will enhance industry’s understanding of hostile deep-sea conditions. Subsea tiebacks a
Orbital Marine Power has awarded the composite blades contract for the company’s first commercial O2 tidal turbine to A C Marine & Composites (ACMC) who will carry out the manufacturing at their facilities in Gosport, Hampshire (England). The contract will see ACMC build 10m composite blades for bot
Ocean Harvesting Technologies is working on an updated design of its wave energy converter – InfinityWEC with aim to reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCoE). Since 2017, the Swedish company has been focusing on InfinityWEC. Each individual wave power plant can produce up to 500 kW of average powe
Seven successful applicants have been awarded funding under the Marine Institute’s SmartBay National Infrastructure Access Programme (NIAP) following the 2018/2019 funding call. The awardees will receive support of approximately €25,000 per project to trial and validate their technology and/or gain
Spain’s Saitec Engineering is launching its first offshore wind medium-scale prototype: BlueSATH. The project is scheduled to go online during the first quarter of 2020 in the open sea waters of Santander Spain for a 12-month period after which the prototype will be completely decommissioned. Testin
The EU Commission’s goals for offshore wind of between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning, according to a new WindEurope report. According to the report, ‘Our energy, our futur
The EU Commission’s goals for offshore wind of between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 are achievable provided the right investments in electricity grids and governments take the right approach to maritime spatial planning, according to a new WindEurope report. According to the report, ‘Our energy, our futur
2G Robotics has released a Data Module for their ViewLS software which enables the automatic enhancement of laser point cloud and stills image data. The ViewLS Data Module combines raw laser data with navigational data from industry standard sensors to create geo-referenced laser models. The resulti
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has secured £4.3 million grant by the European Regional Development Fund to accelerate the development of a floating offshore wind and wave technology that could transform the opportunities for energy generation in deep water locations. The EDRF funding, which is part of a
From 2020, all vessels in the PGS fleet will share bathymetry information collected using echo sounders, with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. The project aims to map the entire ocean floor by the year 2030. The bathymetric data will support Seabed 2030’s crowdsourced bathymetry init
