Kraken Robotics has announced plans to establish a joint venture with a company owned by Kraken board member, Larry Puddister, for the provision of subsea services. The joint venture will be called Ocean Discovery and will operate in Atlantic Canada. It is expected that a definitive agreement coveri
Norske Shell is launching a 10-year seabed subsidence monitoring campaign at its Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian Sea, using long-endurance sensors from subsea monitoring specialist Sonardyne. Norske Shell’s goal is to continuously monitor any movement of the seafloor at Ormen Lange. The data
The Aker group and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have established the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Norway (C4IR Norway), dedicated to harnessing the advances of technology to preserve the ocean and improve the environmental footprint of ocean industries. Through public-private partne
Efforts to understand the potential of tidal energy to play a role in Nova Scotia’s clean energy future have taken another step forward with the appointment of new board directors to the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE), as well as the launch of new live site data from the Minas Passag
Cisco and Australia’s Academic and Research Network (AARNet) announced live production traffic on the AARNet portion of the INDIGO subsea cable, connecting data centers in two countries, over 9000km apart, to support research and education. The project represents a global first in interconnecting a
Polarstern icebreaker has embarked on a year-round MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate) expedition to study climate change in the Arctic. On board Polarstern is a team of scientists, supported by the EU, who will conduct pioneering research on the marine ec
Inpex has proposed to undertake pre-engineering survey activities with aim to further develop the Ichthys Field in the Browse Basin off the north-west coast of Western Australia. The survey comprises of combined geotechnical and geophysical survey scopes and it should be undertaken between Q4 2019 a
The University of Maine has been awarded nearly USD 1.4 million from the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program to design an ultra-lightweight, corrosion-resistant, concrete floating offshore wind turbine. The floating turbine will be equipped with NASA m
Wave energy firm Mocean Energy has set up a base in Aberdeen to commercialise its Seabase technology. The Edinburgh start-up – which has already secured £100,000 from Scottish Enterprise for the technical development of Seabase and further £100,000 from the Oil & Gas Technology Centre for its commer
Wave energy firm Mocean Energy has set up a base in Aberdeen to commercialise its Seabase technology. The Edinburgh start-up – which has already secured £100,000 from Scottish Enterprise for the technical development of Seabase and further £100,000 from the Oil & Gas Technology Centre for its commer
SubCom has recently announced several forward-looking developments including the company’s high fiber count (HFC) qualification and start of manufacturing, as well as upgrades to its clean room and new laser/sensor welding capabilities. SubCom has completed the qualification of high fiber count cabl
Biome Renewables has started the testing of its PowerCone tidal technology in Strangford Loch, Northern Ireland in cooperation with Queens University Belfast and Cuan Marine Services. After months of preparation the company started the turbine testing, assessing performance in flows nearing 2 m/s, R
Schlumberger, Chevron and Microsoft have announced the industry’s first three-party collaboration to accelerate creation of innovative petrotechnical and digital technologies. As part of the collaboration, the three companies will work together to build Azure-native applications in the DELFI cogniti
Classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) teamed up with China Merchants, GTT, CNOOC and DSIC to design an LNG-fuelled Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC).
