The tests of the 1:5 scaled NEMOS-device are being conducted at ECN, in one of the biggest wave tanks in the world, in Nantes. As a result of the precise adjustments and reproducibility of wave conditions provided by the ECN, extensive hydromechanical parameter studies can be made. More than 200 tes
The critical subsea sector of the oil and gas industry will be a key topic at Australasian oil and gas Exhibition & Conference 2015 at the same time as Australasia continues to be at the forefront of global investment destinations. According to a recent report produced by leading international energ
Urgent action is needed to bolster the UK’s wave and tidal industries and get investors back in play, according to a report published today by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK body supporting innovation and rapid commercialisation in offshore wind, wave and tidal technologies. Th
Statoil and its partners have decided to develop the Rutil discovery located in the Gullfaks Rimfaks valley in the North Sea. Providing close to 80 million barrels of oil equivalent, the development will extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform. The plan for development and operation (PDO) was
HitecVision is establishing a new oil service Group under the name Global Maritime Group by merging five companies in its portfolio. The five companies are leaders within their respective fields, working within offshore and maritime engineering, marine warranty, dynamic positioning, vessel inspectio
The AWI marine expert Antje Boetius and a team of scientists from the US-American Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) presented first results from test dives of a new innovative under ice robot at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The new vehicle, called Ne
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a new two-volume study report, Investigations of Chemosynthetic Communities on the Lower Continental Slope of the Gulf of Mexico. This final report presents the results from a five-year field study funded by BOEM and the National Oceanic and
French engineering firm in the field of marine energies, Sabella, is currently testing its tidal energy generator at INSEAN research institute in Italy. With blades diameter of 15 meters, Sabella D15 has a capacity of 2.5MW in water speeds of 4m/s. This is company’s largest bi-directional turbine th
The energy sector supply chain remains positive about facing the challenges of a changing UKCS landscape in 2015 and beyond, according to NOF Energy 2014 annual survey of its members. The annual survey charts the activities and views of the industry of its almost 500 UK and international members alo
The energy sector supply chain remains positive about facing the challenges of a changing UKCS landscape in 2015 and beyond, according to NOF Energy 2014 annual survey of its members. The annual survey charts the activities and views of the industry of its almost 500 UK and international members alo
Within the EU project MARINET, test series have been initiated at the ECN in Nantes, one of the world’s biggest wave tanks, to test the 1:5-scaled NEMOS device. Due to precise adjustments and reproduction of wave conditions, extensive hydro-mechanical parameter studies could be made. The results of
Sabella, a French based engineering firm in the field of marine energies, more specifically tidal turbines, is currently testing its largest D15 tidal turbine at INSEAN research institute. This bi-directional turbine has the capacity of up to 2.5 MW at flow speeds of 4.0 m/s, and can be installed in
Two research projects concerned with pinpointing the best location for tidal energy turbines and mapping the sea floor are currently on their way in Australia. For the first project, Dr Alex Forrest deployed the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) UBC-Gavia to map the seafloor underneath the Batman
Within the EU-Project MARINET a test series have been conducted on a 1:5 scaled NEMOS-device at the ECN in Nantes, with one of the biggest wave tanks in the world. Due to the precise adjustments and reproducibility of the wave conditions, extensive hydromechanical parameter studies could have been m
