North Sea Systems, supplier of dedicated survey systems for high flow environments, has completed the first stage of the new CableFish test programme and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a si
The first stage of the new CableFish test programme was completed last week and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a simulated cable off the Dorset coast in flows of up to 2.5knots. The objecti
The first stage of the new CableFish test programme was completed last week and the results proved that this concept will revolutionise submarine cable installation for high flow environments. The trials were conducted on a simulated cable off the Dorset coast in flows of up to 2.5knots. The objecti
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) has released the final Eastern Newfoundland Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The C-NLOPB is responsible for overseeing offshore oil and gas activities within its jurisdiction and ensuring activities proceed in an enviro
US demand for wind turbine systems is forecast to increase 55 percent annually through 2018 to $18.9 billion, a nearly ninefold increase over depressed 2013 sales. Demand was adversely affected in 2013 by the record number of sales, valued at more than $25 billion, the previous year. The number of n
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has awarded a contract to Fugro Survey Pty Ltd to conduct a search of the southern Indian Ocean sea floor for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Fugro will use two vessels, equipped with towed deep water vehicles and carrying expert personnel, to un
TGS has announced acquisition of Snipe Phase 52, a new long-offset 2D multi-client survey in the ultra-deep water, U.S. Central Gulf of Mexico. The survey will include 12,000 km of data, which supplements TGS’ existing library in the region and will provide critical well ties to a number of recent d
New climate change minister Amber Rudd MP found out first-hand about the UK’s leading role in ocean energy research and development when she officially opened the world’s most sophisticated tide and wave simulator in Edinburgh today. The FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility, located at Edinburgh U
STATS Group has opened a new Intervention Engineering and Technical Support hub and recruited two of the energy industry’s leading experts in pipeline intervention services. The Aberdeenshire-headquartered pipeline engineering specialist has invested in a new facility in Kendal, Cumbria, (UK) which
NOAA and EPA supported scientists have mapped the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, an area with low oxygen water, measuring 5,052 square miles this summer, approximately the size of Connecticut. The measurements were taken during the 30th annual hypoxia survey cruise from July 27 to August 2. This area fal
DNV GL, the global provider of risk management services, is extending a unique offshore safety training programme which aims to advance the critical role of elected safety representatives (ESRs) in minimising the risk of accidents and improving safety. The course, which is accredited by OPITO, will
On July 29, WavEC Offshore Renewables successfully launched the first prototype of the offshore monitoring buoy being developed under the KIC-OTS program in Algés at the mouth of the river Tagus, Portugal. The operation was a result of two years of research, design and implementation. The buoy has b
Four astronauts splashed up from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean, bringing to a successful close the 18th NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) expedition. Accompanied by two lab technicians, the crew, commander Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, NASA’s Jeanett
This morning, Oceana launched an expedition to document three seamounts that lie between the islands of Mallorca, Ibiza and Formentera, as well as the Fort d’en Moreu which is a coralligenous reef to the East of the Cabrera archipelago, all of which belong to the Balearic Islands. The international
