The UK’s world leadership position in offshore wind could be critical in helping China overcome a number of key barriers to developing its vast offshore wind resource. According to a series of new reports by the Carbon Trust the UK, with more than a decade of experience in offshore wind deployment,
The UK’s world leadership position in offshore wind could be critical in helping China overcome a number of key barriers to developing its vast offshore wind resource. According to a series of new reports by the Carbon Trust the UK, with more than a decade of experience in offshore wind deployment,
Together with industry partner FORCE Technology, LORC is now setting up a centre to test components and substructures for the offshore wind industry. In this initial phase, LORC Component & Substructure Testing will include a strong floor, where such components as foundations for offshore turbines c
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd has released a Pharos-1 exploration well, WA-398-P progress report. As at 0600 WST on 30 May 2014 the cement shoe at the bottom of the 13-3/8″ casing has been drilled out and preparations are being made to drill ahead in the 12-1/4″ hole section. Since the last update, the 1
The Queensland Resources Council, in media stories, is selectively citing pre-existing problems in order to divert efforts from addressing the fastest growing new threat to the Great Barrier Reef – industrialisation, Australian Marine Conservation Society reported. Felicity Wishart, Great Barrier Re
Marine science and ocean research programs across the United States are set to benefit from access to more affordable underwater technology thanks to a new discount scheme introduced by Houston-based Sonardyne Inc. Under the terms of the company’s Academic Discount Partnership, Sonardyne is offering
Jee Ltd, an independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training firm, will hold a new subsea power cable installation course on 6 November this year. This is an in-depth, technical course detailing the engineering for power cable installation using surface laying, ploughing and ROV burial i
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) has issued the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in favor of “Project drilling exploratory wells in the licenses to prospect for hydrocarbons Canary 1-9”. These research surveys have been carried out using a dynamic positioning vessel at
It’s now late May and the spring 2014 ECOHAB field experiment is winding down. Researchers from the University of Southern California are still conducting occasional surveys of the San Pedro Bay, but the rest of the instruments have been recovered. Now the ECOHAB researchers are busy analyzing all t
Calegeo, a geotechnical focused marine contracting and survey company, will be carrying out geotechnical survey operations on behalf of Moray Offshore Renewables Limited in the Outer Moray Firth, as part of the Moray OWF project. The company will utilize its DP2 type vessel, MV Highland Spirit, for
Survey vessel RRS Ernest Shackleton will be undertaking seabed investigations at various locations within the Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm site from May 30. The RRS Ernest Shackleton is joining as an additional vessel to assist in the survey work that started earlier in 2014. The other two vessels
Polarcus has opened its first office in Norway to better service and support the Company’s rapidly expanding operations across Norway. The new office is situated in the center of Stavanger, at Reidar Berges gate 9, and complements the global network of regional marketing offices in London, Houston,
Recently the research vessel SONNE set off from Cape Town on a five and a half week long expedition in the South Atlantic lead by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel. The aim is to increase the understanding of the basic processes in plate tectonics. It is nearly three times as long as t
Yesterday, Bluefin-21 completed its last mission searching the remaining areas in the vicinity of the acoustic signals detected in early April by the Towed Pinger Locator deployed from ADV Ocean Shield, within its depth operating limits. The data collected on yesterday’s mission has been analysed. A
