Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, provided an update on a recent press speculation concerning farm-out discussions on its Barryroe oil field, located in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence confirmed that it is in commercial dis
MBARI’s marine biologist Lonny Lundsten and two Canadian researchers have authored a new paper on four new species of carnivorous sponges living on the deep seafloor, from the Pacific Northwest to Baja California. Killer sponges sound like creatures from a B-grade horror movie. In fact, they thrive
Sonardyne International Ltd. is inviting qualifying academic establishments and research institutions to apply for the Field Evaluation Programme for the company’s uComm acoustic modem product range. Applicants with upcoming, short-term ocean science projects that would benefit from an underwater mo
The Bluefin-21 AUV, which was last night deployed in a search mission for the missing flight MH370, has returned to the surface after six hours of scanning the depths. The AUV exceeded its operating depth limit of 4,500 meters and its built in safety feature returned it to the surface. In yesterday’
AWATEA, New Zealand’s industry association for the development of the marine energy industry, will hold its 8th Annual Conference on marine energy on 8 May at the Royal Society of New Zealand Conference Centre in Wellington, New Zealand. The Business of Developing Marine Energy conference will be de
Office of Naval Research (ONR) officials announced April 14 new efforts to determine the pace of change in what some are calling Earth’s final frontier. Scientists sponsored by ONR have traveled to the Beaufort Sea in the Arctic Ocean, placing new sensors in the ice and in the frigid waters below, t
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has issued a review of environmental data associated with post-consent monitoring of licence conditions of offshore wind farms. Fugro EMU has been contracted to undertake a review of post-consent monitoring data and reports collected from the UK offshore wind
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has issued a review of environmental data associated with post-consent monitoring of licence conditions of offshore wind farms. Fugro EMU has been contracted to undertake a review of post-consent monitoring data and reports collected from the UK offshore wind
Aker Solutions won a contract worth $2.3 billion from Total to provide a subsea production system for the Kaombo Block 32 development in Angola. Aker Solutions will deliver 20 subsea manifolds and 65 vertical subsea wellsets. The order also includes associated controls as well as work-over and tie-i
The Energy Department announced $4 million to engage America’s research universities in the effort to accelerate the development of the emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy industry in the United States. This funding will support high-impact research projects designed to enable the capture
The University of Windsor engineers Rupp Carriveau and David Ting developed a new way of storing energy underwater. As the Windsor Star reports, the energy storage system is being built offshore Toronto Island in Canada. The principle on which the storage works is that energy is used to compress air
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has commissioned NUI (Norwegian Underwater Intervention) to prepare a report comparing decompression tables for surface-oriented diving from relevant countries and diving companies. The results of the comparison show that the tables used on the Norwegian C
MMT has been awarded the contract for the Själland cable survey between Denmark and Sweden by Svenska kraftnät. Svenska kraftnät and their Danish counterpart Energinet.dk are the transmission system owners and operators of a 400 kV High Voltage AC cable system across the Öresund, between Sweden and
National Science Foundation (NSF) has recruited a team of researchers to find out what lives in Kermadec Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. They will use the world’s only full-ocean-depth, hybrid, remotely-operated vehicle, Nereus, and other advanced technology to find out. The trench, locat
