The video below shows the deployment of a sea spider 200 feet down into Admiralty Inlet to collect data on the conditions and critters of the proposed tidal turbine site. A team from the University of Washington carried out the deployment. A few days ago, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FE
Scientists from the University of Exeter have studied how wave energy developers can more accurately measure, and predict the wave conditions within wave energy test sites. The research deployed wave measurement buoys and used wave modelling to show how variations in wave size and strength could be
NOAA is examining potential disturbances to the health and well being of white sharks that could occur from research and tourism in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary over the next five years, because they may disrupt the natural behavior of white sharks. The public has an opportunity
Pioneering research could provide a significant boost in the vital quest to harness wave power as a viable renewable energy source for the future. Scientists from the University of Exeter have studied how wave energy developers can more accurately measure, and predict the wave conditions within wave
Viper Subsea has signed a Joint Industry Project (JIP) agreement with energy giants BP and Total to further develop its Subsea Line Insulation Monitoring (V-SLIM) technology for identifying and locating cable and connector faults in remote subsea electrical distribution systems. Viper Subsea will ca
Hydroid, a leading provider of autonomous underwater vehicles, recently announced that Mr. Duane Fotheringham took the role of the President of the Company. During a phone interview Mr. Fotheringham expressed his satisfaction with the Company’s growth, and its recent participation at the Oceanology
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), through an agreement with the Petroleum Agency of South Africa, is acquiring approximately 13,000 km MultiClient 2D GeoStreamer® survey covering East Coast basins. The acquisition program is ahead of schedule (approaching 70% complete to date) and has successfully surmo
MMT Group has acquired a Kongsberg EM2040D. A 0.4 x 0.7 degree dual head multibeam system has recently been installed on MMT’s long term charted multipurpose support vessel (MPSV) Stril Explorer. This is a highly developed multibeam echo sounder that combines all of the advanced features of deepwate
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, examining how oil spilled during the Deepwater Horizon tragedy in 2010 is affecting the organisms living on shipwrecks. Historic Preservation Officer and Senior Marine Archaeologist Chris Horrell is part of
According to a new study by a team of NOAA and academic scientists, crude oil from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster causes severe defects in the developing hearts of bluefin and yellowfin tunas. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the 25th anniversary
The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill will deploy two large buoys 20 miles offshore of the coast and 40 miles north and southwest from Cape Hatteras to capture wind, temperature and barometric pressure data for ongoing research on offshore wind energy. The data will also be made avai
Nord Stream Shared its Environmental Database with the Scientific Community for a Better Future of the Baltic Sea using its Data and Information Fund (DIF) online portal. This portal enables Nord Stream to share its extensive knowledge and survey data with the scientific community for the further re
In an emergency press conference held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysian Minister Najib Razak informed that no one survived the Flight MH370 accident. The MH370 went missing with 239 people onboard, and it has now been confirmed that it had crashed off the coast of Perth, Australia. Just before the public an
The PSA has commissioned a new report on technological developments, incidents and future trends relating to subsea facilities. The development of subsea technology, along with the increasing number of new entrants, and the increasing complexity of solutions for subsea installations on the NCS, has
