The Hydrographic Society UK (THS UK) it is to host the 51st Marine Measurement Forum event in Southampton on Wednesday 5 December 2012. The Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) is an established series of one-day, non-profit events providing opportunities for informal exchange of ideas, knowledge, techniq
GE Energy Management’s Power Conversion business today announced it will supply Singapore marine services company Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited (SPO) with integrated power generation, propulsion, dynamic positioning (DP) and automation systems for eight new offshore platform supply
Schlumberger announced today the release of the Rhino XC* on-demand reamer. This next-generation reaming tool provides unlimited activation of the flow actuation system to reliably enlarge boreholes. Building on Rhino XS* hydraulically expandable reamer technology, the Rhino XC reamer actuation syst
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered the Research Vessel (RV 3609) ‘Simon Stevin’ to its Belgian client DAB Vloot, the Flemish governmental fleet operator. The RV 3609 was jointly designed by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and VLIZ, the Flemish Institute for the Sea. While hull and hotworks were built at
Gas compression is one of the most important measures Statoil employs to deliver volumes from existing fields on the Norwegian shelf. ONS is awarding the prize to Statoil and Aker Solutions, who together nominated Åsgard subsea gas compression. The award was announced today, Wednesday, 29 August, in
A new revision of the DNV Offshore Standard for Submarine Pipeline Systems, DNV-OS-F101, is now available providing significant improvements based on solid feedback from the industry. Close to 1,000 comments were received during the consultation process. The trigger for the revision has been to alig
Oceanflow Development Limited has been successful in winning WATERS-2 (Wave and Tidal Energy R&D Support) funding from Scottish Enterprise for the development of a twin-turbine variant of its floating, tethered Evopod technology. This latest award follows WATERS 1 funding in 2010 to demonstrate Ocea
Five marine energy developers will benefit from £7.9 million funding to further develop testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland, Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. The second round of WATERS (Wave & Tidal Energy: Research, Development & Demonstration Su
Award-winning energy services company ROVOP has bolstered its rapid growth by investing in two new innovative ROVs (remotely-operated vehicles) to add to its fleet of high-performance vehicles. Both new ROVs, which represent an investment of more than £2million, are powerful vehicles for the subsea
Ophir Energy plc announces its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2012. Ophir has had a successful first half of 2012. The Group’s track record of frontier exploration discovery continued with two discoveries in the first half of 2012, followed by two further successes in July and Au
This year at the annual Monaco Yacht Show, Sonardyne International Ltd and its subsidiary company Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS) Ltd. will be giving live demonstrations of their automated surface and underwater security systems for yachts and waterside facilities. Held in Port Hercules,
Nexans, a worldwide leading expert in the cable industry, has secured a 10-year global frame agreement with BP International Limited, UK to supply umbilicals, DEH (direct electrical heating) systems, accessories and services for various oil and gas projects worldwide. The agreement runs from 2012 to
The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MREC) announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The three-year agreement creates a partne
Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle with an installed saw, researchers have acquired geological samples from the Jan Mayen Ridge this summer. The method is new – and the results provide new and useful knowledge. “This is the most fun thing I have done as a geologist!” says Robert W. William
