QinetiQ’s Ocean Basin provides the perfect platform for the successful testing and commercial demonstration of an innovative semi-submersible. QinetiQ, a world leading provider of a range of maritime services, has provided test and demonstration facilities for MSV Explorer, an innovative sea going s
Drydocks World, the established international player in ship repair, conversion, new building and offshore construction, announced that Shell’s pioneering Prelude Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility – the world’s first – was initiated with a Steel Cutting ceremony of its Turret, the world
Fendercare Marine’s diving services has been awarded Bureau Veritas approval to carry out in-water surveys. “This confirms our commitment to safe and sustainable procedures,” comments Diving Director Bob Macmillan. This latest approval is one of many certifications that Fendercare’s diving division
Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish oil and gas exploration and production company, whose shares are quoted in London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM), provides a technical update on the Barryroe oil discovery in the North Celtic Sea Basin, offshore Ireland. Providence (80%) operates Barryroe on behalf of
Wood Group Kenny has been awarded a three-year contract by Marine Power Technologies Pty Ltd (“MPT”) to provide project management and engineering support services for the development of MPT’s Energy Island (“EI”) concept on the southern coastline of Australia. Six or more Energy Islands may be link
Sonardyne International Ltd has received a major order for 6G acoustic positioning equipment worth £1m from Forum Energy Technologies, Inc’s equipment rental business, DPS Offshore. The is the second order placed by DPS Offshore in as many months for Sonardyne’s sixth generation hardware platform an
Gurit, a leading global supplier of composite materials and technical solutions to the wind energy, transportation, tooling, marine markets and other selected application areas congratulate ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest who has successfully achieved supply of power to the grid from their HS1000 device. T
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed two five-year contracts with Island Offshore Management AS to supply Light Well Intervention (LWI) services for use by Statoil in the North Sea, contingent on approval from Statoil’s partners. Each contract contains options for two, two-year extens
Optech, the world leader in the development, manufacture and support of advanced lidar and camera survey instruments, announced the successful completion of field trials for the new airborne Optech CZMIL Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar system. The CZMIL system underwent field trials and valid
A project by the Energy Technologies Institute to identify ways of providing a cost effective deployment of tidal stream technologies at commercial scale in UK waters, has been announced at All-Energy by Charles Hendry, the Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Tidal
Gemini SeaTec provides an early warning of the presence of marine mammals in the vicinity of marine current turbine structures. The Gemini SeaTec system has been successfully field tested on the Marine Current Turbine (MCT) SeaGen installation in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland, overseen and test
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world-leading marine and tidal energy development facility, announces a major collaboration with Oregon Wave Energy Trust and its partner, Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Centre (NNMREC). EMEC will deliver advice and support on the desi
The Board of Directors of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad announced that SC Projects Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in Australia, had received the Award from Origin Energy Resources Ltd for the Origin Otway Phase 3 Development. The Origin Otway Phase 3 Development will
Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. “This investment is in line with our strategy of
