A team of astronauts and scientists who are living and working on the ocean floor as part of a simulated trip to an asteroid are nearing the… (Space) [mappress] Source: Space, October 26 , 2011;
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a contract by Pemex Exploración y Producción for the installation of an 8 inch subsea pipeline located in the Abkatun Field in 47 meters of water. The contract will generate total revenue of approximately $27 million and will utilize tw
Leading oceanographic instrument manufacturer, Valeport, announces its latest innovation, the VA500 Altimeter. The VA500 is launched in Nove… SubseaUK [mappress] Source: SubseaUK, October 26 , 2011;
SMart Wind, the joint venture between Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, announced the successful installation of the first meteorological mast in the 4GW Hornsea Zone. One of nine zones awarded licences by the Crown Estate in 2009 this is the first zone to install a met mast.
The new Northern Europe team will be headed by business leader Steve Brittain, with Steve Clark as operations manager and Paul Harrison as sales manager. The appointments – effective from 1 September – are part of organisational changes in the EMEA region to maximise opportunities in Scandinavia whi
Systematic and integrated thinking about pipelines in all phases of Norwegian petroleum activity was in focus at a seminar staged by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) on 19 October. This international session was the latest annual meeting in a 10-year series held to share expertise and exp
Fugro has successfully completed 2 positional and depth of burial surveys on export cables for SSE’s 500MW Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast on behalf of installation contractor Fluor. The main objective is to provide a final report with the final position including depth of b
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime, has been awarded a contract with leading wave energy technology provider Aquamarine Power to carry out underwater noise assessments relating to its Oyster wave energy device. The Oyster device has been
On the afternoon of October 26, Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group, China’s leading shipbuilding enterprise held the ship naming and delivery ceremony at its Zhejiang shipyard for SX130, the global first fabricated model of Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) built for Neptune Offshore AS. Gracing this occasi
Mirroring the strong technical content which ATCE always provides at the conference, Welltec will be displaying and explaining a number of new technologies. You could meet them and let them explain how they’re doing things different. New Technologies In addition to showcasing the latest innovative t
Tim Arcano, an ocean engineer with extensive experience in naval submarine and submersible design and engineering was selected as… NOAA [mappress] Source: NOAA, October 26 , 2011
Leading international oilfield service company Expro is showcasing its latest technologies to provide the complete package of solutions across the entire well lifecycle at the SPE ATCE2011, October 30 to November 2, Denver, Colorado (booth #2146) – bringing together their state-of-the-art innovation
Forewind, development partner for the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, potentially the world’s largest wind energy project, has signed an agreement with National Grid for two 1GW grid connections potentially located in Teesside. Subject to the results of technical studies, yet to be completed, i
Williams Partners L.P. announced that it has signed multiple agreements with Hess Corporation and Chevron to provide production handling, export pipeline, oil and gas gathering and gas processing services in the Tubular Bells field development located in the eastern deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Hess an
