The pioneering design for a floating carbon storage and injection unit (FCSIU), developed by Malaysian offshore energy major Bumi Armada, has won approval in principle (AiP) from the ABS classification society. Bumi Armada’s FCSIU concept is a floating terminal capable of storing and injecting liqui
The University of Houston is developing an autonomous robot that will be able to identify potential pipeline leaks and structural failures during subsea inspections at oil & gas projects. The SmartTouch technology, being developed by researchers at UH, consists of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) e
The US Testing Expertise and Access to Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program has selected 10 projects through its latest call to share $1 million in research support for their marine energy-related activities.
South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean, formerly known as Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), has won an Approval in Principle (AiP) from and an Approval of Service Suppliers (AOSS) from DNV for two innovations: a large-scale liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier tank and an underwater
Oilfield services company SLB and INEOS Energy have established a technology partnership to collaborate on subsurface technologies implementing digital artificial intelligence solutions. INEOS Energy will partner with SLB’s Performance Centre in Aberdeen to collaborate and innovate subsurface techno
Oceaneering International is planning to acquire Exail’s DriX uncrewed surface vessel (USV) as part of its introduction of a new USV service to support remote survey work scopes. Oceaneering announced on 5 September that its Subsea Robotics group was introducing a new USV service that will utilize d
Scottish company Mocean Energy has secured €3.74 million in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave energy device offshore Orkney, as part of the EuropeWave project.
Swedish company CorPower Ocean has installed its first commercial-scale wave energy converter in northern Portugal, setting the course to making wave energy a bankable technology for mass deployment.
EuropeWave project has selected three finalists – CETO Wave Energy Ireland, IDOM Consulting and Mocean Energy – to fabricate, deploy and demonstrate their prototype designs in the third and final phase of the collaborative wave energy project.
SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies, the new company name for Germany’s AQUOS SCHOTTEL Marine Technologies and Scotland’s Swift Anchors, has integrated its operations to ramp-up deployment of its anchoring solutions for floating offshore renewables.
Marine Energy Wales’ project manager Jay Sheppard outlines his thoughts on how the current Contracts for Difference funding mechanism for low carbon electricity could be improved.
Oscilla Power has completed two key preliminary steps in preparation for the launch of its Triton-C wave energy converter at the Wave Energy Test Site (WETS) in Hawaii.
Europe and the United States have set in place a number of funding programs designed to boost and accelerate the development of a very diverse ‘clean energy sector’, which is being backed by significant initiatives from the major players coming from the more established maritime and oil and gas indu
Dutch sustainability firm Value Group, which brings together sister companies Value Maritime and Value Carbon, revealed that Shell Ventures has joined Value Group’s investor base to accelerate and expand Value Group’s carbon capture utilisation and storage strategy. Shell Ventures, the corporate ven
