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  • ExxonMobil Awards Commercial License for InteliRed Remote Gas Detection System to Providence Photonics

    18 February 2014

    ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has awarded the first commercial license for its innovative InteliRed remote gas detection system to co-developer Providence Photonics. The InteliRed system is designed to improve process safety and environmental performance at oil refineries, chemical plants, liquefied natural gas facilities and other gas processing facilities. This new, state-of-the-art system employs a specially […]

  • Malaysia: Petronas, Total Ink HOA for K5 Gas Field

    28 March 2012
    Project & Tenders

    PETRONAS has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Total of France to jointly study the development and production potential of K5, a high carbon dioxide gas field offshore Sarawak. Under the HOA, PETRONAS’ newly established upstream research unit Exploration and Production Technology Centre and Total will explore the possibility of developing the field in […]

  • Fishing boat turns into wave energy plant

    10 February 2015
    Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology, Vessels

    Havkraft and Kvernevik Engineering have transformed a fishing vessel into a wave energy plant. The idea came from Havkraft’s CEO Geir Arne Solheim. The developers have installed four large chambers in the vessel’s bow. As the waves strike the vessel, the water level in the chambers rises. This creates an increase in air pressure which in […]

  • Scotland establishes Wave Energy Scotland

    26 November 2014
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Environment, Research & Development

    Wave Energy Scotland (WES) will foster industry collaboration that will drive research and development, share learning and knowledge and bring in expertise from other industry sectors such as oil and gas. Achieving greater industry collaboration will be a key objective for a new body that is being created to encourage innovation in wave energy technology, […]

  • ForWind Organizes ‘Wind Energy and Impact of Turbulence on Conversion Process’ Conference (Germany)

    14 February 2012

    EUROMECH Colloquium 528 will be hosting a “Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process” event from 22 to 24 February at the University of Oldenburg. The conference has been organized by ForWind, the Centre for Wind Energy Research of the University of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen. More than 80 experts from […]

  • ForWind Organizes ‘Wind Energy and Impact of Turbulence on Conversion Process’ Conference (Germany)

    14 February 2012

    EUROMECH Colloquium 528 will be hosting a “Wind Energy and the Impact of Turbulence on the Conversion Process” event from 22 to 24 February at the University of Oldenburg. The conference has been organized by ForWind, the Centre for Wind Energy Research of the University of Oldenburg, Hanover and Bremen. More than 80 experts from […]

  • UK: Hydro Group Receives GBP 1 Million Investment for Product Development

    24 May 2012
    Research & Development, Technology

    Aberdeen-based Hydro Group, a designer and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for global subsea, topside and onshore applications, has been awarded £1million in financial support from the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency (REA). The company predicts a 20% increase in turnover in the next five years as a result winning this funding. The funding, […]

  • UMass Dartmouth to Measure US Offshore Wind Economics

    12 April 2018
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    The UMass Dartmouth Public Policy Center (PPC) has launched a new project which will monitor the offshore wind industry in the United States and analyze its economic development and workforce implications.

  • New SIA Report Spotlights Offshore Renewables in North England, Scotland

    22 September 2017

    A new audit, commissioned by the UK Government, has focused on offshore renewable energy in the North of England and Scotland, pointing out the strong contribution the region makes to the UK’s position as a global leader in innovation in offshore renewable energy.

  • Top News of the Week May 20 – 26, 2013

    26 May 2013

    VIDEO: Load Out of DolWin Alpha Converter Platform The load out of DolWin alpha marks the start of a journey that the platform will make to its final offshore destination, the DolWin area in German North Sea. This operation was performed at the Heerema’s Zwijndrecht fabrication yard at the Drechthaven. The following is a video […]

  • Morgan Sindall to Build GBP 10 Million IEB for Scottish Enterprise

    19 June 2012

    Morgan Sindall has been chosen to deliver Scottish Enterprise’s new £10 million Industry Engagement building (IEB) in Glasgow’s International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ). The leading UK construction, infrastructure and design company won the contract to build the five storey, 53,819 sq ft office complex which is to become the headquarters for the new […]

  • The Netherlands: ECN Develops ECNS for Wind Farm Design and Operation

    21 March 2013

    ECN developed the code ECNS (Energy-Conserving Navier-Stokes solver), an incompressible code specifically suited for computing unsteady turbulent wakes in offshore wind farms. The purpose of ECNS is to increase the understanding of the flow physics of these wakes. This increased understanding enables ECN to give better advice on wind farm designs. Furthermore, the increased understanding […]

  • LM Wind Power Swoops On WMC

    18 July 2018
    Business & Finance, Human Capital, Research & Development

    LM Wind Power, a GE Renewable Energy business, has revealed plans to acquire the WMC test facilities in Wieringerwerf, the Netherlands.

  • Energy Minister Launches Wave Energy Scotland

    26 November 2014
    Authorities & Government

    Achieving greater industry collaboration will be a key objective for a new body that is being created to encourage innovation in wave energy technology, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing confirmed yesterday. Wave Energy Scotland (WES) will foster industry collaboration that will drive research and development, share learning and knowledge and bring in expertise from other industry […]

  • Belgium: FOSG Sets Up Academic Forum

    26 June 2013
    Storage

    On June 12, 2013, the Friends of the Supergrid hosted their first Academic Forum – a FOSG initiative to connect leading Academics with the promotion of an integrated European electricity grid. A number of leading European universities are represented in the Forum, including the University of Dortmund (DE), Katholieke University of Leuven (BC), Universidad de […]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia Approves New Feed-In Tariff Rates for Tidal Energy

    14 November 2013
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance

    Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (UARB) yesterday approved new feed-in tariff rates for large scale tidal energy projects. “The decision is an important milestone in developing our tidal energy industry in Nova Scotia,” said Energy Minister Andrew Younger. “The rates will give the tidal industry clarity on the established price per kilowatt for tidal […]

  • EU Examining Benefits of Meshed Offshore Grid

    22 March 2016
    Storage

    A 4-year project investigating the benefits of a meshed offshore transmission grid has been launched recently under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research Program, and is currently the biggest energy project within the program. A meshed offshore grid connecting offshore wind farms to land could provide significant financial, technical and environmental benefits to the European electricity market, […]

  • MCS subsea construction vessel on AAD Antarctic supply duty

    31 March 2020
    Vessels

    Dutch offshore contracting and vessel management firm Maritime Construction Services (MCS) has secured a contract from The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) for supply services in the Antarctic region. Tasmania-based AAD is part of the Australian Government’s Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment responsible for Australia’s presence and activities in the Australian Antarctic Territory and […]

  • 2G Robotics Delivers Laser Scanner to HoHai University

    29 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Equipment

    2G Robotics, underwater laser scanning and imaging specialist has recently provided a ULS-100 system to HoHai University. The 2G Robotics’ ULS-100 generates 3D models of subsea structures and environments. The ULS-100 enables users to conduct surveys and inspections in tight areas such as small pipes, flume tanks, and tunnels. HoHai University will use the ULS-100 […]

  • Infographic: Maersk’s Contribution to Denmark

    19 March 2015

    Danish business conglomerate Maersk has contributed to its country a lot, as the above infographic shows. Maersk Group has strong ties to Denmark, employing more than 6,000 people full time and with 43% of the fleet under the Danish flag. In numbers, the Maersk Group contributed 2.5% of the country’s total gross domestic product in […]

  • VIDEO: Simultaneous Measurements Taken Upwind and Downwind

    20 May 2013

    ZephIR Lidar has conducted the world’s first simultaneous measurements taken upwind and downwind of a wind turbine for the Technical University of Denmark, Wind Energy department, formerly known as Risø DTU. The deployment was videoed by Micro Quadcopter, here showing a standard ZephIR Dual Mode at the front of the turbine and a modified ZephIR […]

  • Shell Discovers Shale Gas in China

    7 December 2011

    Shell has found shale gas in China, Professor Yuzhang Liu, Vice president of Petrochina’s Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, told Reuters. He said that drilling results from two wells Shell drilled had been positive. China has 1275 trillion cubic feet of technically recoverable shale gas resources – by far the largest in the […]

  • The Flemish launch Blue Cluster

    29 June 2018
    Authorities & Government, Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Storage, Technology

    The northern region of Belgium called Flanders has launched a Blue Cluster – an organization dedicated to developing and promoting economic activities that are linked to the sea – including marine energy undertakings.

  • Norway to endure as exploration hotspot in spite of area’s maturity and recent global events, says Westwood

    17 June 2022
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Exploration & Production, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy, Project & Tenders

    Even though the NCS is one of the mature areas, Westwood expects that exploration activity will continue to thrive in Norway.

  • Scientists hunt for the true cost of ghost fishing

    14 March 2011

    Research by Industry and Investment New South Wales (I&I NSW) scientists has begun to shed light on the shadowy phenomenon of ‘ghost fishing’ and its effect on the NSW lobster fishery. I&I NSW Fisheries Scientist Dr Geoff Liggins said ghost fishing occurs when fishing gear that has been lost or abandoned continues to kill fish. […]