Sea trials testing the sophisticated Integrated Control System (ICS) developed by Kongsberg Maritime for Olympic Commander, a new Multi Purpose Supply Vessel (MPVS) built at Kleven Yard in Norway have been successfully completed. The ICS aboard Olympic Commander features an innovative new one touch
ThyssenKrupp Mannex GmbH has entered into an agreement with Maritime Offshore Group, a company specializing in offshore engineering, foundations and cable laying, on the exclusive marketing of the innovative offshore foundation “Hexabase”. “The Hexabase foundation is a jacket design which was develo
The NPD encourages licensees in Statoil-operated production licences to support Statoil’s plans for using a new type of rig that is specially adapted for maintenance of subsea wells. A letter sent to the relevant companies points out that recovery from producing fields is an important commitment are
Vattenfall announced that it had signed up the last remaining berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Scotland’s world leading ocean energy research and development centre on Orkney to test a Pelamis wave energy converter. Vattenfall’s announcement stated that they hope to start testing a
During Oceanology International, Coda Octopus Products and the world’s largest marine electronic equipment rental company, Seatronics, have signed an agreement with an initial investment worth over $1.5m to increase the number of Echoscope® systems available for rental worldwide through a joint Tech
EIVA and AML Oceanographic (formerly Applied Microsystems) have signed a distributor agreement with the aim of EIVA reselling the AML Oceanographic product line. EIVA will provide the AML Oceanographic products comprising CTD, sound velocity, and environmental instrumentation in its integrated surve
Powerful Humber tides are to light up one of the world’s most spectacular aquariums. In a new advance for marine renewable energy, the Neptune Proteus tidal stream energy device will supply electricity from April to The Deep, Hull’s iconic visitor attraction and research centre. The full-scale demon
A true hybrid energy system is currently being developed for installation on board the offshore supply vessel Viking Lady. An impressive battery pack for energy storage will soon be installed. When the new system is complete, the operation of the engine will be more smooth and cost effective giving
In one of the first projects covered by the framework agreement, Emerson will provide a range of integrated fiscal metering systems for Statoil’s new Valemon gas and condensate platform.
Vos Prodect is about to deliver cable hang-off systems to be installed in an offshore wind farm project, which is located in the North Sea. “Our Cable hang-off systems have been approved with a final acceptance test and packed in accordance with the requirements“, said the company. Vos Prodect was c
In a mission lasting almost seven hours, an autonomous underwater vehicle made by ATLAS ELEKTRONIK “dived” through a water supply tunnel 24 kilometres long in the vicinity of Stuttgart, successfully investigating the tunnel for damage. With this survey on 6 March 2012, it at last became possible to
Aker Solutions has been awarded a FEED (front-end engineering and design) contract from Statoil to design the world’s largest Spar platform for the Aasta Hansteen field development in the Norwegian Sea. With a total hull length of 193 meters and a draught of 170 meters, the Aasta Hansteen (formerly
RigNet, Inc.,a leading global provider of managed remote communications solutions to the oil and gas industry, has been chosen by TAQA Bratani Limited to deliver a managed network solution for two of its offshore production platforms in the United Kingdom (UK) sector of the North Sea, its UK office
From the Oceanology International exhibition and conference in London, Hemisphere GPS announces the Vector V103™ GPS compass and Vector V113™ GPS compass designed for professional, commercial marine, and machine control applications. Powered by Hemisphere GPS’ proven Crescent® Vector II technology,
