Equipment
Statoil: New Compressors to Boost Recovery from Troll
On 4 June, two new compressors were lifted aboard the Troll A platform in the North Sea. Once the compressors are up and running next year, they will boost recovery from Troll by more than 83 billion standard cubic metres of gas. As gas is produced on the giant Troll field, pressure in the reservoir
UK: Person Missing after Yacht Collides with Dredger
The coastguard is searching for a missing person after a yacht and dredger collided one mile off Felixstowe, announced MCA Press Office. One person on board was pulled to safety but another person is unaccounted for. The Felixstowe Coastguard Rescue Team, two lifeboats from Harwich, two pilot boats,
SeaZone to Lead North Sea Check Point
SeaZone, the specialist marine mapping division of HR Wallingford, has been appointed to lead the North Sea Check Point, a key European Commission initiative to drive forward the blue economy. The blue economy is driven by the sustainable exploitation of the marine resources, and access to effective
UK: “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” Starts Next Week
HR Wallingford, Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) scheduled their training course named “Environmental Aspects of Dredging” for 18-19 June 2014, in Howbery Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK. This two day training course will cover the sco
El Niño Shaping Up in Southern California, Scripps Says
As the probability of an El Niño winter increases, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers are following the climate phenomenon as it develops off Southern California and finding that local readings closely hew to El Niño monitoring taking place at the equator. El Niño is a p
TAP Issues Contract Notice for EPC of Two Compressor Stations
Trans Adriatic Pipeline is continuing its pre-qualification of potential suppliers for the construction of the 870km-long high pressure natural gas pipeline with its associated infrastructure across Greece, Albania, and Adriatic Sea with landfall in Southern Italy. This week TAP has issued its third
Trelleborg to Present Range of Applications at Subsea Asia 2014
Trelleborg’s offshore operation will present its extended range of subsea applications including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials, at Subsea Asia 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Located on stand 1701, the company will showcase its advancements in buoyancy, bend restr
USA: SB 469 Legislation Inked
Governor Bobby Jindal signed SB 469 legislation that will help continue coastal restoration work and stop unnecessary, frivolous lawsuits. The bill is part of Governor Jindal’s 2014 Legislative Package. The Governor signed SB 469 to clarify that only entities authorized under the Coastal Zone Manage
Trelleborg to showcase ‘Vikotherm’ at Subsea Asia 2014
Trelleborg’s offshore operation will present its extended range of subsea applications including its recently re-branded portfolio of thermal insulation materials, at Subsea Asia 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Located on stand 1701, the company will showcase its advancements in buoyancy, bend restr
Sonardyne Solstice Provides Exceptional Imagery for Bluefin-12 AUV
Following the successful integration of Sonardyne International Ltd.’s Solstice Side Scan Sonar with a Bluefin Robotics Bluefin-12 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the results of recent payload testing have produced higher quality imagery than that currently available from conventional sonar. Th
Picture of the Day: Savannah Dredging Program (USA)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, is responsible for maintenance dredging of the Savannah and Brunswick harbors. The Corps routinely dredges sediment from the bottom of the river to ensure a safe, authorized depth for cargo ships to import and export goods. Shown here is a dredger
Saab Secures Submarine Order and LoI for Underwater Systems from FMV
Defence and security company Saab has received orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration regarding construction and production plans for the next generation submarines and to conduct a mid-life update of two Gotland-class submarines. The orders refer to the period 2014-2015 and the ord
Greens: Government’s Ports Strategy is Atrocious News for GBR
The Newman Government’s Queensland Ports Strategy, released last week, is an invitation to the World Heritage Committee to place the Great Barrier Reef on the list of World Heritage Sites ‘In Danger’, announced greensmps.org.au. “We already have 20 ports on the Queensland coast where dredging will c
CSA to Conduct Environmental Gradient Study of Guanabara Bay (Brazil)
CSA was contracted by Petrobras to perform an environmental gradient study of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. CSA Ciências Oceânicas Ltda, in an exclusive partnership with Germano & Associates Inc., introduced Sediment Profile Imaging (SPI) technology in Brazil and was contracted by the Env