Air Products, the global leader in liquefied natural gas (LNG) technology and equipment, said it has signed an agreement to supply its proprietary liquefied natural gas (LNG) process technology and equipment to Technip for a mid-scale LNG project in the Yangling Demonstration Area, ShaanXi Province,
The Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), Qingdao, has just taken delivery of a Chelsea SeaSoar towed oceanographic system. The sale has been facilitated through Chelsea’s agents China ORES Co Ltd. The purchase of the SeaSoar system satisfy the requirement of the IOCAS for a l
ABB, a global leader in power and automation technology has been selected by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding Ltd. in China, to supply 24 dry-type propulsion transformers, for installation in 12 diesel-electric powered offshore platform supply vessels. The 2,300-kilovolt ampere (kVA) 480-volt dry-type ABB
CSA Ocean Sciences Inc. (CSA) recently deployed its Advanced Diver Navigation System to conduct numerous projects with differing purposes. The CSA system includes the Shark Navigator, a self-contained, highly portable, diver-operated mapping system with high accuracy positioning. CSA’s Diver Navigat
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has successfully completed the comprehensive risk reduction program for the U.S. Navy’s Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) program. Designed to discover any potential systems defect
HR Wallingford’s noise model within its Hydro-Acoustic Model for Mitigation and Ecological Response (HAMMER) tool has been validated using pin-piling and ambient noise data collected from a boat based hydrophone during the construction of the SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Lough, in Northern Ire
Bestobell Valves have supplied valves to what has become the fastest LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuelled ferry ever built. Approximately 70 globe, check and thermal relief valves were supplied to Chart Ferox, a company based in the Czech Republic, which manufactured the fuel system for the ferry. Th
GL Garrad Hassan has begun a project for the Hawai’i Natural Energy Institute at the University of Hawai’i (HNEI-UH) supporting the institute’s Hawai’i National Marine Renewable Energy Center (HINMREC) wave energy testing program. HINMREC, under funding from the Wind and Water Power Program of the U
Hydratight, the global joint integrity specialist, has welcomed SeaHarvest in Egypt and Italian Gavazzi.it pipework equipment, to be part of its growing distribution network. Cairo based SeaHarvest is one of the foremost national oil companies serving the upstream oil and gas industry in Egypt & Nor
At beginning of the week, RWE Innogy has started laying the first inter array cable in the construction area of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm. By mid-2014, 64 kilometers of cable will have connected the 48 wind turbines with the offshore transformer substation. The Dutch company Visser & Smit M
Southwest Electronic Energy (SWE), an industry leader in subsea batteries has announced that it successfully completed 10,000 psi pressure testing of its SWE SeaSafe Smart Battery Module. The exhaustive test conducted in the 30 inch hyperbaric chamber at a third party test laboratory included nine c
Global engineering group Cavotec has won its largest single order in the oil and gas segment in its history. The Group is to supply, install, test and commission stainless steel drag chains as part of an extensive upgrade of a Statoil oil platform in the North Sea. “This installation is a major achi
EIVA has launched a new generation of trigger box, offering an improved 2D seismic topside unit solution. In an effort to provide customers with high-quality and cost-effective solutions, EIVA now presents the NaviSuite Seismic Trigger. This new and improved topside unit replaces the first generatio
Fisher Offshore and Load Systems UK have joined forces to deliver innovative wireless monitoring products and technology to the offshore winch and crane industry – a first for the UK and Europe. This technology is market leading for the oil and gas industry, providing significant benefits to Fisher
