The U.S. military wants an underwater robot that’s strong enough to stay at sea for months, and smart enough to avoid any obstacles it might… (wired) [mappress] Source: wired, August 9, 2011;
As Germany forges ahead with its energy revolution, offshore wind parks are becoming increasingly important. But construction clatter can t… (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, August 09, 2011;
Instead of human divers, the Army has used a robotic underwater vehicle to help recover and destroy more than 300 pounds of explosives found… (cnet) [mappress] Source: cnet, August 9, 2011;
Pronal presents their range of Uni-Plugs collapsible pipe stoppers, which are designed to compactly fit around obstacles, corners and inacce… (ferret) [mappress] Source: ferret, August 9, 2011;
Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it has completed extensive tests of its full-scale O-DriveTM power conversion module, successfully delivering stable power to the grid over extended periods with a high level of efficiency. The O-DriveTM 250kW module is designed to plug in
GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW
Joshua Myers has been busy putting electrodes on the heads of juvenile salmon, trying to determine how the fish will react to the simulated sound of giant steel and fiberglass turbines, which soon could be submerged in Puget Sound. Myers, a research engineer, is conducting his acoustical experiments
Taxpayers could be asked to bear the risk of offshore wind farm developers building unused transmission assets such as substations, as part… (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, August 08, 2011;
Cathelco have now won orders to supply seawater pipework anti-fouling systems for all three of the cantilever jack-up rigs operated by KCA Deutag, the international drilling and engineering contractor. Following the successful installation of a Cathelco system on the Ben Avon in the summer of last y
Forum Energy Technologies, (FET) announced today the opening of a purpose built facility specifically designed to support a wide range of remote operated vehicles and other subsea equipment. This state of the art building will be used for integration and factory acceptance testing, customer training
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Gaz de France Suez E& P Ltd, a leading oil and gas company, to supply its POS-G
The single acting, spring-return rack and pinion actuator, model number GSR-2-490-110F/CX, will operate a 16 inch ANSI Class 900 ball valve… (4-traders) [mappress] Source: 4-traders, August 8, 2011;
AGR Field Operations has developed and delivered two subsea engineering training courses for PETRONAS Management Training Sdn Bhd, the management and technical training subsidiary of Malaysia’s national oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS). Held during June and July 2011, these courses a
Seatronics, an Acteon company announces the addition of a full suite of quality underwater sonar survey equipment recently purchased from EdgeTech. As a world leading supplier of electronic subsea equipment to the Hydrographic, Environmental, Geophysical, Metocean, ROV and Diving industries this rec
