FoundOcean has been awarded the contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for the world’s largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. This will be the first 7MW turbine to be installed. Each blade measures over 80m, longer than the wing
EvoLogics GmbH presents new collaborative projects at OCEANS’13 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition in Bergen, Norway / 12.06.2013 EvoLogics GmbH, german manufacturers of cutting-edge underwater communication and positioning systems, are at OCEANS’13 in Bergen, Norway, to demonstrate the results of t
IHC Merwede has announced that it has recently secured orders to the value of €125million for a wide range of new cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and related equipment. The latest sales agreements confirmed by the company include a new custom-built CSD and a further 12 units that will be supplied by
Ridgeway Renewables have successfully supplied the first “Kyowa Filter Units” from Japanese manufacturer Sumisho Kyowa Limited for offshore wind turbine monopole scour protection in Europe. Using a combination of the 4 & 8 tonne type units filled with specific aggregate in a circular formation aroun
Rosneft and ExxonMobil yesterday signed final agreements establishing a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia and an over-arching technology sharing agreement to support the companies’ joint ventures worldwide. Formally named the Arctic Research and Design Center for Continental Shelf Develop
Statoil Petroleum AS has awarded a contract to Floatel International for provision of an accommodation and construction support vessel for the Gina Krog Field Development project. The Gina Krog field is located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, approximately 250 kilometers west of Stavanger, Norwa
KCI has been awarded with the installation assistance of tripods series 3, 4, 5 and 6 for Offshore Wind farm Global Tech I in the German part of the North Sea. In September 2012, the installation of the first tripods weighing approximately 900 tonnes each started. The tripod installation is still on
Nautronix announced the joint investment of over £180k funding in a two year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with the University of Aberdeen to further innovate Nautronix’s acoustic product capabilities, building on the strength of the established NASNet® system. This partnership received finan
CGG is taking the opportunity of London’s EAGE Convention to demonstrate how its new geological, geophysical and reservoir capabilities will bring value to many aspects of natural resource exploration, development and production. At a time when most future oil and gas production is likely to come fr
With Sercel’s launch of the new Sentinel® MS multi-sensor streamer, CGG strengthens its lead in innovative high-end marine acquisition to help clients solve the toughest subsurface imaging challenges. Since the launch of its flagship broadband marine solution, BroadSeisTM, in 2010, CGG has accelerat
In May 2013 Tocardo deployed its tidal turbine, equipped with blades made by Airborne Marine, in the Dutch Waddensea for a full scale offshore test and calibration program. The turbine was attached to a barge and was taken to the Marsdiep, known for its strong tidal currents. The motorized barge act
Sercel announces the launch of Sentinel® MS, its new multi-sensor solid streamer to address the needs of the E&P Industry for ever more detailed and accurate images of the subsurface. Sentinel MS builds on the success of the Sentinel solid streamer. In addition to the high-quality pressure measureme
Allspeeds Ltd, a UK-based company which provides engineering solutions, hydraulic equipment and hydraulic tools for a diverse range of industries, has published information about their new product, the Webtool HP690A. The Webtool HP690A intensifier panel is used to boost the pressure of a work fluid
Innovatum, maker of the world’s smallest system for the location, tracking and survey of submarine pipelines and cables, has added to its fleet of small-sized, yet powerful Falcon ROVs, the slightly larger but compact version of the more powerful Saab Seaeye Cougar XT. They won their reputation for
