HR Wallingford and the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) have launched SMARTtide, a unique tidal energy modelling tool. SMARTtide stands for Simulated Marine Array Resource Testing model and is designed for use by the tidal industry. It covers the UK’s continental shelf and north-west European coa
Igor Sechin, Rosneft President, Chairman of the Management Board visited GE Offshore and Underwater Hydrocarbon Production Department in the Scottish city of Aberdeen as part of a series of Rosneft delegation visits to GE production and engineering facilities. During the visit Rod Christie, Vice Pre
Tidal energy is a new, promising realm of renewable energy. As technology advances, GL Renewables Certification (GL RC) is contributing its expertise by certifying Alstom’s tidal turbine prototype. Certification of tidal turbines is one of the key development areas for the tidal industry in the futu
Today, Bladt Industries is in the process of loading out the last eight of a total of 12 suction anchors with a total tonnage of 1212 tons. The suction anchors have been fabricated for National Oilwell Varco and will be used in the Knarr Oil field where they will secure six flexible oil pipelines to
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been granted a patent for its strain measurement system and unique attachment scheme that can be integrated into the insulation layer on ultra-deep water Steel Catenary Risers (SCRs). U.S. Patent No. 7,891,254 recognizes the de
MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced the 500th sale of its MAN 48/60 medium-speed engine. The milestone was reached with the order of two common-rail variants of the engine by Huta Marine of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of a diesel-electric system to power a self-propelled cutter suction dredger. Huta M
As revealed at Ocean Business, Osiris Projects have recently upgraded their geophysical data acquisition suite to include the latest DA4G platform from CodaOctopus, as well as signing up for their new Survey Engine™ Sidescan+™ software. Operations Manager for Osiris Projects, Iain Bones, said: “Havi
AGR TRACS Training has launched a unique e-learning provision for E&P clients around the world thanks to a partnership with Aberdeen-based digital media company Wildhoney. As the trend for blended learning, a combination of online and face-to-face training grows across the industry, AGR TRACS Traini
Halliburton announced today the successful completion of three wells in the Deep Water Gulf of Mexico utilizing Halliburton’s Enhanced Single-Trip Multizone (ESTMZ™) FracPac™ System. ESTMZ™ downhole tool system enables the operator to stimulate and gravel pack multiple production zones in a single t
A Russian company, Ocean RusEnergy, has developed a mobile wave energy generator in the form of capsules, floating on the sea surface. Inside it is set pendulum motor and electronic devices. The capsule attached to a stationary object, or set many capsules to communicate with each other. This enable
FlanSea is a unique collaboration, set up with support from the Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology IWT, by the University of Ghent, the Ostend Port Authority “and a number of Flemish companies, including DEME Blue Energy, Cloostermans, Electrawinds, Spiromatic and Contec. Togeth
Dredge Yard has delivered dredge ball joints to Saudi Arabia. The ball joints delivered to S.A. are designed and manufactured by Dredge Yard. The ball joints are capable of achieving working pressure of 20 bar and discharge pipe diameter of 650mm. Wear resistant liner is assembled so as to increase
Royal Naval Divers in Plymouth have taken delivery of a sophisticated new remote-controlled bomb disposal vehicle called Cutlass. The Southern Diving Group (SDG) (comprising Plymouth-based Southern Diving Unit 1 and Portsmouth–based Southern Diving Unit 2 demonstrated the six-wheeled Cutlass to the
Design and analysis of offshore and maritime structures has previously involved the use of several different models where data from one model must be manually transferred to others – a costly and time-consuming process. DNV Software is now releasing Sesam GeniE 6.4, where design engineers can use on
