IMDC has been appointed by Elia as Marine Consultant for the realization of the Belgian Offshore Grid (BOG). The BOG consists of 2 OHVS platforms, 1 submarine interconnection cable and 4 submarine cables to the onshore grid, of which the connection point is the Stevin location near Zeebgugge. One of
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lab in Seattle is using a robotic device, called wave glider, to find out more about what lays in the ocean depths. The SmartPlanet explains characteristics of the device in its online news, saying that the glider reminds of a simple surfboa
Leading international oilfield services company Expro has been awarded a contract to provide equipment and services in support of Xcite Energy’s 90 day extended well test in the Bentley Field. Located in Block 9/3b. 160km’s east of the Shetlands, the Bentley Field is said to contain 116 million barr
Divers assigned to Mobile Underwater Diving Salvage Unit (MUDSU) 1 and divers from coalition partners conducted a recompression chamber exercise during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 July 18. The exercise was conducted as part of the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) scenario wit
A Pelydryn survey team has returned from successful deployment of the HawkEye IIb in Malta assisting TerraImaging in the production of the first fully integrated Topograhic LiDAR, Bathymetric LiDAR, side-sonar and Multibeam Echosounder datasets of a nation’s entire Economic Exclusion Zone. Pelydryn’
Deep Down, Inc., an oilfield services company specializing in complex deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil production distribution system support services recently announced they have received multiple contracts from an international operator and a major international controls manufacturer for the manu
Inverlussa Marine Services was awarded the contract to deploy ADCP tidal meters up to 12 miles west of Islay for SSE Renewables. M.v. Margaret Sinclair executed the job with huge success considering the exposed location and tidal current which the area is renowned for. Launched in 2006 Margaret Sinc
Supported by Sonardyne International Ltd’s Scout USBL acoustic positioning technology, ARA Incorporated has recently completed a subsurface survey of Terminal 91 in the Port of Seattle. Commissioned following the discovery of World War II munitions on the seafloor under the cruise ship facility at P
Providence Resources P.l.c., the London (AIM) and Dublin (ESM) quoted oil and gas exploration and production company, announced an operational update for the Upper Jurassic Spanish Point gas condensate discovery which is located in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 2/04. This licence, which also co
Over the last 150 years, human beings have released hundreds of billions of tons of carbon dioxide into the Earth’s atmosphere. About one quarter of this carbon has been absorbed by the world’s oceans, causing them to become more acidic. Ocean acidification is especially dangerous to corals and othe
GE yesterday announced it has signed a more than US$600 million, 22-year contractual services agreement (CSA) with Chevron Australia Pty LTD to maintain the compression trains, power generation and associated equipment that will be at the heart of the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project off the northwes
The “state of the art” vessel Seabed Worker has now reached port in Bristol and completed offloading a cargo of 48 tons Silver Bullion. The Seabed Worker is on charter for Odyssey Marine Exploration to salvage cargos of silver from the two shipwrecks Mantola and Gairsoppa. The Seabed Worker has curr
New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership has welcomed the opening of a new offshore wind support facility in Great Yarmouth. Norfolk-based Fendercare Marine is investing more than £1m in the new base at Cobholm to provide a range of support services to the rapidly-growing offshore wind industry. New
Following several years of research, the University of Adelaide’s team, which has been developing the Sustainable Marine Current Energy (SMCE) turbine, is thinking of commercializing the device, says the EcoGeneration news site. In 2009, the University has engaged the final-year students in developm
