SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems, and VideoRay the world leader in Inspection Class-ROV technology, have announced their decision to enter a partnership with the aim of developing solutions to improve value to their customers. The decision follows
British tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd, announces that Siemens is increasing its share in the company to 45%. “With this increase in its stake, Siemens is strengthening its activities in ocean power generation. We will actively shape the commercialization process of innovative mar
The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean concluded a record-setting year, and gave credit for some of its success to KCF Technologies Smart Tether – an innovative, very simple to use, non-acoustic navigation system that offers real-time GPS positioning for remotely operated underwater vehicles, along w
NTT Communications Corporation announced that following the world’s first successful trial of 100 gigabit per second (Gbps) optical transmission on its PC-1 transpacific submarine cable system, which was announced in October, the company has confirmed the commercial viability of digital coherent tra
Octio will do a pilot project to assess the permanent monitoring of CO2 storage under the seabed for CLIMIT. CLIMIT is a program to encourage commercial development of technology for capturing and storing CO2; administered jointly by Gassnova and the Norwegian Research Council. When CO2 is stored un
Mike Caraher is a surveyor with 13 years experience, latterly working at director level in the offshore and coastal surveying environment. Mike has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with Osiris Projects, originally working on a variety of coastal survey projects as a specialist sub-contractor. Os
BPZ Energy, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, announced receipt of the approval to acquire 3-D Seismic Data in Offshore Block Z-1 and also provided financial and operational results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011. For three months ended Sep
The huge Australian offshore gas project Ichthys will cost more than the anticipated total of $30 billion, the head of French oil major Total said on Thursday. “It will cost a little more than expected for environmental reasons… We had originally said $30 billion,” Total Chief Executive Christophe d
Three times since 1931, a Washington state electric cooperative has overhauled a three-quarter of a mile submarine cable serving island cons… (ECT) [mappress] Source: ECT, November 03, 2011;
With LoFS 14 now completed on schedule and without incident this closes another successful year of operating the portable source system for BP Norge AS, operator of the Valhall Field. LoFS 14 was WGP’s third operational survey of the Valhall field utilising the source sub-arrays of Thalassa Energy S
McDermott International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has won an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (“EPCI”) project for Oil and National Gas Corporation Ltd.’s (“ONGC”) Cluster 7 Development Program. The value of this award will be included in McDermott’s third q
T.D. Williamson, Inc. (TDW), a leading provider of pipeline equipment and services, has announced plans for the creation of a Global Pipeline Integrity Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once complete, this world-class showcase facility will combine the TDW inline inspection engineering, manufacturing,
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, announces the commencement of a new inspection, repair and maintenance project offshore North West Java, Indonesia. “This is a contract from one of the region’s largest energy companies,” comments Rik Zwinkels, Managing Director of Hallin’s Singapor
ION Geophysical Corporation reported third quarter 2011 revenues of $115.7 million, compared to revenues of $121.6 million in the third quarter of 2010. Net income in the third quarter of 2011 was $8.7 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, compared to $11.9 million, or $0.08 per diluted share, in the
