Danish company Wavepiston has over the last two weeks conducted upgrades on its wave energy prototype operating in the North Sea, and signed another project that will see its technology demonstrated in combination with desalination scheme in the Mediterranean.
The Oil and Gas Authority UK has awarded its first carbon dioxide (CO2) appraisal and storage licence as an independent regulator. The award has been made to Pale Blue Dot Energy for the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project. The project seeks to re-use existing oil and gas infrastructure f
Industry body Subsea UK and NSRI, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, have launched the latest call for companies to drive forward R&D between Scotland and Japan. The call includes the wider underwater industries, focusing on renewables, aquaculture and carbon capture storage.
Golden Energy Offshore Services has entered into a term sheet with Golden Energy Offshore Management Holdings for the possible acquisition of Golden Energy Offshore Management. Pursuant to the term sheet, the company will, subject to a successful acquisition of the four vessels previously announced,
US-based ocean energy developer Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has signed a letter of intent to enter into long-term supply agreement with NEC Energy Solutions for its subsea battery products.
Norway’s Agder Dykk, is extending its scope of operations in the region with a new Saab Seaeye Falcon underwater robotic vehicle. An early task for Agder Dykk’s Falcon is a survey of Norway’s harbours to provide data for the authorities on the status of sediment built up over decades of environmenta
The wave energy plant from Crestwing, named Tordenskiold, has been anchored in place at Frederikshavn, marking the start of the prototype’s first offshore testing campaign.
PT. Offshore Services Indonesia (OSI) has completed IMR works on platforms, pipelines and offshore marine installations in the Java Sea area of operation. The 3-year technical services contract at ONWJ (Offshore Northwest Java) for provision of saturation DSV and all associated subsea engineering se
Polish state-owned power company Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE) is launching a search for a strategic partner to prepare, build and operate offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea with a total capacity of up to 2,545MW.
The Coast Guard and partner agencies located the missing barge, Dredge 200, on Wednesday after it capsized and sank earlier this week in Broad Sound approximately two miles southeast of Nahant. The barge’s location was confirmed by a contracted company using multi-beam sonar just north of the North
ALE has designed a new modular transport frame for carrying transition pieces within marshaling ports, which is said to optimize the costs of offshore wind projects.
Equinor and its partners have decided to invest some NOK 1.4 billion in Vigdis boosting station, expected to come online in the first quarter of 2021. The subsea field Vigdis has been producing oil through the Snorre field for more than 20 years. Field production will now be boosted by almost 11 mil
Marine Renewables Canada has appointed three industry and policy leaders to its 2019 Board of Directors.
James Fisher Ocean Team (JFOT) has completed its first excavation for COOEC Subsea in the South China Sea. The project, undertaken in Zhujiangkou Basin, 170km southwest of Hong Kong, was for post-lay trenching of 7km of subsea cable as part of the oil field’s joint development. Fu Wenzhi, technical
