Ocean Infinity has added a 6,000-meter rated Kongsberg HUGIN AUV system to its existing fleet of eight. For this latest HUGIN, which has been specifically configured to conduct under-ice surveys, Ocean Infinity chose Kongsberg’s Highly Integrated Synthetic Aperture Sonar (HISAS). CEO of Ocean Infini
TechnipFMC has signed an agreement with Island Offshore to acquire 51% stake in Island Offshore Subsea. Island Offshore Subsea provides riserless light well intervention (RLWI) project management and engineering services for plug & abandonment (P&A), riserless coiled tubing and well completion opera
Bladt Industries and Semco Maritime have entered into a partnership with the local shipyard CSBC Corporation to jointly creating a supplier to cover the Taiwanese market for offshore substations. The Taiwanese government has proposed very ambitious targets for the completion of large offshore projec
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has set aside over €2.5 million in a research fund to support cutting-edge research, development and demonstration energy projects in 2018.
Spanish-based research foundation Technological Centre of Components (Centro Tecnológico de Componentes – CTC) has presented an innovative coating said to be able to protect marine devices from corrosion for more than two decades.
TE Subsea Communications (TE SubCom) has contracted Fugro to carry out a cable route survey for the proposed Havfrue cable system. The nearly 8,179 kilometers subsea cable system is comprised of a trunk cable connecting New Jersey, USA to the Jutland Peninsula of Denmark with a branch landing in Cou
GC Rieber Shipping has entered into a time charter agreement with Deepocean for the SURF vessel Polar Onyx for a fixed period of three years with options to extend by up to two years. The Polar Onyx will be used in Ghana to support Deepocean’s contract with Tullow Oil. The contract starts immediatel
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) has completed detailed design and manufacture, supported by a number of industry experts, in order to develop the SCARJet trencher. In November 2016 ESS announced it will invest up to £3 million in developing a water-jetting tool with potential to double trench production
Ocean Installer has received a substantial contract from Statoil for marine operations on the Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea. Johan Castberg is amongst the largest subsea projects ever to be developed on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The field developments spans Skrugard, Havis and Dri
Offshore renewable energy sector in Europe – including offshore wind, wave and tidal energy industries – could create up to GBP 72 billion of supply chain opportunities in anti-corrosion solutions and the development of new materials by 2050.
Offshore renewable energy sector in Europe – including offshore wind, wave and tidal energy industries – could create up to GBP 72 billion of supply chain opportunities in anti-corrosion solutions and the development of new materials by 2050.
Tackling corrosion issues and developing new materials in the wave, tidal and offshore wind sectors across Europe could save up to £74 billion for developers and create up to £72 billion of supply chain opportunities by 2050, according to two new reports.
Lekoil has begun the shooting of a 3D seismic survey at the Otakikpo marginal field in OML 11, onshore and offshore in the south-eastern part of the Niger Delta. Sinopec Changjiang Engineering Services has been previously contracted by the company to carry out the survey. According to Lekoil, permit
The gravity base structure foundation for Minesto’s first commercial-scale installation of Deep Green tidal energy technology has been delivered.
