U.S. Navy has directed Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) to deploy the cable operated unmanned recovery vehicle (CURV) 21 to join the search efforts for the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan. The search effort, which began on November 15, when the submarine went missing, recently shi
Replacing a jack-up with a barge equipped with a Blade Exchange Tool to remove and install blades and other turbine components offshore leads to significant cost reductions, Guido Vletter, Project Engineer at Temporary Works Design (TWD) said.
French hydrokinetic developer Hydrotube Energie has installed and connected its H3.V2 tidal turbine in Bordeaux, France.
Magseis has together with is partner, BGP, been awarded an extension to the ongoing contract with BGP Arabia and Saudi Aramco to acquire additional ocean bottom seismic data in the Red Sea. The new survey has an expected duration of more than seven months and will begin in January 2018. The survey f
Aker Solutions has won work to support Statoil in development of the Johan Castberg field, the largest oil discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The company will supply subsea production system and design the topside of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, which will be
Statoil has submitted the PDO (plan for development and operation) for the Johan Castberg project on behalf of the partnership with Eni and Petoro. Several major contracts will also be awarded to Norwegian industry. “This is a great day! We have finally succeeded in realising the Johan Castberg deve
Total and Sonangol have reached an agreement for the development of Zinia Phase 2, moving forward to the final investment decision. Located in Block 17 and operated by Total (40%), Zinia 2 will be connected to the Pazflor FPSO and will produce 40,000 barrels per day. In addition, Total and Sonangol
International seabed sampling specialists Ocean Scientific International Ltd have shipped a modified version of the industry standard Multiple Corer to Australia for use in a project in a remote location of Papua New Guinea. The corer has been converted into a modular design to allow it to be transp
Ocean Thermal Energy Corporation (OTE) has announced the release of a research report on the company prepared by the provider of stock information and consulting services StockWatchIndex.
ION Geophysical is offering a 2D multi-client data package offshore Argentina in advance of the 2018 license round. ION has delivered a regional framework consisting of approximately 30,000 km of data over the Austral and Malvinas basins’ relatively under-explored petroleum region. For almost 10 yea
Marine renewables developer Naval Energies has decided to streamline its personnel of circa 100 people in order to secure the development of the company, consolidate its growth and support its teams. It is expected that any reduction in headcount will be evenly split between France and Ireland. In F
Italian biotechnology company Bio-on and Dutch paints and coatings company AkzoNobel have agreed to further their collaboration in developing protective solutions against marine biofouling which can be applied in tidal energy sector.
Bristol-based wave energy developer Embley Energy is looking to secure funding to take the development of its Sperboy wave energy concept to the next stage.
Barge Master’s new gangway system developed in cooperation with Bosch Rexroth offers continuous access for personnel and cargo and has so far performed excellently on the Walney Extension offshore wind farm, Martijn Koppert, CEO of Barge Master, said.
