A Study on Lessons for Ocean Energy Development, commissioned by the European Commission’s DG for Research and Innovation, has been published.
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract extensions for three pipelay support vessels (PLSVs) currently on long-term day-rate contracts offshore Brazil. These extensions have a combined value of approximately USD 250 million, the Oslo-listed firm said on Friday. The firm contract periods for the Seven W
The final sea trials of the SeaWorker autonomous vessels have taken place in the Solent before mobilisation to Ocean Infinity’s mothership, the Seabed Constructor. Ocean Infinity will use the ASVs for positioning and monitoring of the HUGIN 6000 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) as part of wide
Gap Explosive Ordnance Detection (EOD) has invented the technology for Dutch dredging giant Boskalis to find the unexploded munitions from WWII in the Borssele Wind Farm Zone in the North Sea. The project is part of a multi-million dollar deal between Fugro and Boskalis for the Dutch transmissions s
Swordfish Partners, a Florida joint venture comprised of Endurance Exploration Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, EXPL Swordfish, and Deep Blue Exploration have contracted Blue Water Ventures to recover potentially valuable artifacts and coins from a shipwreck site off the coast of North Carolina the
The government of Ireland has published its first statutory National Mitigation Plan outlining steps to transition Ireland to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050.
The jacket for the utility & living quarter platform (ULQ) has been installed on the high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) Culzean development field, Heerema Fabrication Group informed through social media. The third and the final jacket follows the installation of the central processing facility (
US-based wave energy developer Wave Water Works has verified the energy production and output of its Oscillo Drive device ahead of testing in Port Huron in Michigan, USA.
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has launched a new online library that offers over 100 documents stemming from its wave energy research and development program.
The Australian government has named Steven Skala as the Chair of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), with several other appointments made to the CEFC board.
The first concrete weight coated (CWC) pipes for the planned 1,200-kilometer Nord Stream 2 twin pipelines arrived today by rail at the Port of Koverhar in Hanko, Finland. Approximately 200 kilometers of CWC pipes will be transported by train to Koverhar between mid-July and the third quarter of 2017
TDI-Brooks has been awarded the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) funded study entitled “Deepwater Atlantic Habitats II: Continued Atlantic Researc
CGG has been awarded a contract by Petrobras to process the seismic data from a 3D Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) survey covering a full-fold area of 2180 km² in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin. This will be the largest node survey ever acquired and processed in the industry. The survey will be acquired by
Researchers from the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping Joint Hydrographic Center in New Hampshire have utilised a C-Worker 4 Autonomous Vessel equipped with a multibeam sonar to map around the NOAA Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. The Center is working in partnership with the Ocean Expl
