Operations & Maintenance
Fugro broadens trenching services with cable-lay in offer
Fugro has added cable-lay services to trenching for tidal energy sector and offshore wind farms. The company has equipped its trenching vessel, Fugro Saltire, with a compact, custom-made, cable-lay spread that comprises a reel drive system to store the cables, a tensioner to lay them, twin winches a
Fugro Boosts Renewables Division
Fugro has added cable-lay services to trenching for offshore windfarm and tidal energy sectors. The company has equipped its trenching vessel, Fugro Saltire, with a cable-lay spread that comprises a reel drive system to store the cables, a tensioner to lay them, twin winches and a quadrant deploymen
Irish Prime Minister opens Beaufort Building
Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has officially opened the UCC Beaufort Building, a marine research and development center, in Ringaskiddy, Ireland. The 4.700 m squared five storey building features state-of-the-art wave simulators, test tanks, workshops and offices. It will house house the headquart
SapuraKencana Wins Mumbai High South Phase III Gig
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad informed that its wholly-owned subsidiary company, Kencana HL Sdn Bhd, has been awarded a contract by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) for the Mumbai High South Redevelopment Phase III Project on a turnkey basis. The Scope of work includes but not limited to surv
Danish Wind Power Gives 140% and Covers 3 More Countries
Last week, Danish wind turbines hit a new record by producing enough electricity to cover not only Danish needs but to supply three more countries with wind power. Thanks to strong winds blowing from Thursday night to Friday morning, wind farms in Denmark produced 140% of the country’s electricity d
Danish Wind Power Gives 140% and Covers 3 More Countries
Last week, Danish wind turbines hit a new record by producing enough electricity to cover not only Danish needs but to supply three more countries with wind power. Thanks to strong winds blowing from Thursday night to Friday morning, wind farms in Denmark produced 140% of the country’s electricity d
ASN Sets Higher Standards in Subsea Fiber-Optic Technology
Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN), the undersea cables subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent, has achieved a breakthrough record of data transmission over a distance of 10,000 kilometers. The record was achieved using a real-time processing prototypes of a 300 gigabits-per-second new modulation technol
VIDEO: In-stream tidal energy at FORCE
The Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) is Canadian test center for in-stream tidal energy technology. FORCE works with developers, regulators, and researchers to study the potential for tidal turbines to operate within the Bay of Fundy environment. FORCE provides a shared observation fac
US Wave Energy Prize: Race-on for 92 teams
Wave Energy Prize, a competition launched by the US Department of Energy (US DoE), has announced that 92 teams have officially been registered for the WEC device development competition. This design-build-test competition is encouraging the development of game-changing wave energy conversion (WEC) d
Subsea 7 and OneSubsea Join Forces
Subsea 7 has signed an agreement establishing a worldwide non-incorporated alliance with OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company. The new alliance should see both companies jointly design, develop and deliver integrated subsea development solutions through the combination of subsurface experti
WATCH: Investigator Discovers 50-Million-Year-Old Volcanoes
Australia’s new ocean-going research vessel Investigator has discovered extinct volcanoes likely to be 50 million years old about 250 kilometres off the coast of Sydney. The chief scientist for the voyage, UNSW Australia marine biologist Professor Iain Suthers, said that while searching for the nurs
Allswater starts detailed design of Triton tidal platform
Allswater, a Canadian engineering firm, has started detail design works of the Triton tidal platform for Black Rock Tidal Power. The semi-submersible Triton platform will host an array of Schottel Hydro turbines generating up to 2.5 MW of power, Allswater press release reads. Black Rock Tidal Power
TGS, PGS in Flemish Pass Basin Survey
TGS announces a new multi-client 3D survey offshore Eastern Canada with plans to acquire approximately 4,300 km² of seismic data. This survey is conducted in partnership with PGS. The Ramform Valiant, utilizing the PGS GeoStreamer® technology, will acquire data in Flemish Pass Basin over the Explora
Aqueos, Bibby Subsea Team Up
Aqueos Corporation and Bibby Subsea have entered into a strategic alliance to jointly market their combined services to pursue subsea related projects in the Gulf of Mexico and other targeted regions. The goal of this strategic alliance is to increase their respective market share and expand their g