From 2020, all vessels in the PGS fleet will share bathymetry information collected using echo sounders, with The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project. The project aims to map the entire ocean floor by the year 2030. The bathymetric data will support Seabed 2030’s crowdsourced bathymetry init
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (November 11 – November 17). This content is available after accepting the cookies. Change cookie-settings View on Subseaworldnews. Report Major Industry Move Ahead As Saipem And Subsea 7 Enter Merger
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is looking for a Performance Test Engineer to deliver its services into collaborative R&D projects, focussed on marine energy device testing and performance assessment. Based in Orkney, this is a full-time post for a fixed term of 2 years. The Performance Tes
Energinet has contracted Ramboll to carry out the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental investigations for the Thor offshore wind project in Denmark. Ramboll will provide a SEA of the plan for the Thor project, as well as a number of surveys and technical reports on specific env
Swedish wave energy developer CorPower Ocean has become the latest renewables operator to adopt Mermaid software to assess weather risk and accurately plan its construction and operation and maintenance activities. CorPower will use the software to support decision-making in the early planning stage
Ocean Energy Systems is predicting strong advances in ocean energy in 2020, driven by public and private sector funding. The last OES annual report highlights significant international investment including $25 million pledged by the US Department of Energy to support 12 ‘next-generation’ marine ener
ABB has completed a 3,000-hour shallow water test of its pioneering subsea power distribution and conversion technology system – making it commercially viable. The system delivers a supply of up to 100 megawatts of power, over distances up to 600 kilometers and down to 3,000 meters water depth, at p
CGG has taken on a new project to deliver the largest OBN multi-client survey ever conducted in the UK Central North Sea (CNS). Planned to start in early 2020, the survey is being prefunded in part by BP. In the first phase of this multi-year program, CGG aims to acquire over 2,000 sq. km of [&helli
Bombora is seeking an engineer procure and construct (EPC) partner to join wave energy converter project in Lanzarote, the fourth largest of the Spanish Canary Islands, off the coast of northern Africa. Cabildo de Lanzarote, the island’s governing body, through a collaboration agreement with Enzen h
A report recently published by RenewableUK shows that UK-based onshore and offshore wind, wave and tidal energy companies are now exporting their products and services to 37 countries across 6 continents. Using an illustrative sample of companies involved in the sector, “Export Nation” reveals that
IKM Ocean Design has been awarded Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 pipeline and umbillical detail engineering contract. The contract is a continuation of IKM Ocean Design’s long-term involvement in the Johan Sverdrup project, where the company has been involved in all project stages for both Phase 1 and Phase
Aker Solutions, along with a group of leading oil and gas operators, has launched a joint industry project with the aim of making subsea gas separation a reality. Using CO2 injection to increase recovery rates in offshore oil and gas fields can improve the economics of a field significantly, but so
Eco Wave Power has started the assembly phase of the hydraulic land-located conversion unit for its first grid connected installation in Israel. This will be the first time that wave energy will connect to the national electric grid in Israel and a special Feed in Tariff (FIT) will be determined for
UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has appointed Adrienne Airlie to its Board. Airlie joins ORE Catapult as a non-executive director after standing down as Martin Aitken & Co’s chief executive in 2018. She continues as a director of the firm. Commenting on the appointment, Chairman Colin
