Nine Japanese industry majors, including shipping companies and shipyards, have joined forces in the Ship Carbon Recycling Working Group with the aim of studying carbon recycling for the purpose of powering ships. Participating members include EX Research Institute Ltd., Hitachi Zosen Corporation, J
Wave Energy Scotland has selected four projects to share just under £1.4 million with aim to cut wave power costs. The companies selected under the funding are: Apollo, Blackfish Engineering Design, Nova Innovation and Quoceant. Projects will develop technology to enable the quick connection and dis
The H2020 funded JERICO-S3 project has opened its first call for access to the JERICO-S3 Coastal Observatories and Supporting Facilities. Successful applicants will receive free access to test and validate their technology or research in a variety of coastal observing and supporting facilities acros
Oscilla Power said it is in planning stages of a demonstration of its 1MW Triton ocean wave energy system in Southern India. Specifically, this utility-scale project is adjacent to Vizhinjam International Seaport, near Thiruvanathapuram, in the state of Kerala. This region has been identified as hav
Webtool has developed an autonomous subsea resettable valve for installation and use with a charged hydraulic fluid store. Activated by a steel wire rope line, the valve activation system is designed for applications where autonomous operation is needed in the event of an emergency. Constructed from
Carnegie has commenced its planned wave tank testing campaign at the Cantabria Coastal and Ocean Basin in Spain. The trials will generate physical wave data aimed to validate Carnegie’s machine learning based Wave Predictor. Carnegie previously announced the development of a machine learning based W
The Methanol Institute (MI) has joined a study led by the China Waterborne Transportation Research Institute (CWTRI), the think tank of the Chinese Ministry of Transport, which will consider the technical and operational requirements for the use of methanol as a marine fuel.
Balmoral, a provider of cable protection systems (CPS) for inter array and export cables for fixed and floating offshore wind installations, has created an integrated CPS the company reports is unique. The Discovery Unit, a combination of product R&D, materials and testing specialists, created the i
Mubadala Petroleum has increased the production capacity on the Manora oil field in the Gulf of Thailand following the completion of the 2020 development drilling and workover program.
Electric subsea robotics specialist Saab Seaeye has developed its first seven-function all-electric work-class manipulator. According to Seaeye, it introduces an equally powerful, more precise and more intelligent manipulator than the hydraulic equivalent on WROVs. Its control system enables both ma
PGS has completed the second GeoStreamer X seismic survey in the Viking Graben. The GeoStreamer X Viking Graben 2020 extension project once again applied PGS’s latest technology innovations for advanced offset-and azimuth-rich data. The project builds on the 2019 GeoStreamer X pilot project in the s
The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) has contracted EMEC to help develop its tidal energy test site. The deal will see EMEC use its experience and knowledge to advance the Korean test site development. KIOST is developing a grid-connected tidal energy test site development on
Halliburton and TechnipFMC have introduced Odassea, the first distributed acoustic sensing solution for subsea wells. The technology platform enables operators to execute intervention-less seismic imaging and reservoir diagnostics to reduce total cost of ownership while improving reservoir knowledge
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has unveiled its PowerBuoy surface surveillance solution suitable for security monitoring of offshore areas. “Our team is redefining real-time ocean surveillance with a solution that agencies and companies can utilize to better coordinate security efforts at sea by int
