Research & Development
FlexIQ Delivers Flexible Risers Life Extension Project for Shell
The partnership between Innospection and Intecsea – FlexIQ has achieved an industry first, combining inspection data with a fully simulation-based irregular wave approach for enabling the life extension of flexible risers. Namely, FlexIQ has provided life extension assessment for flexible risers bas
InterMoor Rolls Out New Acoustic Release Mooring Connector
InterMoor, part of subsea services group Acteon, has introduced its new Inter-M Release mooring connector. Acoustic release mooring connectors allow a rig’s mooring legs to be released remotely and immediately, in case of emergencies, severe weather events, or simply to save time and money during ri
UK marine industry commends tidal and wave energy report
Companies and organizations active in the UK’s marine energy sector have welcomed ORE Catapult’s report which analyzed cost reduction and industrial benefits of tidal stream and wave energy in the UK.
Orkney builds up ‘green hydrogen’ delivery system
Orkney Islands have further increased the transportation capabilities for locally produced ‘green hydrogen’ with the delivery of two hydrogen tube trailers from Calvera.
Carnegie wraps up CETO 6 wave tank testing
Carnegie Clean Energy has concluded the testing of its CETO 6 wave energy device at the COAST facility at Plymouth University in UK.
Seabased grabs Canary Islands wave power chance
Seabased, a Swedish wave energy company, has teamed up with Infocom Connect to provide wave power for commercial projects in the Canary Islands.
Xodus joins Atlantis in pursuit of Japanese tides
Xodus Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atlantis Resources to pursue the development of a tidal energy project in Japan.
Tidal and wave pass UK’s triple test dare
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has published a new evidence-based assessment that shows the UK’s marine energy industries can meet the government’s requirements for emerging technology support.
Wood on Hywind Scotland LiDAR Duty
Wood has deployed the first scanning LiDAR (light detection and ranging) devices on two floating wind turbines at the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park located 25 kilometres off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
WFS, University of Aberdeen, OGIC Join Forces in New Project
WFS Technologies, University of Aberdeen and OGIC have started joint technology project to design and build the ExtremeEdge On-line Monitoring (OLM) system for subsea and offshore platform structures. Utilizing the ExtremeEdge distributed computing architecture, the project will deliver the first ge
WaveSub links with grid-simulation buoy
Marine Power Systems (MPS) has completed pre-deployment testing of WaveSub’s PowerBuoy ahead of deployment at FaBTest.
Deltares: Research on Eroding Sand Beaches
Researchers from Deltares, Delft University of Technology and IHE, have found that the eroding of sand beaches is less dramatic than is generally assumed. There are more sandy beaches that grow worldwide, than ones that shrink. This is the outcome of the study by the researchers who analysed changes
Marine Hub Cornwall, Marine Energy Wales Form Partnership
Marine Hub Cornwall – set up to help grow the marine industry in the county and to promote its marine capabilities – has formally agreed a new collaboration with Marine Energy Wales. The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to work together on areas of common interest and to s
BMT Wins Environmental Support Deal on Galapagos Field
BMT has secured a master services agreement to provide environmental support for UKCS operator, Bridge Petroleum Limited (Bridge), as part of its field development work for the large Galapagos Field situated in the East Shetland basin. Under this new contract, BMT will complete the necessary Environ