THE tide floods in and out of Poole Harbour twice a day every day and now a plan is being proposed to harness that huge force… By Diana Henderson (bournemouthecho) [mappress] Source: bournemouthecho, June 22, 2011;
NCS Survey, an Acteon company, announces the appointment of John Meaden as Chief Operating Officer reporting to Andy Gray, President. John will assist NCS Survey with the next stage of its growth following the recent acquisition of NCS by Acteon Group Ltd. Andy Gray stated “We are delighted to have
Wave energy company Aquamarine Power took the first step towards installation of its second full-scale Oyster wave energy converter last week with the arrival of the „Excalibur‟ jack-up barge in Orkney. The vessel is now stationed at the European Marine Energy Centre‟s (EMEC) Billia Croo site, where
Expro announces a major new investment programme that will reinforce the group’s leading position as a supplier of innovative technology and specialist services to the upstream oil and gas sector. The programme includes expanding the group’s established fleet of Subsea Safety Tools and Well Test Pac
A new centre to develop and test offshore wind condition monitoring technologies – and help Scotland meet its renewable energy targets – … (engineerlive) [mappress] Source: engineerlive, June 20, 2011;
A new centre to develop and test offshore wind condition monitoring technologies – and help Scotland meet its renewable energy targets – … (engineerlive) [mappress] Source: engineerlive, June 20, 2011;
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced a number of innovative technologies to help improve the experience of personnel travelling to and from offshore windfarms. It is not only the vessel performance that is affected by rough weather; seasickness amongst workers travelling to of
An international team of researchers led by University of Ulster Professor Andrew Cooper is about to embark on a voyage of underwater discovery that will establish whether Ireland was ever joined to Britain by a land bridge. The aim of the three year project is to determine just how far sea level fe
A deep-sea mystery has been solved with the discovery that the tiny 3 mm long marine animals, eaten by herring, cod and mackerel, use the same buoyancy control as whales. Reporting this week in the journal Limnology and Oceanography, researchers from British Antarctic Survey describe how Southern Oc
Underwater camera specialist, Kongsberg Maritime, introduces the OE14-502-WA with Wide Angle Lens Option to its market-leading camera and imaging sonar portfolio. This new version of the OE14-502 HD Camera has been developed in direct response to increased customer demand for a wide angled high defi
SMD has been formally presented with a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise by His Royal Highness, Prince Michael of Kent. His Royal Highness presented the Award in the innovation category as part of a visit to SMD’s head office and manufacturing facility in Wallsend, North East England. During
Within the frames of the Black Sea oil pollutions monitoring program natural oil sources were detected in south-eastern part out at sea of the town of Poti, Georgia. The source was detected based on analysis of multi-temporal radar satellite images by the scientists of the Shirshov Institute of Ocea
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
