Aker Solutions won a contract worth $2.3 billion from Total to provide a subsea production system for the Kaombo Block 32 development in Angola. Aker Solutions will deliver 20 subsea manifolds and 65 vertical subsea wellsets. The order also includes associated controls as well as work-over and tie-i
The Energy Department announced $4 million to engage America’s research universities in the effort to accelerate the development of the emerging marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) energy industry in the United States. This funding will support high-impact research projects designed to enable the capture
The University of Windsor engineers Rupp Carriveau and David Ting developed a new way of storing energy underwater. As the Windsor Star reports, the energy storage system is being built offshore Toronto Island in Canada. The principle on which the storage works is that energy is used to compress air
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has commissioned NUI (Norwegian Underwater Intervention) to prepare a report comparing decompression tables for surface-oriented diving from relevant countries and diving companies. The results of the comparison show that the tables used on the Norwegian C
MMT has been awarded the contract for the Själland cable survey between Denmark and Sweden by Svenska kraftnät. Svenska kraftnät and their Danish counterpart Energinet.dk are the transmission system owners and operators of a 400 kV High Voltage AC cable system across the Öresund, between Sweden and
National Science Foundation (NSF) has recruited a team of researchers to find out what lives in Kermadec Trench at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. They will use the world’s only full-ocean-depth, hybrid, remotely-operated vehicle, Nereus, and other advanced technology to find out. The trench, locat
On the occasion of Thetis MRE, international convention of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE), held in Cherbourg – France, the representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) have signed a Framework of Cooperation on MRE. Basse-Normandi
On the occasion of Thetis MRE, international convention of Marine Renewable Energy (MRE), held in Cherbourg – France, the representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) have signed a Framework of Cooperation on MRE. Basse-Normandi
Total and its joint venture partners have made the final investment decision to develop the ultra-deep offshore Kaombo project in Angola. With a production capacity of 230,000 barrels per day, Kaombo will develop estimated reserves of 650 million barrels. Following an intensive optimization exercise
Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey is eyeing the Clemson University’s SCE&G Energy Innovation Center as a place where the company could test the drivetrain of its wind turbine, which is planned to be used in the Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Windfarm (FACW) project. The proposed project was rejecte
Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey is eyeing the Clemson University’s SCE&G Energy Innovation Center as a place where the company could test the drivetrain of its wind turbine, which is planned to be used in the Fishermen’s Energy Atlantic City Windfarm (FACW) project. The proposed project was rejecte
After one and a half years in the Antarctic the research vessel Polarstern is expected back in its home port on 13 April. Apart from the crew and scientists on board, there are lots of data, samples and animals from the Southern Ocean that will soon be examined more closely in the laboratories of th
Aveillant’s 3D Holographic Radar™ has been installed at a site on the Kent coast and was successful in mitigating the offshore Kentish Flats windfarm. The system was also integrated with a Thales Star 2000 radar display system at a local airport, with the integration process taking just one day. Thi
Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force continue to make a valuable contribution to the Australian-led search for the missing Malaysian airliner MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean. Following a request by the Malaysian authorities for support from the Royal Navy, the survey ship HMS Echo was diverted from
