Subsea
Exercise DUGONG 15 Ends Off Hobart
A mine countermeasures exercise, involving seven Navies is drawing to a close in Hobart. Exercise DUGONG 15 brought mine warfare and dive teams from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and United States together for two weeks to practice contemporary mine warfare and dive salvage techniques and pr
Atlantis’ MeyGen Gets EC Funding
Atlantis informed that the European Commission’s Climate Change Committee has approved the transfer of €17 million of funding from the Kyle Rhea project to Atlantis’s MeyGen project. The funding is for MeyGen Phase 1B (Project Stroma) and will accelerate the development of the MeyGen project, with t
Scientists Start Monterey Canyon Coordinated Experiment
Underwater avalanches and turbidity currents carry huge amounts of sediment, organic material, and pollutants down submarine canyons and into the deep sea. This month marine geologists from several countries are placing dozens of sophisticated instruments in Monterey Canyon to discover how sediment
Carnegie Completes CETO 6 Concept Design
Carnegie Wave Energy informed that the conceptual design phase of its CETO 6 Project at Garden Island has now been completed. This CETO 6 design delivers a number of advantages over previous CETO generations including an approximate four times increase in rated capacity to 1MW, the removal of heavy
GTI Expands Sales Reach for Kongsberg Mesotech Products
Gardner Technologies, an established Kongsberg Maritime sales partner in the USA, has expanded its sales activity for Kongsberg Mesotech underwater acoustic products into North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. GTI is already responsible for sales in Delaware, Washington DC, M
Aker Solutions, MAN Diesel & Turbo in Subsea Compression Alliance
Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions. The two companies previously coop
Additional Sonardyne GyroUSBLs for Horizon Geosciences
UAE-based Horizon Geosciences has commissioned an additional two Sonardyne GyroUSBL acoustic positioning systems to complement the systems they currently work with. The new equipment will be used to support subsea construction projects across the Middle East. Horizon has adopted GyroUSBL for its mar
MACSEA Becomes EIVA Representative in Brazil
The Brazilian MACSEA has signed a contract with Danish EIVA to include software and hardware solutions from EIVA into the MACSEA product portfolio. “We are seeing an increasing interest in our solutions at the moment in Brazil, as a result of a large number of ongoing and planned offshore activities
Dolphin Chosen as Preferred Bidder for Shoot Off India
Dolphin was today selected as the first shortlisted contractor for a project offshore India. The announcement was made in a public bid opening ceremony in Mumbai by a repeat client. Dolphin informed that plans to accept contract proposal and has confirmed vessel availability for two Dolphin high-end
OEEC 2015: Constructive, Anti-Cyclical and Energetic
With 658 exhibitors, 23,000m2 floor space and visitors representing 86 nationalities, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2015 (OEEC) was not only a big success, the event also grew compared to last year. A remarkable achievement in this turbulent and challenging year for the offshore industry.
Cinia Lays New Subsea Cable to Link Finland and Germany
Cinia Group began laying the new submarine Sea Lion data cable in Helsinki, Finland. The new fiber optic subsea cable will provide a direct, low latency and cyber secure Internet backbone connection between Finland and Germany. “The sea cable initiative builds the future of Finland based on our exis
Technip, 3D at Depth to Expand LiDAR Technology in GoM
3D at Depth, a provider of subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, and Technip USA have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to expand and commercialize the LiDAR technology for subsea metrology, field survey and IRM applications. Commonly referred to as laser scanning, LiDAR (Light Detection and
VBMS Wraps Up Drilling for Dudgeon Export Cabling
VBMS has completed two 1,170 meter long horizontal directional drillings at the landfall for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm. The drillings were done in preparation for the installation of two 42 kilometer long export cables next year. To avoid worsening weather conditions later in season, the work w
DeepOcean to Install Cables for Walney Extension
DeepOcean 1 UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy for the installation and trenching works for the Walney Extension offshore wind project in the Irish Sea. Offshore work will be performed from DeepOcean’s new cable installation vessel Maersk Connector in 2017, the