Subsea
WHOI Gets RV Neil Armstrong
Following completion of successful acceptance trials, the nation’s newest research vessel, the Neil Armstrong, was officially turned over by the U.S. Navy to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), which will operate the vessel as part of the national academic fleet. In May 2010, the Office
Texas A&M University Launches Ocean Engineering Department
The College of Engineering at Texas A&M University has announced the establishment of the Department of Ocean Engineering. The department combines two existing programs within Texas A&M University, one on the campus in College Station, Texas, and one on the marine-oriented campus in Galveston, Texas
New CEO at EMAS Offshore
EMAS Offshore has appointed Adarash Kumar (“Capt. Kumar”) as the company’s new chief executive officer, effective September 25, 2015. Jon Dunstan, the current CEO has resigned in order to pursue other interests outside of the company but will remain with the company to handover and assist Capt. Kuma
Atlantis Completes Subsea Cable Laying for MeyGen
Atlantis has completed the laying of four subsea cables at the MeyGen site in northern Scotland. The four cables are housed in individual bore holes of approximately 0.5km in length each, drilled earlier this year, which run from the foreshore into the Inner Sound of the Pentland Firth and down to t
Ofgem Choses Preferred Bidder for Humber Gateway Link
Ofgem has appointed Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium as the preferred bidder to own and operate the offshore transmission link to the Humber Gateway wind farm for the next 20 years. Balfour Beatty Equitix Consortium, a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Investments Limited and Equitix Limited, wa
Scientists Map Colville Ridge Seafloor Off New Zealand
Scientists have returned from a three-week mission to map the seafloor of the Colville Ridge, northeast of Auckland, as part of a long-term programme to survey regions within New Zealand’s offshore territory considered prospective for seafloor minerals. The voyage over the middle part of the Colvill
Boa Scraps Newbuild
Norway’s Boa IMR, a majority owned subsidiary in the Boa Offshore group, has sent a cancellation notice of the shipbuilding contract for an IMR/OCV vessel with Noryards Fosen. The contract for a Light Construction and Inspection Maintenance and Repair (IMR) Vessel was first announced in March this y
EMGS Inks Acquisition Agreement with DGH in India
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has signed a multi-client acquisition agreement with the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in India. The agreement grants EMGS a two year permit to acquire 3D EM multi-client data within a 325,000 square km area off West coast India, crossing eight diff
Wood Group’s Simulator for MWCC’s Containment Training
Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) to provide an operator training simulator; supporting training for containment in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, the simulator will be developed by Wood Group
Focal, MacArtney Enter Sales and Service Partnership
Focal Technologies Corporation, a Moog Inc. company, has entered into a sales and service partnership with MacArtney Singapore Pte. Ltd. The sales and service partnership agreement between Focal and MacArtney will become effective from October 1, 2015. MacArtney Singapore holds a track record as a M
InterMoor UK Operations Achieves LTI Free Milestone
InterMoor UK Operations, part of Acteon’s foundations and moorings business, has surpassed eight years and more than 2,520 projects without a single lost-time incident (LTI). The safety record is held by InterMoor UK Operations – InterMoor Ltd, InterMoor Marine Services Ltd and ChainCo. Company oper
HitecVision Gets New Senior Partner
Private equity player, HitecVision, has informed that Jan Harald Solstad will join the company on the October 1 as Senior Partner. For the last five years Jan Harald has been CEO of Core Energy, a HitecVision Fund V portfolio company. Jan Harald started his career at oil company Conoco, where he wor
Cefas Heads Research into Underwater Noise Impact
The Centre for the Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has teamed up with Marine Scotland Science and the University of Exeter to analyse underwater noise data from subsea sound recorders located around the UK coast. Sources of noise in the ocean include shipping, seismic explorat
VIDEO: Aker’s Road to Åsgard Subsea Gas Compression Delivery
The world’s first subsea gas compression system went on stream September 17 at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field. Aker Solutions delivered the subsea compression system for this field development. “We’re immensely proud to be part of this achievement, which is a major milestone for our industry,” sa