Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, recently announced that it has started Series B funding. Power Fund II and Finnvera Venture Capital have agreed on 3 Million euros funding package as part of the Series B funding. Discussions with additional investors to close further funding have a
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has been contracted to supply a complete Back Deck handling system for ‘Sanco Sword’, Sanco Shipping’s second 16 streamer vessel under construction at the Kleven Maritime Myklebust Shipyard. The vessel will be operated by Dolphin Geo
Since 2006, Vattenfall AB R&D Projects has been investigating the potential for ocean energy to offer a major new renewable energy source. In 2009 Vattenfall established a formal ocean energy programme. Today – six years later – a first annual report has been created for the Ocean Energy Development
Emerson Process Management has won a multi-million dollar contact to deliver its Roxar subsea instrumentation to Lundin Petroleum’s Brynhild field in the North Sea. The contract was awarded by Aker Solutions, one of the world’s leading providers of oilfield products, systems and services, and covers
For Fugro the year 2012 started with improved performance compared to the same period in 2011. The oil price remained on average around USD 120 per barrel (Brent). The sustained high levels of exploration and production spending by the oil and gas industry result in continued improvement of Fugro’s
TGS has commenced the Europe 2012 summer season with two multi-client 2D surveys in cooperation with Fugro; North Sea Renaissance 2012 (NSR12) and Norwegian Barents Sea 2012 (NBR12). The NSR12 survey is 8,200 km and is a regional infill West of Shetland. The NBR 12 survey is 12,000 km and is a regio
EMU Limited will be exhibiting at the Renewable UK Global Offshore Wind exhibition in London on 13th and 14th of June 2012, at stand 263. The company is a marine consultancy, survey and laboratory testing specialist which provides worldwide services in support of infrastructure planning, consenting
In the 2012 Universum Top 100 Ideal Employer student survey, Aker Solutions is voted the second most attractive employer in Norway by final-year engineering students. Every year, Universum surveys students and asks them questions about their career expectations, how they perceive employers and what
EPC Offshore has announced the appointment of new managers to work on two of the North Sea’s biggest developments as the company continues to increase growth in 2012. Project manager Euan Sellar will focus on the final phases of the Rochelle field development for Endeavour Energy in the Central Nort
The installation of the second of the four export cables on London Array Offshore Wind Farm that will connect the onshore substation at Cleve Hill to the two offshore substations in the outer Thames Estuary has been successfully completed. Specialized cable-laying vessel, Stemat Spirit, installed al
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Propulsion AS signed new contracts with Kleven Maritime AS, Norway ad Rong Ta Trading Co. Ltd., Taiwan, for delivery of propulsion equipment at a total value of NOK 35 million. The contract with Kleven Maritime AS is for delivery of a gear ad cp
Over the coming weeks Sonardyne International will be exhibiting at two important maritime defence and security exhibitions: Undersea Defence Technology (UDT), 29th-31st May in Spain and WaterSide Security (WSS), 28th-30th May in Singapore. The world’s most comprehensive event for those involved in
EPC has contracted the Offshore business stream of the Penspen group, Andrew Palmer and Associates to provide Detailed Design services in support of Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) Development. The contract follows on from Penspen’s recent work for EPC Offshore on the Front End Engineering
The Miami Port and Terminal Technology USA 2012 4th international conference and exhibition saw the launch of the industry’s first custom designed 4D (X,Y,Z and TIME) land and marine survey vessel. Following the success of their Dynascan mobile mapping system (the world’s first truly portable LiDAR
