Subsea
Atlantis Completes Financial Close for MeyGen Project
Atlantis, owner of the world’s largest planned tidal stream energy project, MeyGen Limited (“MeyGen”), announces that all conditions have been satisfied under the terms of the funding package announced on 21 August 2014 to enable the drawdown of funding for the project. Financing to fully fund Phase
North Sea Energy Starts Bagpuss Site Survey
North Sea Energy Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary North Sea Energy (UK N02) Ltd. (NSE-2), has announced that the Bagpuss Site Survey has begun and should be completed in the next 7 days. The purpose of the survey is to collect high resolution digital seismic, soils data and a full range of
Hilong Takes Delivery of ‘Hilong 106’ Pipelay Derrick Barge
The Hilong Group, centered in Beijing and Shanghai, has taken ownership of the offshore pipe-lay derrick barge, purchased late last year and formally named “Hilong 106” attesting to Hilong’s expansion into the offshore engineering and services sector. Hilong acquired the “Hilong 106” pipe-lay derric
GE Subsea Manifolds for Petrobras’ Pre-Salt Fields
GE Oil & Gas announced a more than $300 million contract with Petrobras for the first supply of the subsea manifold systems for Brazil’s pre-salt fields, located offshore in water depths up to 6,500 feet (2,000 meters). This award includes eight manifolds that will be designed with retrievable injec
Plexus Gets New Board Member
Plexus Holdings PLC, owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering has appointed Charles Edward Jones to the Board of Plexus as a Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Jones’ role will include advising the Board in respect of interacting with US oil and gas
Mermaid to Use ‘Bourbon Evolution’ for Diving Work in Middle East
Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited announces that its wholly owned subsidiary in the Middle East has been awarded two saturation diving services contracts. Both Contracts are estimated to be of approximately 6-8 months duration in total. The first of these two Contracts has already commenced an
Subsea 7 Brings Back Two Directors
Subsea 7 S.A. has re-appointed (co-opted) Allen Stevens and Robert Long to the Company’s Board of Directors with immediate effect. The announcement comes further to an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of the Company on Friday 12 September 2014, at which the Company’s Articles of Incorpo
BMAPA, The Crown Estate Launch Marine Aggregate Dredging Review
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate, have published a new ‘Fifteen-Year Review’ which provides a unique overview of the changes in the area of seabed licensed and dredged between 1998 and 2012, enabling greater understanding of the nation’s marine mineral
Helmholtz Alliance ‘ROBEX’ Partners with Airbus DS Bremen
Bringing together space and deep sea research is the goal of the Helmholtz Alliance “ROBEX – Robotic Exploration of Extreme Environments”, which is coordinated at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). Since yesterday Airbus DS Bremen is associated partne
Tidal Lagoon Power Moves to New Premises
Having more than doubled its head office workforce in the past year, Tidal Lagoon Power moves into a new head office in Gloucester Docks. A team of forty full time employees will be joined by up to ninety-five colleagues from Atkins and Costain, two of the delivery partners helping to prepare the wo
Germany, Japan Discuss Future Joint Research in Arctic
A delegation of leading Japanese polar scientists and governmental functionaries has met with scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Center for Marine Environmental Studies (MARUM) in the House of Science in Bremen. The delegation was led by Takashi Kiyoura, director of the office of R
RWE Dea Granted Two New Blocks Off Egypt
RWE Dea has been awarded two new offshore concessions with operatorship by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC). The concessions are located in the Gulf of Suez, where the company is producing oil as operator for more than 30 years. Dea will become operator of two new concessions in the
SeeByte to Provide ‘SeeTrack’ for NOC’s Gliders
SeeByte, a provider of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, has entered a collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The agreement will see SeeByte develop tools to help pilot a fleet of gliders. As a result of UK Robot and Autonomous Systems funding, the Marine Autonomous a
NOAA Awards Funds for Rescue of Stranded Marine Mammals
NOAA Fisheries announced the award of 35 grants to partner organizations in 18 states totaling $2.7 million to respond to and rehabilitate stranded marine mammals and collect data on their health. The John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program allows funding for academic institut