Subsea
Ramboll Supports Ideas for Engineering Solutions in the Arctic
Ramboll Oil & Gas recently launched an innovation competition among its employees to float new ideas for engineering solutions in the Arctic area. Two winning ideas were selected to receive an award, and the company is now looking into how the ideas can be further developed. American geologists esti
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay to Present EIA
Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay plc , the company which plans to build a £650m tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, is holding an event to present findings of Environmental Impact Assessment. The event will be held at The Liberty Stadium, Landore, Swansea SA1 2FA from 9.30am to 7.30pm. Some of the topics at this e
Ross Offshore Bags Services Contract from Statoill
Ross Offshore AS today announces contract award for drilling, well , exploration & petroleum technology services with Statoil ASA. The contract is for five years firm, with a two plus two plus one year option (10 year total). The contract will take effect 01.01.2014. The contract is given as part of
IMCA Annual Seminar Returns to Singapore
With its theme ‘Addressing the Challenges of New Frontiers’ the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Annual Seminar returns to Singapore after nine years with a programme that features keynote addresses, including one from a Senior Minister from the Republic of Singapore government; p
FASTNEt Project Dye Experiment (VIDEO)
The FASTNEt consortium is a four-year physical science research programme that started on October 1st 2011. FASTNEt’s main aim is to construct a new paradigm of Ocean/Shelf exchange using novel observations and model techniques to resolve the key seasonal, interannual and regional variation absent f
Chelsea’s Representative to Present in Chile
Chelsea’s representative in Brazil, Mauro Banderali, Ag Solve Mon. Ambiental Ltda, is co-ordinating an international workshop entitled “Oceanographic Bio-Optical Fingerprinting” (28 & 29 October 2013, Puerto Varas – Chile). The aim of the workshop is to analyse the methods (bio-optical, physical and
Two-Month Dive Expedition with RV Polarstern Ends in Cape Town
Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute together with international colleagues could analyse the distribution and behaviour of larval and juvenile krill beneath wintery Antarctic sea ice for the first time. In order to decrypt the life cycle of this ecologically important species 51 scientists
Neart na Gaoithe Cable Route Survey Kicks Off
Survey work has commenced on the new Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. Mainstream Renewable Power will survey the 30km-long cable route with the survey vessel MV Coastal Discovery. The underwater cable will connect to the onshore National Grid connection at Crystal Rig in the Lammermuirs. This su
Seatower Opens Glasgow Office
Seatower AS has as the leading pioneer within gravity based offshore foundations opened an office in Glasgow in Scotland. They see the Scottish market as the most interesting offshore wind market currently, and with the plans for Round 3 and deep water sites near Scotland, this is where mass manufac
Vard Piping SRL Integrated in Tulcea Shipyard
The Board of Directors of Vard Holdings Limited has announced that pursuant to the rationalization of operations in Romania, Vard Piping SRL’s pipe fabrication business was integrated in the Tulcea Shipyard and its engineering division was transferred to Vard Engineering Constanta SRL, a newly incor
GMC Wins Moho Nord Connector Deal
GMC Inc. announces the award of a contract to deliver its high strength fatigue resistant mechanical connector product as part of Total’s Moho Nord TLP project. GMC will supply over 100 sets of its concentric thread, pin and box type connectors under contract to Hutchinson Offshore’s Techlam S.A. wh
Triboelectric Nanogenerator Harnesses Energy from Ocean Waves
As sources of renewable energy, sun and wind have one major disadvantage: it isn’t always sunny or windy. Waves in the ocean, on the other hand, are never still. American researchers are now aiming to use waves to produce energy by making use of contact electrification between a patterned plastic na
Nautilus Minerals Ends Polymetallic Nodule Exploration Program
Nautilus Minerals Inc. announces that it has completed a successful polymetallic nodule exploration program to the Clarion Clipperton Zone (CCZ) of the Pacific Ocean. The work was carried out over a contract area in the CCZ solely owned by Nautilus’ 100% subsidiary Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (TOM
Oceaneering Installs Its ROV at NBL
The human spaceflight industry has used neutral buoyancy underwater testing for years to simulate and practice mission critical tasks. This testing capability is now commercially available at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) near Houston. An Oceaneering Millennium Plus® Work Class ROV has be