Historically, land and sea data sets have been manipulated separately and the merging of data proved to be challenging. However, many of the technical challenges can be addressed by today’s geospatial software allowing agencies to benefit from combining data sets that cover terrestrial and marine ar
Royal Naval Divers in Plymouth have taken delivery of a sophisticated new remote-controlled bomb disposal vehicle called Cutlass. The Southern Diving Group (SDG) (comprising Plymouth-based Southern Diving Unit 1 and Portsmouth–based Southern Diving Unit 2 demonstrated the six-wheeled Cutlass to the
Emerald Networks, a new-build network submarine cable system that will connect North America to Europe and Iceland with extraordinary new capacity, announced today the signing of an agreement with Mayo County Council. Under this agreement, Mayo County Council will provide certain rights and required
ITF is inviting technology developers who are interested in showcasing their innovative solutions to the global upstream oil and gas industry to join ITF’s bespoke Technology Street at SPE Offshore Europe 2013, Europe’s largest oil and gas conference and exhibition. Taking place on 3 -6 September 20
Design and analysis of offshore and maritime structures has previously involved the use of several different models where data from one model must be manually transferred to others – a costly and time-consuming process. DNV Software is now releasing Sesam GeniE 6.4, where design engineers can use on
Intertek Energy & Water consultancy services (formerly Metoc), is undertaking specialist studies for Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay Ltd, to assess the potential impact of a tidal lagoon on marine water quality. Intertek is the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide. The Swansea Bay pro
Providence Resources P.l.c., (“Providence”) the Irish oil and gas exploration and appraisal company, confirms that drilling activities have now commenced on the 44/23-1 Dunquin exploration prospect in Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 3/04, off the west coast of Ireland. ExxonMobil Exploration and
The New Zealand Hydrographic Authority, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), has announced that they will host the next CARIS HPD and CARIS Bathy DataBASE User Group Meetings in Wellington, New Zealand. The HPD User Group Meeting will be held on October 7-9, 2013, followed by the Bathy DataBASE User
For many years, Audubon Engineering has been providing its clients with innovative, high quality and cost-effective engineering services for all of their needs. Most recently, this Houston-based engineering firm has announced an expansion in its engineering services. Onshore Services Audubon Enginee
Kvaerner has signed an agreement with Fornebuporten AS for a long term lease for Fornebuporten – a new headquarters office building which will be built at Fornebu near Oslo. The Fornebu peninsula is a key location for the Norwegian oil and gas industry and the new headquarters gives Kvaerner proximi
ITF, the global technology facilitator, welcomes the announcement on the UK government’s strategy for the oil and gas industry. Chairman Max Rowe said: “We welcome the development and delivery of a single strategy that agrees the priority technology needs and identifies the vital innovations that wi
Fugro GEOS has had its approach to occupational safety and health recognised with a Silver award in the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards, 2013. The scheme, run by the safety charity, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), dates back 57 years and is the largest and long
The inaugural CARIS and EIVA workshop recently held at the Ocean Business conference in Southampton, United Kingdom was a huge success with the room packed with more than 40 attendees. During the workshop attendees learned how CARIS and EIVA software will work together to provide an optimum solution
Mokveld have been awarded the subsea anti-surge control valves order for the Åsgard Subsea Gas Compression Project. Subsea gas compression is a technology approach that can boost recovery rates and lifetimes of offshore gas fields. Aker Solutions – at the forefront of subsea gas compression – was aw
