Ocean Modules is experiencing the most demanding delivery period ever, with eight system deliveries to be completed within the next week, including the new and soon to be publicly released V8 M500. The schedule includes the company’s sixth delivery to China, this time to a new government customer, a
Offshore Group Newcastle (OGN) one of the UK’s leading EPC service providers to the offshore oil & gas and wind energy sectors welcomed the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change – Ed Davey onto the Hadrian Yard facility in Wallsend on Wednesday 27th March. Mr Davey was given an opportunit
CARIS announces the release of CARIS HIPS and SIPS 8.0, the leading hydrographic data processing system. HIPS and SIPS offers a single solution for bathymetry, seafloor imagery and water column data processing unmatched by any other system. The much anticipated release of HIPS and SIPS 8.0 includes
The Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills has officially opened international oilfield services company, Expro’s new well intervention facility in Aberdeen. The Carnegie and Young facilities, located in Dyce, Aberdeen, will enhance the company’s growing wel
IHC Winches, part of IHC Merwede, has officially presented its 50-tonne fibre rope traction winch, known as IDsis, to the Dutch and Belgian offshore markets. The presentation on 20 March was attended by a large group of lifting specialists, who responded enthusiastically to the prototype and the res
Boskalis Offshore expands its capabilities in the cable installation market with the Trenchformer, a multi-purpose cable trencher for a wide range of soils and cable types. Developed by Boskalis and VSMC, the trencher can bury cables in deep waters as well as in shallow areas. Besides working togeth
Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd (Gt Yarmouth, UK) reports that two major product launches are planned for this year’s Ocean Business Conference, both of which are to be demonstrated on board their dedicated survey vessel, the Coral Wind. In a shift away from their traditional sub-bottom profiling a
Subsea 7, a seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry worldwide, has published a video about the conversion process of pipelay vessel Seven Borealis. Seven Borealis is a state-of-the-art strategic enabler ideally suited to meeting the exactin
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Ocean Power Technologies, a company planning to build the nation’s first commercial wave energy operation offshore Oregon, announced that it is undertaking studies which will probably cause the delay of a test buoy installation, Winnipeg Free Press reports. CEO Chuck Dunleavy stated: “This process c
Egypt’s coastguard caught three divers cutting an undersea internet cable and causing disruptions to online services on Wednesday, Telegraph reports. The damage was caused on South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4 (SEA-ME-WE 4) cable which links France to Singapore, with branches connecting telec
The US Government is about to release the first draft of Florida Atlantic University’s Environmental Assessment for its planned ocean energy project, the Business Journal informs. The university’s Center for Ocean Energy Technology plans to install undersea turbines in the Gulf Stream to generate el
Solstad Offshore, a Company which focuses on the offshore petroleum industry, has recently conduced the tow of the Derrick Laying Barge NORCE ENDEAVOUR by using NORMAND ATLANTIC. The Company offers Construction Service Vessels (CSV) and equipment for use in connection with offshore installations, in
Welsh marine energy company Tidal Energy Ltd is preparing to deploy a prototype of its DeltaStream device in the Ramsey Sound off St Davids Head, southwest Wales. Tidal Energy, which is controlled by principal shareholder Eco2, a company committed to financing and developing renewable energy project
