At an IMCA Competence Seminar held at the Hilton Treetops Hotel in Aberdeen on 12th March 2013, the ACE Winch Academy took the opportunity to hand over a completed competency pack to representatives from Forum Energy Technologies. ACE Winch Academy is developing five competency schemes, based on the
Coral reefs not only provide the world with rich, productive ecosystems and photogenic undersea settings, they also contribute an economic boost valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. But their decline in recent years due to a variety of threats-from pollution to climate warming-has lent urgency
Plans to install an array of four SeaGen tidal energy devices to generate clean, predictable energy from the tidal currents of Kyle Rhea (Isle of Skye, Scotland) will be on display at exhibitions next week. Members of the project team will also be present to answer questions about the proposed array
WFS helps MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands) communicate with underwater models in their test basin using subsea wireless technology. MARIN is one of the leading institutes in the world for hydrodynamic research and maritime technology , providing services to the shipbuilding and offsho
Dril-Quip, Inc. announced that Dril-Quip Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, its wholly owned subsidiary, in conjunction with its local representative UMW Petrodril (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., has been awarded a contract to supply drilling and production equipment and related services to Sabah Shell Petroleum Company L
National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) officially released the 11th round bids which expected to put Brazil back on the map of international bidding rounds. The 11th round bids which should bid over 300 exploration blocks will be taking place a week before Accelerate Oil & Gas
HR Wallingford and Baker Consultants recently hosted a workshop to discuss the issue of underwater noise pollution related to marine renewables at the tenth RenewableUK Wave and Tidal Conference. The aim of the workshop was to facilitate knowledge exchange between the industry, regulators and academ
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution provider, announces its appointment as an authorized distributor of Lamor for the Middle East region for their entire range of Oil Spill Response Kits. Lamor (Larse
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Offshore Vestby, entered into an agreement with UK-based Dana Petroleum for delivery of mooring winches for their new floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) which will be used in the company’s Western Isles Development Project.
Skipsteknisk AS has signed a contract with the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen for the design and engineering of the “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” replacement ship. The “Dr. Fridtjof Nansen” is owned by NORAD and operated by IMR. The ship operates mainly in southern waters, from Asia in east to
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, recently won a $26 million order to supply electrical power and propulsion systems for two next generation ‘Ramform’ vessels, capable of three-dimensional (3D) seismic data acquisition for deep sea resource exploration. The ships will be constr
AusGroup Limited subsidiary AGC Industries Pty Ltd (“AGC”), a leading Australian based construction and fabrication company, announced it has been awarded a supply and fabrication contract for offshore pipeline and subsea construction by Allseas Construction Contractors Australia (“Allseas”), as par
65% of the world’s offshore pipelines are designed and installed to DNV’s pipeline standard. Now DNV sees the need to capture more knowledge on how pipelines can safely withstand the pressures of 3000 meters depth, without prohibitive cost. Through a Joint Industry Project (JIP), DNV aims to researc
Dolphin Geophysical’s high-end 3D seismic vessel the Polar Duke will shortly commence acquisition of their remaining UK Quads 29 & 30 SHarp BroadBand High-Resolution 3D Multi-Client survey. It is estimated that it will take approximately 5 months to complete the current planned survey coverage which
