Seadrill has received a commitment from a major oil company for new contracts on newbuild drillships West Auriga, West Vela and a third drilling unit currently in operation, which will be named later. The combined 3 rig package involves 19 rig years and a potential contract value of US$4 billion, in
Oceanlinx is searching for local contractors who will build and launch the greenWAVE concrete structure for their 1MW wave energy plant. As written in an article of The Border Watch Newspaper, featured on Oceanlinx’s official website, the company’s CEO Ali Baghaei and project analyst Sean Barrett vi
UTEC has announced the appointment of Ranald Blair as Chief Surveyor of the group. Ranald will be located in UTEC’s new Aberdeen, Scotland office. He brings to the role a wealth of industry expertise gained from working in various locations around the world including Indonesia, Abu Dhabi, Brazil and
BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of the international engineering, maritime and risk management consultancy, BMT Group Ltd is now an ISO 9001:2008 certified company. This year, the company rolled out a Quality Management System that has been determined to meet the requirements of t
Confirming its growing profile as a market leader in specialist offshore engineering solutions, Aquaterra Energy has successfully completed the design, supply and installation of a platform supported dewatering riser system, for Petrofac’s Kilmar platform in the Southern North Sea. Approached initia
Admiralty Shipyards recently started sea trials for the research and expedition vessel RV Akademik Treshnikov. The trials are scheduled to last for 11-day and will be conducted in the Gulf of Finland near the island of Hogland. The RV Academic Treshnikov is a scientific and expedition vessel built f
Ocean Renewable Power Company today hosted a dedication ceremony in Eastport, Maine, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 to celebrate its Cobscook Bay Tidal Energy Project, the first phase of the company’s Maine Tidal Energy Project, and the first commercial, grid-connected ocean energy project in the United Sta
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System (CBIBS) is a network of observing platforms that deliver meteorological, oceanographic and water quality data live to the web at hourly intervals. The network has recently come under budgetary pressu
Blue Water Boats has just launched their latest fibreglass monohull workboat Bluewater 31 using Scott Bader resins. According to Scott Bader, the new vessel, designed by Henry Millington in collaboration with Blue Water Boats, can be used for either work or pleasure, but was primarily designed to be
RESOLVE Engineering Group, LLC has announced the launch of two of the Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering firm’s latest design and construction support jobs. The American Phoenix, a 616’ x 105’ chemical tanker was built by BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards, Alabama for owner Mid-Ocean Tanker Com
The Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox, MP for North Somerset, visited the company’s headquarters in Portishead on Friday 13th July 2012 and praised Viper Subsea for its successful export strategy, which has contributed to the company’s rapid expansion and a record current order book value. Dr Liam Fox MP, who depa
Scientists at HR Wallingford have received research funding for a pilot project aimed at investigating the measurement of cohesive sediment properties using high frequency underwater acoustics. The primary aim of this project is to derive semi-empirical algorithms that can be used to calibrate Doppl
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has appointed Jeffrey Fernandez to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance. Fernandez assumed his post July 23. Fernandez joins WHOI after nearly 30 years with the University of California, most recently serving as the Chi
Two innovations from AGR are in the running for a prestigious industry award. Both the Managed Pressure Cementing system (MPC®) and (EC-Drill®) Managed Pressure Drilling system from AGR’s Enhanced Drilling Solutions division have been nominated in the ONS 2012 Innovation Awards. The ONS show will be
