Teledyne Benthos and Teledyne Webb Research, leading international marine technology providers, celebrated their 50th and 30th anniversaries last week at the company’s North Falmouth facility. Nearly 400 people celebrated the milestones, including employees and their families, customers, vendors, an
Axial seamount, 480 kilometers (300 miles) off the coast of northern Oregon, is one of the best-studied underwater volcanoes in the world. For 30 years, researchers have explored this volcano using submersibles and monitored its activity using pressure sensors, tilt meters, temperature probes, and s
The advanced patented Echoscope® 3-D imaging sonar, produced by Coda Octopus Group Inc., has been selected by Lockheed Martin for a new fleet of autonomous subsea inspection vehicles. Echoscope® provides the Marlin™ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) with the unique sensory inputs that enable the c
Nautronix have been awarded orders to supply upgrades to NASDrill USBL Transponder digital acoustic positioning systems for two of Songa Drilling’s Semi-Submersible Drilling Rigs, the Songa Venus and Songa Mercur, both currently operating in Malaysia. The systems are due for delivery in June and Aug
Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP® friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has secured a three year agreement with a leading global oil and gas producer for relief well standby wellhead equipment. Plexus will pro
In many ways marine and hydrokinetic power systems offer one of the most promising areas for renewable energy development. Marine and hydrokinetic resources – including ocean waves, tidal streams, river flows, ocean currents, and ocean thermal differences – are abundant, the technology is improving
Star Information Systems (SIS), an industry leader in the supply of software and services for technical ship and rig management, has successfully completed the installation of its Star Information & Planning System (Star IPS) across Solstad Offshore’s fleet of 50 high-specification vessels. Solstad,
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company and one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, in association with Bayanat Mapping & Survey Services, a leading provider of geospatial products and services, announced the launch and demonstration of EM 204
Dolphin Geophysical in co-operation with Searcher Seismic are about to commence acquisition of 2,000 km2 of high-resolution 3D Multi-Client data over open acreage in the Barents Sea using Dolphin’s 12 streamer high capacity 3D seismic vessel, Polar Duke. The blocks and data coverage were nominated a
The rise of ocean infrastructure development to tap energy sources such as tides, offshore wind and natural gas will require more pile driving, the practice of pounding long, hollow steel pipes called piles into the ocean floor to support energy turbines and other structures. But pile driving create
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has entered into a data-licensing agreement worth approximately USD 8 million with an oil and gas company, in which the customer will gain access to EMGS’s entire 3D EM multi-client data library on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). The agreement includes p
Eni has signed an agreement with KrisEnergy and Neon Energy for two exploration blocks located offshore Vietnam, in the Song Hong and Phu Khanh basins in the Gulf of Tonkin. The Song Hong Basin is estimated to contain 10% of Vietnam’s hydrocarbon resources, mainly gas, and significant discoveries ha
The naming ceremony for Olympic Orion, yard no 350 from Kleven Maritime, was held in beautiful Geirangerfjorden, Norway on June 23 2012. The multifunctional PSV of MT 6015 design is 94 m long, 20 m wide and with accomodation for 60 persons. The vessel is prepared for helideck and cranes, and can als
The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans and the Honourable Peter Penashue, Regional Minister for Newfoundland and Labrador, announced the arrival of the Canadian Coast Guard Ship Vladykov to its homeport in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. “As we celebrate the 50th anni
