Naval Facilities (NAVFAC) Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (EXWC) has received Ocean Energy 35 (OE35) wave energy converter (WEC) buoy at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for scheduled testing. NAVFAC hosted a Hawaiian Blessing ceremony for the OE35, prior to the scheduled installation and
Shell Australia has made a gas and condensate discovery in the Browse Basin off the North West Coast of Western Australia. Drilling of the Bratwurst -1 exploration well, within title AC/P64 (100% Shell Equity, operated), was concluded after a 78-day campaign. This campaign was completed in just over
Naval Group and Airspeed have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to respond to the design competition launched by Lockheed Martin Australia for the masts of the Attack-class submarines. Naval Group has developed a new carbon composite mast implementing the latest innovations in composites. R
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Darshak has completed a hydrographic survey offshore Mauritius. The preliminary data of the survey in southern part of Mauritius, was handed over to the Minister of Housing and Land Use Planning, Steven Obeegadoo, by the High Commissioner of India to Mauritius, Tanmaya Lal. I
Kitron has received orders to supply test systems and electronics modules for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology used for offshore wind. The contract, with an undisclosed client, has a value of more than NOK 75 million. “These orders are strategically important for Kitron, as they come fr
Malta’s telecommunications provider, GO, has announced a multi-million investment in a new submarine cable system. GO’s third submarine cable will connect Malta to Marseille, a port city in southern France. “As a leader in its field, GO is once again responding to the country’s need for a more robus
Damen Shipyards Group has named Arnout Damen as the new CEO, effective January 01, 2020. At the same time, the shipbuilding company is switching to a divisional structure to serve the market more effectively and efficiently. Arnout Damen takes over from René Berkvens, who has been the CEO of Damen S
ExxonMobil has made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the Stabroek Block. The discovery adds to the previously announced estimated recoverable resource of more than 6 billion oil-equivalent barrels on the Stabroek Block. Ma
Equinor has renewed the management and operational contractual relationship with Magseis Fairfield for the permanent reservoir monitoring (PRM) containerized source for the Snorre and Grane fields. The renewal is for a period of further four years, Magseis Fairfield informed. The system, designed an
Allseas has suspended its Nord Stream 2 pipelay activities, in anticipation of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), The US House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes sanctions targeting companies that
DEME Group has completed the export cable pull-in at the SeaMade offshore wind project into Elia’s Offshore Switch Yard (OSY) platform. DEME’s cable installation vessel ‘Living Stone’ was used for the pull-in work off the Belgian coast. Electricity generated by the SeaMade wind farm will be transmit
Solstad Offshore has entered into a bareboat contract with Saipem Portugal, a subsidiary of Saipem, for the DLB Norce Endeavour lay barge vessel. The contract will begin on the January 02, 2020 and have a firm duration until May 31, 2021 with an optional period of further five months. As part of the
Polarcus has been awarded an XArray marine seismic acquisition project in the Asia Pacific region. The acquisition will begin in Q2 2020. The project will have a duration of approximately four months, the company informed. Polarcus XArray is an innovative acquisition configuration developed by Polar
A team of geoscientists led by Caltech has used fiber optic communications cables stationed at the bottom of the North Sea as a giant seismic network, tracking earthquakes and ocean waves. The project was, in part, a proof of concept. Oceans cover two-thirds of the earth’s surface, but placing perma
