Ningbo Orient Cable (NBO) has secured a contract from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for two offshore platforms QingHuangDao32-6 and CaoFeiDian11-1. The work-scope is to provide 70 kilometres of subsea cable to transfer power from onshore to the platforms. This is the first onshore
ThayerMahan has signed a partnering agreement with Geo SubSea to expand portfolio of seabed surveying capabilities and services which will be provided to the offshore wind industry, offshore oil and gas and US Government customers. ThayerMahan CEO Mike Connor said, “ThayerMahan is bringing best-in-c
With COVID-19 still a concern and climate change being a major talking point all around the world, drone operators and innovators are trying to test and push the limits of usefulness of drones in the offshore industry both here and now and in the future.
Proserv has secured a contract from Independent Oil and Gas to provide subsea controls system for IOG’s Core Project Phase 1 development in the UK Southern North Sea. Specifically, Proserv will be responsible for the engineering, construction and installation for the Elgood single-well subsea tiebac
WFS Technologies (WFS) and Subsea Energy Solutions (SES) have joined forces to harness their expertise on cable protection systems for the offshore energy industry. The collaboration will see WFS utilise its smart wireless Seatooth technologies, which provide real-time insight in extreme environment
Brazilian geoscience services company OceanPact has chosen Sonardyne deep water positioning technology to support its research operations across the region. The company has installed Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) systems on board its research vessels Seward Johnson and Austral Abrolhos. The U
BP has signed an agreement with Houston-based software firm Bluware to improve quality and speed of seismic interpretations. Large seismic data sets are difficult to move and use in workflows and also time consuming to interpret. InteractivAI, powered by Bluware Volume Data Store (VDS) cloud-native
China Merchants Port Group, the biggest port operator in China, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with e-commerce giant Alibaba, and its affiliate Ant Financial Group to create a new smart port platform. The three parties plan to integrate port services, internet, big data, and financial
The EU-funded Ocean DEMO project has opened its 3rd call. Successful applicants will receive free access to test their ocean energy products and services in real sea environments at the project’s network of test centres. This call will focus on supporting technology developers with high readiness le
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has unveiled a new unit of its App-based continuing professional development (CPD) scheme for Diving Supervisors. The App incorporates the latest in training techniques to support Diving Supervisors in keeping up to date with current informatio
Oneka Technologies has partnered with REDE (Renewable Energy Development Enterprise) which is developing projects in Chile and bringing renewable energy solutions. The Canadian firm specifically designs autonomous desalination buoys that use wave energy to produce drinking water. Chile is a country
Underwater Cutting Solutions (UCS), an Ashtead Technology company, has named Richard Lind its new operations manager. Lind will lead operations from the company’s Inverurie, Aberdeenshire base, assisting UCS General Manager Fraser Collis. Previously of Claxton Engineering, Lind brings BD and commerc
Robotic arms developer RE2 Robotics has received $2.5 million in funding from the Office of Naval Research to continue the development and commercialization of its technology under the Dexterous Maritime Manipulation System (DM2S) program. RE2’s DM2S technology will provide Navy personnel with the a
Shenzhen Quant-Cloud Energy Network Technology, a subsidiary of MingYang Smart Energy Group, has installed its energy storage system at a wind farm for the first time, following demonstration on MingYang’s turbine at the Xinghua Bay offshore wind farm. The system has been commissioned and put into o
