Together with its partners, Statoil is recovering approx. 10 million barrels of oil equivalent through the construction of a seabed template on the Fram H North structure. The seabed template is connected to the A2 template on Fram West, which transports production on to the Troll C platform. Fram H North is the tenth fast-track [...]
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Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation announced that it will help to develop an underwater, utility-scale energy generation system for the United States Navy. Eaton is contracted to support the project’s land-based engineering, and will develop high-voltage electrical distribution equipment to efficiently convert and transmit safe, reliable alternative energy from the depths of the ocean to [...]
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Maritime New Zealand announces that the good progress was made on Rena this week, despite salvage operations being suspended for two days due to high winds and swells. The project remains on schedule. The total combined weight of steel removed is now approximately 430 tonnes, which is more than 20 per cent of the total [...]
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Finnish renewable technology developer, Wello Ltd, has successfully installed the Penguin wave energy converter (WEC) to Orkney waters, having chosen Fendercare Marine, part of James Fisher and Sons plc, as one of its key partners for the project. The Penguin wave energy converter is now floating and connected to a mooring system in the Billia [...]
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The Echoscope® has been used during the development of advanced underwater kite technology from the company Minesto. Taking advantage of the unique geometry of the viewing volume, it has been possible to visualise current-driven hydrofoils in three dimensions as they move through the water flow. This allowed the development team to confirm that their motion [...]
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Developers of marine energy devices will soon be able to benefit from a wave and current test facility being built in Scotland. The facility’s circular 25-metre pool will be able to simulate combinations of waves of up to 28 metres high and currents up to twelve knots at up to one-tenth scale – conditions [...]
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Fears that Las Vegas could run dry are allayed with news that a connection to a new reliable water source is on schedule with a key phase finished this March. Years of drought have halved the capacity of the lake supplying the desert city, with the threat that the water level could fall below the [...]
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The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking input from boaters and the public interested in helping to develop a plan for mooring buoys on state-owned aquatic lands in Quartermaster Harbor. The public workshop will be May 31 at McMurray Middle School on Vashon Island. Staff from DNR will present a preliminary plan [...]
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Unique Maritime Group, one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solution providers, announced the supply of a full package of survey equipment for a new hydrographic survey vessel, with purpose of conducting a detailed mapping of Qatar’s coastal waters. The package included dual-head multi-beam echo sounder system (EM 3002D by Kongsberg), single [...]
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IBM has been selected for a global research project to develop the world’s first integrated environmental monitoring system aimed at helping oil and gas companies minimize the environmental impact of their operations. IBM researchers, developers and a team from IBM’s Centre of Excellence for Oil and Gas in Stavanger, Norway, are collaborating with experts from [...]
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