During the recent US Hydro 2013 conference held in New Orleans, Louisiana, undergraduate and graduate geology students participated in a poster session showcasing their research projects. Awards were given to the top poster presentations during the conference. Graduate student Matthew Rittinghouse, from the College of Charleston’s BEAMS (BEnthic Acoustic Mapping and Survey) program, won third [...]
The UK operation of international oil services group Aker Solutions has announced the appointment of a new vice president to lead greenfield projects as the company looks to expand its capabilities in the sector. Bob Shaw’s appointment is the latest in a series of new senior management appointments at Aker Solutions subsea business in Aberdeen [...]
International marine engineering companies SeaRoc and McLaughlin & Harvey have announced a partnership to provide construction, installation and operation & maintenance services to tidal and wave energy developments. The companies have highly complementary competencies and capabilities and over the past 8 years they have each gained significant experience of designing and building tidal and wave [...]
Fundy Tidal Inc. (Fundy Tidal), Acadia University, and Dalhousie University’s Department of Oceanography will continue R&D activities to identify the best locations for small-scale tidal power projects in Digby County bolstered by a three-year, $3.3 million research project. Funding of $1.6 million will come from Natural Resources Canada through its 2012 ecoEnergy Innovation Initiative competition. [...]
As revealed at Ocean Business, Osiris Projects have recently upgraded their geophysical data acquisition suite to include the latest DA4G platform from CodaOctopus, as well as signing up for their new Survey Engine™ Sidescan+™ software. Operations Manager for Osiris Projects, Iain Bones, said: “Having performed a careful evaluation of the solutions available on the market [...]
On Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Water Power Program notified potential future applicants of an upcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement tentatively titled, “Marine and Hydrokinetic (Wave) Testing Infrastructure Development.” DOE intends to fund two university- or national laboratory-led projects that will conduct preliminary engineering designs and select a potential site for an [...]
Today Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, updated Russian President Vladimir Putin on the progress with the Nord Stream and South Stream gas transmission projects. The President tasked Gazprom CEO to get back to developing the Yamal – Europe-2 and gas branch to the Kaliningrad Region projects. Transcript of the meeting: Putin: Mr. [...]
Verdant Power founders are planning to install up to 30 turbines with the total capacity of 1MW in the East Channel of the East River, writes The Day news portal. Ron Smith, co-founder of Verdant Power said for The Day: “The 1 megawatt these will generate is trivial.” “But by 2020 to 2040, these kinds [...]
Applied Acoustic Engineering Ltd (Gt Yarmouth, UK) reports that two major product launches are planned for this year’s Ocean Business Conference, both of which are to be demonstrated on board their dedicated survey vessel, the Coral Wind. In a shift away from their traditional sub-bottom profiling assemblies, AAE will be debuting their latest sparker system, [...]
Measurement Technology NW (MTNW) announces 3 new jack-up mooring winch monitoring projects with Transocean Magellan & Constellation I and the Rowan California. “In many parts of the world, the tidal forces, lack of access to qualified tugboats, and close proximity to subsea pipelines require rig owners to install mooring winches on jack-ups,” said Tom Rezanka, [...]
