Scientists from a leading university in Scotland are heading up a pan-European project to create the most advanced, autonomous, cognitive robot which could help to dramatically reduce the cost of underwater monitoring operations and maintenance within the oil and gas industry. The team from the Ocean Systems Laboratory (OSL) at Heriot-Watt University is designing a [...]
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held a meeting on the South Stream project implementation. Taking part in the meeting were Leonid Chugunov, Head of the Project Management Department, Pavel Oderov, Head of the International Business Department, and Marcel Kramer, Chief Executive Officer of South Stream. The meeting participants reviewed in detail the [...]
The official opening of the all-new KONGSBERG Offshore Vessel Simulator at the SimSea AS maritime training centre in Haugesund, Norway, took place on the 9th February 2012. The simulator, which is part of a 1300m2 simulator park, is one of the most advanced of its kind, offering fully integrated training on offshore vessel operations for [...]
South Korea’s first tidal-power plant began full operations after a trial on Aug. 3, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said in an e-mailed… (bloomberg) Source: Bloomberg , August 30, 2011;
BMT Scientific Marine Services has launched a fully-qualified ROV-Serviceable Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly (SSSA) for monitoring the structural integrity of subsea structures (tendons, production risers, steel catenary risers, platform legs and braces, etc). Until now, sensors were limited to diver serviceability due to the finesse needed to handle them and the inability of an ROV [...]
In early March it was declared that the world leading NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) has now achieved full operating capability. This is great news and the culmination of a 20 year project in which Northumberland-based IHC Engineering Business (IHC EB) has played a pivotal role with the design and build of the Portable Launch [...]
