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Ocean Infinity Orders Five HUGIN AUVs

Nov 07, 2018

Hydrographic and geophysical survey company Ocean Infinity has placed three separate orders for a total of five Kongsberg Maritime HUGIN autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Systems, increasing its inventory to 15.Kongsberg Maritime said the…

Wind Blowing for Offshore Energy in Ireland

Nov 06, 2018

Ireland is the only country in the EU with a significant Atlantic coastline that is not currently developing offshore wind resources.Up to  1000MW of offshore wind resource in the Irish Sea is deliverable in the immediate future, with 3000MW additional potential there…

Teledyne CARIS Unveils Bathy DataBASE 5.2

Nov 06, 2018

Teledyne CARIS has released Bathy DataBASE 5.2, which introduces enhanced tools for validating and creating chart features from lidar surveys as well as new bathymetry compilation techniques.This latest version includes an updated workflow process…

Next-Gen Autonomous Survey Vessels

Nov 06, 2018

Fugro has signed a joint development agreement with autonomous vessel technology firm L3 ASV to create the next generation of autonomous vessels for the commercial survey market.The partnership brings together the expertise of both companies…

NKT to Supply Cables for Johan Sverdrup 2

Nov 05, 2018

Denmark-based cable supplier NKT said it has received a letter of award from Norway's Equinor to supply and install a cable system of 200 kilometers of 80 kV high-voltage DC offshore power cables for the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup oil field development project in the Norwegian North Sea…

Halfwave Wins Pipeline Inspection Work

Nov 02, 2018

Halfwave said it has has been awarded two new in-line inspection (ILI) contracts by Woodside in Australia. The awards have been made as part of a Master Services Agreement (MSA).Woodside is an early adopter of Halfwave’s ultra-wideband acoustic resonance technology (ART) inspection technique…

WindFloat Chosen for Kincardine Wind Farm

Nov 02, 2018

First power from the floating wind farm project offshore Kincardineshire, Scotland began flowing in September, clearing the way for the full 50 MW build-out of the project by 2020, Kincardine Offshore Windfarm Ltd. (KOWL) confirmed.Principle…

Halliburton Releases Intelligent Drill Bit

Nov 02, 2018

Halliburton Company has released Cerebro in-bit sensor package, a new technology that obtains performance data directly from the drill bit and analyzes it to optimize cutter engagement, reduce uncertainty and increase drilling efficiency.According to a company press release…

Olis Robotics Hires Levedahl

Nov 01, 2018

Remote robotics software developer Olis Robotics announed it has hired of Dr. Blaine Levedahl to lead the company's U.S. Government programs.Don Pickering, CEO of Olis Robotics, said, “Dr. Levedahl’s depth of knowledge and experience leading…

Maersk Invincible Plugs Valhall Wells

Nov 01, 2018

Jack-up drilling rig Maersk Invincible has completed a plug and abandonment (P&A) program of wells at the Valhall field center in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea ahead of schedule, operator Aker BP announced.The average time per well has…

New Reservoir Engineering Suite

Nov 01, 2018

Emerson's upgraded reservoir engineering suite offering takes automation a step further, slashing cycle times with more accurate forecasts.Emerson has unveiled its latest integrated reservoir engineering suite offering tools for advanced reservoir management and flow simulation…

Petoro Flags Rising Costs for Oil Industry

Nov 01, 2018

Norway's oil industry must harness digital technology and foster deeper partnerships across the sector to contain rising costs, Petoro, which manages the government's stakes in the country's offshore fields, said on Thursday.Executives of oil…

'World First' Autonomous Offshore Robot

Nov 01, 2018

Equipped with a customized sensorhead, a four-legged robotic platform ANYmal autonomously performed various inspection tasks of the platform in a one-week pilot installation, making it the world’s first autonomous offshore robot.Last month,…

Blue-Gift to Implement Marine Power Project

Nov 01, 2018

The European Marine Energy Center (Emec) in Orkney, Scotland, will lead a project to support the development of wave and tidal power in coastal areas of north-west Europe.The project has been approved by Interreg Atlantic Area which will support…

Ghana FSU/FSRU Finally Under Construction

Oct 31, 2018

Ghana's liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project is finally under construction, years after its original inception, with two vessels contracted to store and regasify the fuel by the second quarter of 2020, a project partner said on Wednesday…

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