Technology News

 

Unique Group Announces Key Appointments

Feb 14, 2023

UAE-based subsea equipment and engineering firm Unique Group announced it has appointed Chris Blake and Craig Walker to leadership roles in Aberdeen, Scotland.  Blake joins Unique Group as Vice President – Survey, utilizing his 30 years of experience in the offshore industry throughout Europe…

DNV's JiP Aims to Save Time and Money for Offshore Wind Stakeholders

Feb 14, 2023

DNV is launching a project to develop a decision tool and reference for stakeholders to use during the specification, design, manufacture, procurement, and approval of any equipment intended for the installation and decommissioning of bottom-fixed wind turbines…

Forum Energy Technologies Unveils Next-Gen Video Recording Solution for Subsea Surveys

Feb 01, 2023

ROV technology specialist Forum Energy Technologies (FET) on Wednesday unveiled its latest generation of video recording solutions for the survey and inspection of subsea assets.'Version 11 (V11) of VisualDVR, a digital video recorder produced by FET’s VisualSoft product line…

Offshore Wind: Floating Wind is the Future

Jan 31, 2023

$3 billion forecast to be invested in new anchor handlers to meet floating wind demand.Floating wind is an emerging technology. Currently being tested in small scale demonstration and pilot projects, global floating wind commissioned capacity at the end of 2022 was less than 200 MW…

Marlink Comms Solutions for 102 Miclyn Express Offshore Vessels

Jan 31, 2023

Marlink, a global provider of satellite and digital communication solutions, is implementing a fleet-wide migration of its smart managed network solution for offshore vessel operator Miclyn Express Offshore (MEO Group) to support its ongoing digitalization program…

Japan's Marubeni Starts Commercial Ops at Akita Offshore Wind Farm

Jan 31, 2023

Japanese trading firm Marubeni Corp started commercial operation based on the feed-in tariff program for renewable energy at Akita Port offshore wind farm on Tuesday, it said in a statement.Japan's offshore wind power market, part of the country's goal to be carbon neutral by 2050…

Nova Innovation Double Size of Offshore Tidal Power Array

Jan 31, 2023

Edinburgh-based tidal energy company Nova Innovation has achieved another world-first by doubling the size of its Shetland Tidal Array. In 2016, the array of three underwater tidal turbines was the first of its kind and has been powering homes and businesses in Shetland ever since…

Oceaneering, Kontiki Winds ink MoU to Electrify Offshore Assets with Renewables

Jan 30, 2023

Oceaneering International said that its Norwegian subsidiary, Oceaneering AS, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kontiki Winds AS (a Havfram AS company) to jointly pursue the application of floating offshore wind for remote microgrid…

BMS Adds Two Inspection Class ROV’s

Jan 30, 2023

Baker Marine Solutions (BMS) has invested in its underwater inspection service, purchasing two Outland 3000 ROVs. The new 3000 series offers built-in high-speed communication capability to support multiple ethernet devices, additional thrust and payload capacity…

Subsea Robotics: Aquanauts, Hydronauts, Roll Out

Jan 30, 2023

Houston-based Nauticus Robotics’ first production Aquanauts and Hydronauts will head into the wild and closer to full commercialization this year, with testing planned in Norway and in the Gulf of Mexico. Founder and CEO Nicolaus Radford discusses the past few busy years for the tech start-up…

KENC Engineering Snags Key U.S. Offshore Wind Contract

Jan 30, 2023

KENC Engineering B.V. received a contract from an undisclosed party to design and build a Hammer Quick Lifting Frame. For hammering operations during the construction of two US offshore wind farms, KENC has the assignment to design and build a Hammer Quick Lifting Frame (HQLF)…

TAQA, Fugro in Europe's "First" Uncrewed Offshore Integrity Inspection

Jan 30, 2023

Oil and gas firm TAQA has partnered with the Dutch offshore survey company Fugro for a pilot project using uncrewed surface vessels for underwater inspections.According to TAQA, its Dutch subsidiary TAQA Netherlands is 'the first oil and gas…

Oil and Gas Ops Get a Digital Upgrade with Baker Hughes, Corva Partnership

Jan 30, 2023

Energy industry technology firm Baker Hughes has partnered up with Houston-based cloud-based well construction digital solution provider Corva, 'to bolster oil and gas customers’ rig visualization and drive enhanced decision making across the well lifecycle…

PTTEP Taps Honeywell for CCS Project Offshore Thailand

Jan 20, 2023

Thai oil and gas company PTTEP has hired Honeywell as the carbon capture technology provider for the Arthit Carbon Capture and Storage Project in the Arthit Gas Field in the Gulf of Thailand. Honeywell said its Separex Membrane Technology will…

Swift Anchors Looking to Expand Engineering Team

Jan 18, 2023

Swift Anchors, a UK-based company that develops anchoring solutions for the global offshore energy (floating wind, floating solar, tidal and wave) and aquaculture industries, is looking for new engineers to join its team. The company said that…

Current News

Did You Know? Six Steps Cyber Attackers Take to Steal Maritime Data

Did You Know? Six Steps Cyber

RWE Picks Home Port for Construction of Denmark’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

RWE Picks Home Port for Constr

Halliburton Misses Profit Estimate Following Damaging Cyber Attack

Halliburton Misses Profit Esti

Türkiye Offshore Wind Roadmap Outlines Up to 7GW Potential by 2040

Türkiye Offshore Wind Roadmap

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine