Advanced Insulation Expands into New Gloucester Unit Following Subsea Demand

27.08.2020

Steadily increasing demand for its subsea buoyancy products has prompted leading materials solution provider Advanced Insulation to invest over £8million pounds in a new facility in Gloucester.

KONGSBERG Brings in Digital twin Expertise to Strengthen Digital Offering in the Maritime Space

26.08.2020

KONGSBERG announced today its plans to increase investment in maritime digital solutions, focus on building strong partnerships and combine Kongsberg Digital’s two maritime divisions into one brand: Digital Ocean.

Fugro Wins three Long-term ROV Services Contracts with Petrobras in Brazil

26.08.2020

In partnership with Solstad and Oceanpact, Fugro has been awarded three long-term contracts by Petrobras to provide remotely operated vehicle (ROV) services for a variety of subsea activities in Brazil. All three contracts are for 3-year firm periods with additional 1-year options.

Saipem, Protagonist in Offshore Wind, will Develop a Wind Farm in Italy

26.08.2020

Saipem: MoU signed with AGNES and QINT’X to develop one of the first wind farm in the Adriatic Sea.

Submersible Monitoring System from Arctic Rays

24.08.2020

Arctic Rays, LLC has officially released a compact Submersible Monitoring System for use in 1 atmosphere pressure housings.

OSEA Goes Virtual in 2020 with Live Event Slated for 2021

21.08.2020

Informa Markets today announced that OSEA – the biennial flagship event for Asia’s Oil & Gas industry, to be held on 24 – 26 November 2020, will become a fully virtual event on the same dates.

Ocean Power Technologies’ PB3 PowerBuoy® Achieves New Operational Milestone

21.08.2020

Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leader in innovative and cost-effective ocean energy solutions, announced that the PB3 PowerBuoy® operating in the Adriatic Sea has surpassed 600 days of continuous operation for Eni’s Phase 1 resident autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) project.

Abyssal Joins Marine Robotics Innovation Centre's Thriving Community

21.08.2020

The NOC’s Marine Robotics Innovation Centre has announced that Abyssal is joining its thriving community of partners. This follows the news from earlier in the month that Cellula Robotics has partnered with the Centre.

Film-Ocean invests in designing and manufacturing a compact ROV Launch and Recovery System

20.08.2020

Film-Ocean, an ROV specialist for the oil, gas and offshore renewables sectors, has recently invested a six-figure sum in the design and manufacture of its latest compact ROV launch and recovery system (LARS).

Benthic Wins Petrobras Mero Field Geotechnical Site Investigation Services, Brazil

20.08.2020

Benthic, a global geosciences company and part of marine and subsea solutions group Acteon, has signed a contract with Petrobras to provide geotechnical site investigation services at the Mero field off the coast of Brazil.

Maersk Drilling Secures Additional one-well Contract for Low-emission Rig under the Aker BP Alliance

20.08.2020

Maersk Drilling has been awarded an additional one-well contract from Aker BP for the low-emission jack-up rig Maersk Integrator. In direct continuation of its previously announced work scope, the rig will move to the Ula field offshore Norway to drill the Ula F – Producer 1 well.

Digital Concept Engineering Wins Map the Gap Competition

20.08.2020

Digital Concepts Engineering Ltd (DCE) has won a contract in the UK government’s Defence and Security Accelerator’s (DASA) Map the Gap competition to develop a semi-autonomous reconnaissance and survey system that will help troops safely and stealthily advance into enemy territory over water.

Welaptega Debuts Riser Cleaning Technology with Ocean Installer

19.08.2020

International underwater asset integrity specialists Welaptega have innovated an advanced cleaning system to safely and efficiently remove marine growth from risers.

DeepTech Oil Services Delivers Game Changing Project

19.08.2020

Deepwater remote operations specialists, DeepTech Oil Services, has announced the successful completion of a break through intervention project. The scope was delivered in the Zohr gas field in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea for Eni and the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC).

SEA-KIT USV Successfully Completes 22 Days of Offshore Operations in the Atlantic Ocean

19.08.2020

SEA-KIT’s 12m Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) ‘Maxlimer’ returned to Plymouth on Friday after 22 days of remote survey operations on Europe’s continental margin.

SeeByte and MIT successfully combine autonomy engines for best of breed “system of systems”

18.08.2020

SeeByte and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully combined SeeByte’s Neptune autonomy engine with MIT’s MOOS-IVP during the first trials to test a multi-architecture autonomy framework.

HIPP Awards Fugro Gulf ST Vincent Charting Project for Australian Hydrographic Office

17.08.2020

Fugro has been selected to chart the waters of South Australia’s Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait as part of the Australian Government’s HydroScheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP).

C-Kore Supports Total with Subsea Testing Operations in the North Sea

17.08.2020

C-Kore Systems deployed their Subsea Testing tools on Total’s Greater Laggan Area, West of Shetland to perform electrical testing on the field’s umbilicals. With the fast and accurate data provided by C-Kore’s Subsea TDR, discontinuities were quickly located, saving time and money compared to traditional subsea testing techniques.

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