Seiche Unveils Acoustic Monitoring Technology
is said to provide a unique solution which ensures that sensor orientation and vibration can be addressed, safeguarding accurate measurement. Hydraq QQ1000 also incorporates a very low-noise switched gain hydrophone amplifier - preventing noise quality degradation - with self noise levels below Knudsen Sea State 0, and utilizes wideband PZT sensors to enhance acoustic signals.Uncertainty in sensor orientation has been addressed by incorporating a magnetic compass, which augments the three-axis accelerometer giving attitude and bearing. This overcomes issues experienced by traditional hydrophones
Norway Awards Oil Permits to 11 Firms in Arctic Licensing Round
and should be banned as it violates the right to a clean environment. An appeal in the case is pending.Oil and gas production accounts for about 40 percent of Norway's exports and helped to build the world's largest sovereign wealth fund.(Reporting by Terje Solsvik; editing by Camilla Knudsen and Jason Neely
TGS Shares Fall after Q2 Sales Disappoint
cost-cutting efforts, echoing the views of its peers. However, he said oil companies had modest expectations for oil price growth of around $50-60 a barrel, meaning that pressure on supplier prices will remain. ($1 = 7.9099 Norwegian crowns) (Reporting by Nerijus Adomaitis and Camilla Knudsen; editing by Susan Thomas
CTI Announces New Bundled Pricing
;s data acquisition and post-processing capabilities,” said David Finlayson, CTI Chief Scientist. SonarWiz users will have the capability to work with virtually all the industry’s leading sonar system suppliers, including BathySwath, C-MAX, Edgetech, GeoAcoustics, Klein, Knudsen, Kongsberg, Imagenex, Marine Sonic, Ping DSP, SonarBeam, Syqwest, Teledyne Odom, Tritech, Reson and R2Sonic.
US Navy Orders Next-gen Fathometers
Knudsen Systems Inc. (KSI) has delivered orders under its multiyear contract with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Keyport for supply of 320N COTS fathometers and peripheral equipment. Deliverables include 12 320N systems, 12 Sonar Simulators and 36 Remote Displays. The orders come on the heels of a recent sale of 10 systems to the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as delivery of a unit to the U.S. Foreign Military Sales Office. The 320N Fathometer - now officially dubbed as the AN/UQN-10 by the U.S. Navy - was selected as the drop-in replacement for obsolete AN/UQN-4 fathometers.
Veiseth appointed CFO of EMG
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has appointed Hege A. Veiseth (38) as acting CFO of the company effective from 1 January 2016, following the resignation of Svein Knudsen. Hege has worked for EMGS since 2007 and is currently the Group Finance Manager of the company. Prior to joining EMGS, she worked as an auditor for EY for 7 years, including as auditor for EMGS. Hege has a MSc in Economics and Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a MSc in Accounting and Auditing from the Norwegian Business School (BI).
Knudsen Quits Electromagnetic Geoservices
Norwegian geophysical services company Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) announced that its Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Svein Knudsen, has tendered his resignation. Knudsen has held the position as CFO of EMGS since January 2005. Stig Eide Sivertsen, CEO of EMGS, said, "Svein and I go way back, and he has been an instrumental part of the EMGS history since 2005. I regret that he has chosen to pursue other endeavors outside EMGS." Prior to joining EMGS in January 2005, Knudsen served as vice president of finance and treasury with Petroleum Geo-Services
Injecting 45 Years of New Life
obsolete equipment from the Dan A and B as part of the Dan Bravo Rationalization (DABRAT) program. “This had not been done before – fortifying underwater structures in this way on this scale,” says Captain Bert Kamsteeg, contract manager, Maersk DABRAT, at Boskalis. Jakob Knudsen, DABRAT project manager, Maersk Oil, says: “Had nothing been done, the platform’s life would have been shortened.” The Dan field was discovered in 1971, about 125 miles west of Esbjerg, Denmark. Dan A and C are wellhead platforms and Dan B is the process platform of the
Rolls-Royce Delivers Far Sleipner
system is related to redundancy and tolerance for system failure. All key components of the systems are doubled up in a DP3 system. This ensures that for instance neither a flooding nor a fire in one part of the vessel will make it lose position and require the operation to be halted. John Knudsen, Rolls-Royce, President Commercial Marine, said: “It’s been a privilege to work closely with both Farstad and Vard on this project. We’ve walked several paths together towards innovation before, but this is probably one of the most advanced projects we’ve worked on so far
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