Equinor Taps Ocean Infinity for Floating Wind Farm Site Survey off California
80.062 acres in the Pacific Ocean, Equinor secured a ~2-gigawatt (GW) lease in the Morro Bay area that has the potential to generate enough energy to power ~750 000 US homes.Oliver Plunkett, CEO at Ocean Infinity explained how the Morro Bay project marks an important milestone for this forward-focused young company: "When Ocean Infinity was formed, the idea of using robotics at enormous scale to collect more data, faster and with less environmental impact while optimizing safety was our guiding principle. "This project is that entire vision coming to life. It's exciting and rewarding
Houlder Supports Firm Developing Micropiling Tech for Offshore Wind
;re overly reliant on legacy solutions from oil and gas. Moving forward, we have to embrace new, more sustainable approaches, which we believe demands the introduction of a more biomimicry approach to soil interventions - the way the trees intervene in the soil with their root pile structures. As a young company with a bold vision and potentially game-changing technology, we recognized the need for quality partners and the depth and breadth of expertise that Houlder offers helps enable us to bring our offering to the marketplace.”
Fiber Optic Sensing and Mining an Ocean of Data
understanding seismicity, volcanic activity and natural hazards that take place below water.” It’s been something of a journey but there’s a small but growing band of researchers and now commercial operations looking at it. One is Dr. Nate Lindsey, Lead Scientist at FiberSense, a young company providing digitally inter-connected fiber-based sensing solutions. “When I first started looking at DAS we were working on permafrost thaw detection with the Cold Regions Research and Environmental Lab in Fairbanks, Alaska,” he says. “Installing cables ourselves in a field
VIDEO Interview: Subsea Europe Services: Driving the ‘Survey System-as-a-Service’ Business Model
Europe Services founder and CEO Soren Themann, is gearing up for a brisk business premised on true autonomy, AI and neural systems in 2021 and beyond.Soren, to start, can you give an overview, a ‘by the numbers’ account if you like of Subsea Europe Services today?Subsea Europe Services is a young company, founded in January 2020, which was only a few weeks before COVID-19 started dominating our lives. The goal of Subsea Europe is to make it possible for every organization to collect and evaluate marine data professionally. During our first year in business we made a significant investment
ICONIC Installs First Instrumented Tubular Plug Offshore Norway
or intervention operation a more cost-efficient manner."Some potential applications are temporary plugging for drilling and intervention, perforation logging, P&A and riser-less pre slot recovery," ICONIC explained.Jarl Endre Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer, ICONIC said: “As a young company, we are very proud to have successfully delivered our first iTP installation for a major operator in Norway. With the successful installation and monitoring on the pilot well installation, we have shown that knowledge is power. By having more access to real time data, costs are cut and safety
Young Debuts New Ultrasonic Anemometer
The R. M. Young Company has introduced the ResponseONE Ultrasonic Anemometer. The ResponseONE Ultrasonic Anemometer (Model 91000) is fully wind tunnel tested and calibrated to provide accurate wind measurement over an operating range of up to 70 meters/second (156 mph). Wind speed and direction data is provided at up to 10 updates per second and made available via a variety of standard serial output formats including SDI-12, NMEA, RMYT and ASCII text. According to the manufacturer, the sensor features durable, weather proof construction and low power consumption.
I can see clearly now ... Via Resolution Optics
and hardware is sells for $50,000, which Jones says is compatible with the competition. Resolution Optics has signed two agreements in China and Japan with distributors who have expertise in water monitoring. He anticipates those agreements will start showing positive results by mid-summer. But as a young company, the major challenge is raising money. “We are heavily dependent on research grants and all of our work is eligible for R and D tax credits. Those two components are pretty important for us until we generate enough revenue to be self-sufficient,” he said. (As published
Deadline for Offshore Achievement Awards Approaches
in this year’s event so far, so we urge as many interested businesses and individuals as possible to ensure their entry is submitted by the 2 December deadline.” Winners at the 2013 awards ceremony included Graham Skinner, trainee rig manager at KCA Deutag Drilling. Graham received the Young Professional accolade for demonstrating an exceptionally proactive approach to his work, developing a number of initiatives which have been implemented across the company and playing a major role in mentoring new graduates joining KCA Deutag Drilling. Malcolm Webb, chief executive of Oil &
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