Scana’s PSW Technology Divests Well Control Equipment
will be recognized upon delivery of the equipment, the company said.“With this contract, PSW Technology do not only generate free cash flow but also has the opportunity to further develop similar well control equipment in our possession, hence expanding our market position,” said Richard Cornell, Managing Director in PSW Technology.“The transaction is a continuation of unlocking cash potential in our balance sheet, as previously demonstrated by the sale of Scana Korea. We are pleased that we can both enhance our liquidity and distribute funds to our shareholders and in addition strengthen
PSW Technology Secures 3-Year Deal with Norwegian Oil Firm for Capping Stack Services
. With PSW Technology’s strategic storage facility close to one of Europe’s largest offshore supply bases, PSW Technology will have the Capping Stack’s at quayside within 24 hours of notification and reach most offshore fields on the NCS within 1-5 sailing days,” says Richard Cornell, Managing Director in PSW Technology
Teledyne Webb Research Hires Quinn, Goodrich
, Engineering Project Manager. His work experience at Lockheed includes a variety of unmanned and remotely operated vehicle projects. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Villanova University and a Masters of Engineering in Systems Engineering and Project Management from Cornell University.Goodrich is tasked with providing customer support and training for users, creating and updating user documentation, piloting TWR gliders, and assisting in final test of new vehicles and beta testing of new Slocum hardware and software.Goodrich joins us from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean
Greensea Expands, Again
Engineer for Teledyne Webb Research. Partnering with James on the hull robotics team is Sam Fladung. Sam has over a decade of experience as a robotics engineer. Prior to Greensea, he worked at Teledyne Marine where he was instrumental in advancing their glider program. Sam is a graduate of Cornell University with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering. “We’re happy to have another Cornell grad join our team,” said Shay Osler, Cornell graduate and Engineering Manager, Greensea. “With Sam’s education and experience, he has ramped up quickly and is an important
NOAA-Viking Public Private Partnership, a Win-win for Research
, Viking has partnered with the University of Cambridge’s Scott Polar Research Institute, whose scientists will undertake fieldwork on board. Beyond the cruise partnership opportunities, Viking has also endowed a professorship at the Institute and is helping to fund graduate studies. Cornell University’s Lab of Ornithology is a partner. And, so is NOAA - the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.For maritime research, Viking’s new offerings are striking. Ditto for people who track cruise industry developments. In past years, industry officials
Study: Sunflower Sea Star Population in Peril
The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America, according to research by Cornell University and the University of California, Davis, in Science Advances.“At one time plentiful in nearshore waters, the sunflower sea stars right now cannot be found off the California coast and are rare into Alaska,” said Drew Harvell, Cornell professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, a co-lead author. “Numbers of the sea stars have stayed so low in the past three years
Students Face Off in Underwater Competition
of Alberta (Canada); Ohio State University; and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland).Other U.S. teams included: Amador Valley High School; Beaver Country Day School; California Institute of Technology; California State University, Fullerton; California State University, Los Angeles; Cornell University; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University; Georgia Institute of Technology; Gonzaga University; Kennesaw State University; Montana State University; North Carolina State University; North Dakota State University; Oregon Institute of Technology; Prairie View A&M University; Project Radian
Coral Reefs Get Sick from Plastic Waste -Study
harmful microbes in the oceans. Scientists were shocked to find plastic even in remote reefs. "You could be diving and you think someone's tapping your shoulder but it's just a bottle knocking against you, or a plastic trash bag stuck on your tank," lead author Joleah Lamb of Cornell University told Reuters. "It's really sad," she said. "Corals are animals like us and have really thin tissues that can be cut and wounded, especially if they are cut by an item covered in all sorts of micro-organisms," she said. The scientists, from
Seaweed: Fuel of the Future?
accelerate the production of improved plants while decreasing the need for costly offshore field evaluations. Other partners in the project include the University of Connecticut-Stamford, which will develop the kelp strains and families for breeding; the USDA Agriculture Research Service at Cornell, which will apply DNA sequencing and genomic analysis to direct selective breeding for important traits; and GreenWave, which will operate the open ocean farming system for field trials of the selectively bred families. The remaining $2 million in funding will be used by a team from the
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