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Mooreast to Create "at least 100 jobs" in Aberdeen with Subsea Foundation Production Facility

jobs plan that will support local job opportunities.Sim Koon Lam, CEO of Mooreast, said: “Upon completion, the facility will  serve as a cornerstone of Mooreast’s expansion into Europe, and will  enable us to produce high-quality products and services for our  renewable energy customers in the region.”The collaboration agreement to explore establishing a manufacturing facility in Aberdeen, Scotland, was signed at a ceremony at the  Singapore headquarters of Mooreast, and was witnessed by Ivan McKee,  Scotland’s Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and

Figure 1: 3D Volumetric Measurement of Anode. Image courtesy Kraken Robotics

Kraken Update Progress on Subsea Laser Scanner Service Activities

deployments, Kraken’s SeaVision technology has shown that as-built 3D dimensions of installed subsea structures differ from their existing documentation, especially when servicing aging assets.In 2022, Kraken acquired over 10 terabytes of subsea data for offshore oil and gas and renewable energy customers across several countries including Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Nigeria, Norway, and Poland. Applications included anode volumetric measurements for offshore wind farms, mooring chain inspection for offshore oil and gas infrastructure, and subsea metrology services. In 2022, SeaVision

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VA Offshore Wind: A Strong Foundation

BVGA’s recommendation for a centralized offshore wind office.  She said VOWDA, at its March meeting, will work on best ways to publicize the new supply chain Directory.  Finally, Bondareff supports developing a list of potential public and private “offtakers,” potential energy customers, e.g. Amazon2, who might purchase this new energy.As noted, the Virginia Maritime Association (VMA) is one of the partnership organizations working with DMME to advance wind energy opportunities.  VMA has been active in critical areas, beyond its work with DMME.  Last fall, for example

SeaVision generates high resolution 3D imagery for predictive analytics. (image: Kraken Robotics Inc.)

Partners to Advance Subsea Robotic Inspection

these technologies into an autonomous subsea inspection system. The data from this inspection will be uploaded into a state-of-the-art platform that includes robust data ingestion, automatic defect recognition, predictive analytics and a cloud-based visualization portal for oil and gas and offshore energy customers.   Across industries, Avitas Systems provides autonomous inspection with robots that can target specific points on industrial assets and follow precise paths from digitized 3D models. The paths' repeatability enables artificial intelligence-based change detection and automated defect

RigNet Communication Network for Offshore Energy Company

to be given the opportunity to provide RigNet's managed services and Network Operation Center's support to our customer and the two other customers onboard the vessels," said Steven Pickett, RigNet's CEO and president. "Our valued customer performs critical services to a wide variety of energy customers. We are committed to deliver the high quality of service our brand is built on to all of our customers."  To ensure reliable and secure communications for these vessels, RigNet will use VSAT technology to deliver a fully managed, end-to-end, network. The contract includes managed

(L-R) Doug Whyte, Hydro Group managing director, and Steve Ang, Hydro Group Asia technical sales manager (Photo: Hydro Group)

Hydro Group Plans for Asia Pacific Growth

.”   Doug Whyte, Hydro Group managing director, said, “Asia currently represents Hydro Group’s second largest export market, with significant growth in demand for our range of subsea optical cables, electrical cables and connectors from defense markets and increasingly energy customers, due to the expansion of exploration activities in the region.   “These new agreements allow us to increase efficiency and ensure regular interaction with customers across the region. We look forward to working with our new Business Partners and fulfilling increasing demand for

Raphaël Siryani, Co-Founder  SBG Systems

Insights into Inertial Sensor Technology

;   For SBG Systems, the offshore market is clearly driving our subsea business. This market is constantly looking at new solutions with increased accuracy or better prices. For this market, the main concern is always the system reliability and availability. In addition, offshore / energy customers want a straightforward integration with a very responsive support. At SBG Systems, we do our best to provide a very high quality support with free of charge support, updates and improvements. Subsea science is our second most important market as new technologies enable new research projects

Telenor Selects iDirect as Ground Infrastructure Platform

end users to travel outside of their service providers’ networks, while maintaining seamless coverage through a single service provider. Telenor Satellite Broadcasting expects to launch the THOR 7 satellite in the second half of 2014. THOR 7 will increase capacity for current maritime and energy customers and enable Telenor Satellite Broadcasting to expand its business in the satellite news gathering, aeronautical and governmental markets. telenorsat.com idirect.net vt-systems.com  

Marianne Wiinholt: Photo credit DONG

DONG Get Billions in Funding, Appoint New CFO

DONG Energy, a leading energy group with offshore interests in Northern Europe, announce that Goldman Sachs will subscribe for new shares for DKK 8 billion, ATP for DKK 2.2 billion and PFA for DKK 0.8 billion. Coincidentally, Carsten Krogsgaard Thomsen will step down as CFO after 11 years with DONG 
Energy. His successor will be Marianne Wiinholt, who comes from the position of 
Senior Vice President of DONG Energy's Customers & Markets division. 
 Henrik Poulsen, DONG Energy’s CEO, says: 

“I would like to thank Carsten for the huge contribution he has made to the 
company over many

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