Feritech Global Designs Next-Gen Auto-Drop Piston Corer for Oceaneering
and costs related to subsea geotechnical surveying.A piston corer is a long, heavy tube plunged into the seafloor to extract samples of soft sediment. Analysis of these samples provides vital information for developers who want to build installations out at sea, such as wind turbines, oil and gas pipelines, or undersea cables.The new bespoke system has been developed for Oceaneering with their project team involved in its development, providing feedback at each stage.It includes a range of innovative features, according to Feritech. Using sophisticated software, the auto-drop piston corer can be
Denmark Ends Investigation of Nord Stream Pipeline Blasts
1 and 2 pipelines transporting gas under the Baltic Sea were ruptured by a series of blasts in the Swedish and Danish economic zones in September 2022, releasing vast amounts of methane into the air."The investigation has led the authorities to conclude that there was deliberate sabotage of the gas pipelines. However, the assessment is that there are not sufficient grounds to pursue a criminal case in Denmark," a Copenhagen police statement said.Russia and the West, at loggerheads over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, have pointed fingers at one another over the pipeline blasts
Tapping the Gas Bank in the Barents Sea
Sea to produce ammonia, which is then exported by ship.If a new gas pipeline is approved and built, it would be connected to a well-integrated subsea system for gas transport.Gassco is responsible for transporting gas to the European continent and to the United Kingdom through this system. The gas pipelines amount to a total of 8778 km of pipe.Director General Torgeir Stordal at the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) talked about opportunities on the Norwegian shelf during the ‘December conference’ in Kristiansund this week, and pointed to the fact that these are troubled times where
UK, Finland, Estonia Practice Subsea Infrastructure Protection in Baltic Sea
said it planned to step up its military presence in Northern Europe, including deploying 20,000 troops to the region next year, to help protect critical infrastructure at a time of growing concern over Russian sabotage.The Baltic Sea was also the scene last year of the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to Germany, which investigators say were deliberately blown up, although they have not yet named a suspect.(Reuters - Reporting by Anne Kauranen; Editing by Kirsten Donovan
Ocean Engineers and Scientists Share Ideas, Challenges at International Arctic Workshop
Vic Ricci, chief technology officer for Naval Undersea Warfare Center Headquarters (Photo: Leif Heimbold / U.S. Navy)Naval War College professor Kathleen Walsh led an expert panel discussion on Arctic Geopolitical Scene Setting. Naval War College experts discussed securing sea lines of communication, gas pipelines and fiber-optic cables in the North Sea, and the expansion of Russia and China’s Polar Silk Road in the Arctic region.NUWC Division Newport ocean engineer Michelle Estaphan Owen of the Platforms and Payload Integration Department shared her expertise in unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs)
Russia to Seek Compensation Over Nord Stream Blasts - RIA
Russia is waiting for the outcome of an investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines before making any request for compensation, the RIA state news agency cited a foreign ministry official as saying on Tuesday.The pipelines under the Baltic Sea were damaged in explosions last year, and investigations have yet to establish who was responsible.In reply to a question about compensation, RIA quoted Dmitry Birichevsky, the head of the ministry's economic cooperation department, as saying: "The probe is not over yet, we are waiting for its results to be presented to the (United
Kremlin: More Signs Appear of Ukrainian Involvement in Nord Stream Blasts
The Kremlin said on Monday that more signs were appearing of Ukrainian involvement in the blasts that ruptured Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, following a Washington Post report that a Ukrainian military officer coordinated the attack. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also told reporters in a call that it was "alarming" that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has denied that Kyiv was involved in the blasts on the Baltic seabed, was reported to have been unaware of the operation. (Reuters - Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; writing by Vladimir Soldatkin;
Finland Says China Promised Full Cooperation in Pipeline Probe
cable breach, Valtonen told reporters on Wednesday.The incidents have highlighted the vulnerability of marine cables and pipelines at a time when security fears are running high because of the Ukraine war. Investigators have yet to establish who was responsible for blowing up Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea last year.(Reuters - Reporting by Anne Kauranen and Simon Johnson, writing by Anna Ringstrom and Terje Solsvik, editing by Christina Fincher
Russian Firm Says Baltic Telecoms Cable was Severed as Chinese Ship Passed Over
, according to shipping data reviewed by Reuters.The incidents have highlighted the vulnerability of marine cables and pipelines at a time when security fears are running high because of the Ukraine war. Investigators have yet to establish who was responsible for blowing up Russia's Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic last year.A Rostelecom spokesperson, responding to emailed questions from Reuters, said the double armored fiber optic cable, with a thickness of 40.4 mm (1.6 inches), had been cut completely.Asked if the company believed the Chinese ship had caused the damage, the spokesperson
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