Eni Pilots Wave Energy Converter
has activated the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter (ISWEC), offshore Ravenna, capable of converting energy generated by waves into electricity, which will in the future enable Eni to convert mature offshore platforms into renewable energy generation hubs.The pilot plant was installed at the Ravenna offshore site by Eni’s Central Northern District and has been integrated into a hybrid smart grid system featuring photovoltaics and energy storage.It reached a peak power output of over 51 kW, or 103% of its nominal power. This technology is suitable for powering medium and large offshore assets and
Bourbon Awarded Floating Wind Farm Work
the floating offshore wind industry. The project includes project management, engineering and the procurement of the complete mooring system (supplied by Vryhof).The mooring systems with three sets of three mooring lines will be pre-laid in the first phase. The wind turbines will be then towed to the offshore site and hooked up in a second phase, which will also include the installation and hook up of the inter-array electrical cables. Bourbon will provide a variety of marine assets required for the different phases of the operations, including AHTS, tugs and remotely operated vehicles (ROV).With strong
California Offshore Wind Project Progresing
project as well as build an offshore wind energy supply chain. RCEA and the consortium have been working with members of the community since 2017 to explore and develop the offshore wind potential of Humboldt County. They have engaged in a comprehensive process to determine a location for the offshore site that minimizes the impact on the environment and communities that are active offshore
ADCPs: Action in OOI's Cabled Observatory
, live data are available on the Internet from sensors on the SPM platforms and their winched science pods. Benthic Experiment Packages ADCPs are also aboard a couple of Benthic Experiment Packages (BEP) installed on the Newport Line. It runs from shallow to deep water off Oregon. The deep offshore site (1C) sits at 600 m depth on the continental slope whereas the shallower inshore site (1D) is at 80 m on the continental shelf. These ADCP data will be used to examine wide-ranging science questions. Examples include flow of currents onto the shelf and hypoxia events. In each case
Oceanscan Invests in Applanix Multibeam and INS
. The 3,000m-rated Sonic 2022 unit is fitted with the 700 kHz UHR Option, Truepix backscatter and raw water column detect, making it an ideal high-resolution sonar. When UHR is selected, the beam width is 0.6° x 0.6° providing narrow beam widths – invaluable for detail offshore site surveys such as pipeline inspections, trench mapping, cable lay operations, wreck surveys or other micro bathymetry/hydrographic applications. User-selectable frequencies from 170 to 450kHz and swath coverage from 10° to 160° are selectable on the fly, during survey operations
MTR100: Open Ocean
Open Ocean has conceived and developed Metocean Analytics, the first online offer for metocean studies on-demand. Metocean Analytics allows to obtain in just a few minutes all the necessary metocean data and statistics to characterize the offshore site, design their infrastructure and plan their long term operations. Open Ocean is an innovative startup company based in Brest and Paris, France, which conceives since 2011, online decision-making solutions for industrial marine activities. Its team of oceanographers, trained in the best research oceano-graphic institutes of the world (UPMC
DNV GL Wins In-Service Verification Work for WINZ
independent verification activities as detailed in the Written Scheme of Verification for RAVN and the A6-A installations. This involves a combination of onshore review of assurance records (i.e. certification, maintenance activities and integrity management activities), physical survey and witness of offshore/site activities. The main focus will be on the onshore review activities with a tailored offshore scope. The work undertaken will be based on new EU Directive (2013/30/EU) on Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations which aims to reduce the risk of major accidents associated with offshore
GEOxyz Names GM to Lead New UK Location
. Cashmore, who launched her career as an offshore Geophysicist at Gardline in 1996, has held senior positions at UTEC Survey, RPS Energy and most recently as Operations Director at Calecore and Survey Manager at Alcatel Submarine Networks. Cashmore has a deep understanding of offshore site investigation; data integration and reporting and delivering complex and logistically challenging survey campaigns across the globe most notably in Africa, Greenland, Norwegian Arctic and the Kara Sea
OI 2016 Preview: Hydrography, Geophysics & Geotechnics
3D de-multiple of 2D marine seismic data using swath bathymetry or side-scan sonar data to bootstrap the model’ by Graham Gillott, Principal Geophysicist, EPI Group Ltd; and ‘Ground modelling through inversion of high-resolution marine geophysical data: A new approach to fully integrated offshore site characterization’ by Mark Vardy, Marine Geoscientist, National Oceanography Center. An hour-long break enables visitors to take in the waterborne demonstrations and visits to vessels and well as the exhibition, before the session on integrated case studies begins. First under the
Bibby HydroMap’s First Apprentice Becomes Category B Certified
Twenty-year-old Emma Lamont has recently graduated top of her Hydrographic Survey Category B course with Skilltrade in the Netherlands. Lamont joined Bibby HydroMap in 2012 as a hydrographic surveying apprentice, and has since played an active role in both data processing and offshore site work with the company throughout the U.K. and Europe. As part of Emma’s CPD plan, the company organised for her to attend the FIG/IHO/ICA International Advisory Board recognised course, which covers all basic and essential competences of a hydrographic surveyor. Combining
James Fisher Completes Subsea Cable Deployment at MeyGen
operational efficiencies to MeyGen, through the combination of innovative products and services exclusive to James Fisher, the company said. Tim Cornelius, CEO of the Atlantis group – majority owner of MeyGen, said, “This is an excellent result for the project. By its very nature the offshore site is a challenging tidal environment, and to complete the installation campaign safely and in line with the program is a commendable achievement by our onshore and offshore teams, aided by great performance from the vessel. After all the planning it is very rewarding to see the offshore infrastruc
