dations for 50 people. The vessel has a satellite communications system with streaming video for real-time observation of work being performed.
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Iver2 AUV Chosen by University
OceanServer Technology said that Cal Poly has agreed to purchase an Iver2 AUV for research purposes. The order consists of one base vehicle outfitted with a second CPU for AUV behavior study and sensor development. Iver2 is designed to be a lowcost, simple to operate AUV system that incorporates an open software architecture and defined hardware interfaces that enable Researchers and OEMs to quickly adapt the Iver for a variety of applications. Common payloads include GPS navigation, CTD probe, altimeter, side scan sonar, and several water quality sensors. Each system includes the OceanServer VectorMap Mission Planning and Data Presentation tool, which provides geo-registered data files that can be easily exported to other software analysis tools. The VectorMap program can input any geo-referenced chart, map or photo image, allowing the operator to intuitively develop missions using simple point-and-click navigation. The base vehicle has a starting price at just over $50,000.
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MCT Voted as Leader in Marine Renewables
Bristol based tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines recently celebrated being voted in the "top 10" of Europe's top clean technology companies in The Guardian/Library House "Clean Tech 100 Survey." Marine Current Turbines (MCT) was ranked 5th overall by a team of prominent business analysts and venture capitalists who were tasked with identifying Europe's most innovative clean tech firms. Although a number of wave and tidal energy companies made it to the top 100, MCT was the highest placed in its sector. This comes in recognition of MCT's pioneering work as a first mover in the marine renewables sector, and endorses the company's position as the leading developer in tidal stream technology after installing the world's first commercial sized tidal stream turbine, the 1.2MW SeaGen, earlier this year in Northern Ireland's Strangford Lough.
configure real time settings and upload data. An RBR instrument is part of a current MBARI demonstration of a network of diverse instruments using IEEE-1451, Sensor Web Enablement, and PUCK standards. PUCK enablement demonstrates RBR's understanding that end user requirements are driving manufacturers towards instruments that are readily interoperable.
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export gas from the new Babbage platform to existing subsea infrastructure located within the "West Sole Bravo 500 meters zone" at a water depth of 25 meters.
Subsea 7 Awarded IRM Contract
Subsea 7 won a one-year IRM (inspection, repair and maintenance) services agreement by TAQA Bratani Limited (part of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, PJSCPSJA) for the provision of project management, engineering, dive support and remote intervention services to assist with TAQA's newly acquired Northern North Sea assets. TAQA became operator of its newly acquired assets: Cormorant North, Cormorant South, Eider, Kestrel, Tern and Pelican on December 1, 2008.
RBR Commits to MBARI Puck Protocol
RBR Ltd. is working with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - (MBARI) to develop PUCK enabled instruments. Such instruments facilitate integration of RBR sensors into monitoring networks using the PUCK protocol to
Technip Wins Contract
Technip has been awarded by E.ON Ruhrgas UK North Sea Ltd. a lumpsum contract, worth approximately $56m, for the development of the Babbage gas field located in the United Kingdom Southern North Sea. Under this contract, Technip will install a subsea pipeline system to
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