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Energy project developers and businesses with large electrical loads have been invited to express their interest and take part in developing a major renewable energy zone in Australia. The government of the New South Wales (NSW) plans to deliver the state’s first five Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) in the Central-West Orana, New England, South-West, Hunter-Central …

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Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made a minor oil and gas discovery near its operated Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea offshore Norway and will consider tying the discovery into this field. This comes only weeks after another oil discovery was made in the area. Equinor has concluded the drilling of wildcat …

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Plymouth Marine Laboratory has revealed designs for what is said to be the world’s first long-range autonomous research vessel, capable of collecting data for research into climate change, biodiversity, fisheries and biogeochemistry. Source: Plymouth Marine Laboratory Plymouth-based M SUBS Ltd was commissioned to design the 24-meter Oceanus, a fully uncrewed vessel said to be designed …

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Norway-headquartered ship management and maritime services provider OSM Offshore has been tasked with carrying out upgrade modifications on a floating storage unit (FSU), which is deployed at an Equinor-operated field in the Norwegian Sea. OSM Offshore revealed recently that it has been awarded a “large offshore contract” for the overall upgrade modifications of the Heidrun B FSU …

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The impending shortage of specialised vessels in offshore wind is not limited to the installation phase and could hit areas of project development such as seabed mapping and UXO surveys, according to a US company that recently introduced a solution to this issue in the form of a portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). At the …

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En el Día Mundial de los Océanos, la Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y la flota pesquera siguen colaborando para la retirada de basura marina de nuestras costas. En lo que va de año, se han retirado ya 11.440 kilos de basura procedente del litoral y fondos marinos. El Puerto lleva implicado desde 2014 de forma …

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