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The Powerbuoy from Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has a scalable onboard battery system that can act as an offshore uninterruptible power supply (UPS) providing continuous power output. It can be used as a stand-alone charging station and communications platform that can enable the long-term remote operation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) used in marine envi…

The period for members to comment on a draft technical report titled Hydraulic Fracture Well-to-Well Communication has been extended from 30 April to 15 May.This draft report aims to present a comprehensive, technical cause-and-effect review on the subject of fracture-driven interactions, including their causes, types, and expected consequences, and recommendations fo…

Karl-Petter Løken has been named president and CEO of Kvaerner, the Norwegian oilfield engineering and construction firm. Løken has held several key positions for companies like Statoil, Aker Solutions, and Lundin Norway. He currently serves as head of project development for Lundin; from 2011 to 2015, he was engineering manager for Lundin’s Edvard Grieg field develop…

BP appointed Susan Dio chairman and president of BP America Inc. as of 1 May.

Mark W. Albers, SPE, senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corp. will retire from the company effective 1 April, after more than 38 years of service. Albers was elected to his current position and a member of the company’s Management Committee in 2007. Albers joined Exxon USA in 1979 and held several assignments in Texas and New Jersey and operation management roles at…

Oceanteam CEO Haico Halbesma will step down from his position effective 30 March. The decision follows a series of financial restructurings within the company in recent years. Halbesma, who will stay on as an advisor, co-founded Oceanteam in 2005 and is a major shareholder in the company. He was previously employed as a managing director at Seateam Technology.

SilentDefense is a mature industrial control systems (ICS) network monitoring and intelligence platform from SecurityMatters that helps operators identify and recover from threats to operational continuity on their assets. It provides UI refresh and UX enhancements, automatic generation of management reports, and automated alert clustering and assignment to cases. Its…

The Remus M3V from Hydroid is a micro autonomous underwater vehicle which supports numerous subsea applications including search and survey; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; marine research; and multi-vehicle missions. It can dive up to 300m in depth and its size allows for use in multi-domain deployments. The AUV can achieve speeds of 10 knots and is e…

EdgeTech’s 6205s has been redesigned with additional features and functions that make on-water survey operations more efficient. It produces real-time, high resolution, three-dimensional maps of the seafloor while providing fully integrated swat bathymetry and dual frequency side scan sonar capabilities. The system offers co-registered dual frequency side scan and bat…

Mark Albers will retire from his position as senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation effective 1 April, after more than 38 years of service. Albers was elected to his current position in 2007, having previously held a variety of managerial positions in development, operations, production, and engineering. He joined Exxon USA in 1979 and, after several assignm…