Rockblock – Scaling Down Satcom For Research & Commercial Applications

By enabling a plug-and-play satellite communication link from literally anywhere on the planet, the innovative RockBLOCK system has become the unsung hero of countless marine research and commercial applications. Developed by the UKʼs Rock Seven, the RockBLOCK concept is beautifully simple—provide an open platform to enable data communication in a small and low-cost form factor.

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Ocean News February 6, 2017

The need for and difficulties of external inspections of giant Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) units might not be obvious. The most important aspect of the inspection of the hull and underwater parts of the vessel is that it is—indeed—a vessel. As such, it is required to undergo regulatory inspections as specified by the governing classification society and must have similar inspections on the same schedule as any other oceangoing vessel. However, there are two serious challenges that other vessels do not have to face.

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Ocean News December 16, 2016

By: Ross MacLeod, Business Development Director, Ashtead Technology

Wireless technology has transformed the way we live—yet today, most communications from oil and gas platforms and vessels to shore still depend on expensive satellite links and capturing data from these remote locations is still a major challenge for the industry.

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Ocean News December 16, 2016

Even as the oil and gas investment cycle reaches its bottom, the strategic imperative to improve productivity through innovation has never been clearer as the industry prepares for a slow, drawn-out recovery. Despite the high-tech nature of oil and gas, historically, energy firms have been hesitant to embrace new technology. Yet as the market recovers in coming years, the industry can expect to see a bifurcation between firms that merely survived the crash versus those that used the crisis as an opportunity to drive productivity throughout their business model. As a result, the energy ecosystem is seeing a thought shift in approaches to adopting new technology as firms challenging their old models will be best positioned during the inevitable rebound. Communication service providers play an important role by assimilating new solutions across the industry to enable the gradual shift to the digital oilfield where connectivity will allow secure real-time collaboration and enable data analytics. The future of oil and gas will be centered on information technology and software. Firms failing to make these investments today will be left behind.

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Ocean News December 16, 2016

DeepWater Buoyancy Inc. is the world's largest producer of subsea buoyancy products for the oceanographic industry and has a vast product line of buoyancy solutions for offshore oil & gas, energy and technology companies. This product portfolio has been built over the course of 35 years serving these industries. Though they offer products for shallow water applications, the company specializes in deepwater, providing solutions to depths of 6000 meters and beyond.

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Ocean News December 16, 2016

A client-focused company, Balmoral Offshore Engineering is dedicated to technologically-driven composite and polymer solutions for today's demanding subsea and deepwater oil and gas industry.

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Ocean News December 16, 2016