Oil and gas sector composites manufacturer Matrix Composites & Engineering has won another large contract for subsea buoyancy systems for the supply subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines. The contract, worth between $21 million and $23 million, is for an international project and will be manufactured at Matrix’s facility at Henderson, south of Perth. This brings…
Fleet Space’s Centauri-6 satellite takes off flight at space discovery centre A new piece of next-generation Australian space technology is on display at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in Adelaide. It is a full size model of Centauri-6, the eighth satellite launched by Adelaide-based company Fleet Space Technologies successfully reached orbit on April 8, 2024…
“Carbon leakage” review launched The federal government has opened public consultation on options to help address the risk of carbon leakage and its impact on heavy industries, such as steel and cement. Leakage occurs when industries move from countries with more ambitious emissions reduction policies to those with weaker policies. According to a statement on…
Matrix Composites & Engineering has received a $13 million purchase order to supply a deepwater buoyancy system utilising the company’s innovative syntactic composite foam. The riser buoyancy system will be used on a deep sea oceanographic research vessel in Japan which is involved in seep sea mining, deep sea research and subsea geological surveys. Syntactic…
Matrix awarded new riser buoyancy contract Matrix Composites & Engineering has been awarded a contract for the supply of composite underwater drilling riser buoyancy modules. The contract, with Transocean, is valued at $4 million, with the modules scheduled to be delivered in the first quarter FY24. The buoyant modules will upgrade infrastructure on an existing…