Subsea World

Drilling in Houston

editor@subseaworld.com — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:02:30 UTC

International oil services group Aker Solutions is about to open North America's most advanced drilling equipment simulator in Houston, Texas. The simulator will be available to rig operators with the objective of making offshore drilling operations safer and more cost effective.

Subsea production system award to Aker Solutions

editor@subseaworld.com — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:00:30 UTC

Aker Solutions has been awarded a job by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Svalin project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 400 million.

KONGSBERG signs deal with offshore intallation group

editor@subseaworld.com — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:12:30 UTC

Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies (KOGT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA, has signed an agreement to supply a flexible risers and umbilicals installation system for the ‘Capstan Reel Installation System’ (CRIS), to the Offshore Installation Group (OIG). The patented CRIS design simplifies the subsea installation process, enabling a reduction in installation time and risk, which translates to significant cost savings.

Prosafe SE: Contract for Safe Astoria at North Rankin Redevelopment Project

editor@subseaworld.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:12:30 UTC

Prosafe has been awarded a 150-day contract using the Safe Astoria for accommodation support at the Woodside operated North West Shelf Project's North Rankin Redevelopment Project, offshore Western Australia.

Technip awarded contract by Valiant for Causeway development

editor@subseaworld.com — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:01:30 UTC

Technip was awarded by Valiant Causeway Limited a lump sum contract, worth approximately €33 million, for the Causeway field development. This field is located about 450 kilometers North-east of Aberdeen, Scotland at a water depth of 150 metres.

Doubling of Aldous volumes

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:25:30 UTC

The results of appraisal well 16/2-10 have increased production license PL265 estimates to between 900 million and 1.5 billion barrels of recoverable oil equivalent.

Noreco sells gas discovery

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:23:30 UTC

Norwegian Energy Company (Noreco) has entered into an agreement to sell its 20 percent share of license PL435 on Haltenbanken to OMV (Norge) AS. License PL435 contains the gas discovery Zidane-1 which was made in 2010. This discovery is estimated to contain between 5 and 18 billion standard cubic metres of recoverable gas. The second exploration well in the license is named Zidane-2 and is planned to be drilled later this year.

Eni announces a giant gas discovery offshore Mozambique

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:18:30 UTC

Eni announces a giant natural gas discovery at the Mamba South 1 prospect, in the Area 4 Offshore Mozambique. The discovery well encountered a total of 212 meters of continuous gas pay in high-quality Oligocene sands.

GC RIEBER Shipping announce contract for new subsea vessel

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:17:30 UTC

GC Rieber Shipping has signed a two year contract for its second subsea newbuild with the Mexican company Oceanografia. The vessel, which will be named "Polar Queen", has recently been handed over from the Spanish shipyard Freire Shipyard, and the contract will start up in November.

Fairmount Glacier positioned FPSO Usan offshore Nigeria

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:16:30 UTC

Fairmount Marine’s powerful tug Fairmount Glacier has successfully assisted in the installation of the floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Usan, offshore Nigeria. For this operation Fairmount was contracted by Saipem Energies, which needed a 200 ton bollard pull tug for this job.

Hydroid Signs Contract with NOAA for REMUS 600 AUV

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:15:30 UTC

"Hydroid is proud to be a part of NOAA's important underwater mapping efforts," said Christopher von Alt, President and one of the co-founders of Hydroid. "This REMUS 600 will demonstrate the extensive capabilities of Hydroid AUVs and pave the way for the NOAA to use AUVs in future bathymetric mapping endeavors."

Rotork actuates sub-sea safety valve installations at Egyptian gas field

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:13:30 UTC

Rotork Fluid Systems has supplied the specialised hydraulic actuator package for a second sub-sea safety isolation valve (SSIV) installation on the same offshore gas gathering project off the coast of Egypt.

Reef Subsea extends its range of activities by providing installation and trenching services

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:12:30 UTC

Reef Subsea Power & Umbilical, based in Stockton-On-Tees, will provide the installation and trenching of submarine cables (power, inter-array, seismic) and umbilicals to its clients - oil & gas operators and contractors, energy companies, offshore wind farm developers, project management & engineering houses as well as product manufacturers.

Saipem awarded new E&C Offshore contracts worth $1.5 billion

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:05:30 UTC

In Iraq, Saipem has been awarded by South Oil Company the EPIC contract for the Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project – Phase 2, within the framework of the expansion of the Basra Oil Terminal, off the Al Faw Peninsula in the Arabian Gulf, approximately 550 kilometres south-east of Baghdad.

ABB to power subsea oil and gas field in the depths of the Norwegian Sea

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:04:30 UTC

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth about $36 million from oil services company Aker Solutions to provide drives and transformers to their subsea power distribution system for the Asgard subsea oil and gas field operated by Norway’s Statoil. The order was booked in the third quarter.

EnerMech Gets Lift With £3 Million Maersk Oil Crane Contract

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 05:01:30 UTC

EnerMech has secured a multi-million pound crane maintenance contract from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Limited (Maersk Oil) for assets operating in the UK. The contract covers the inspection, periodic maintenance and engineering support for all deck cranes on-board the Janice FPU, Gryphon and Global Producer III FPSO’s managed and operated from Aberdeen.

CTC Marine Projects Secures Contract on Anguille Project

editor@subseaworld.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:55:30 UTC

CTC Marine Projects, Ltd., (“CTC” or the “Company”), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding AS (“DeepOcean Group”), has been awarded a multi-million pound contract by SBM France SA for transportation, installation and burial works in the Anguille Field, Gabon.

Aker Solutions to supply Pusnes offshore loading systems to 10 shuttle tankers

editor@subseaworld.com — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:25:30 UTC

Aker Solutions has been awarded contracts for the supply of Pusnes offshore loading systems for ten shuttle tankers that will operate in Brazil and Norway. The total contract value for Aker Solutions is approximately NOK 150 million.

Aker Solutions to conduct FEED study for Statoils Mariner field

editor@subseaworld.com — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:14:30 UTC

Aker Solutions has won a contract to conduct the topside FEED (front-end engineering and design) study for Statoil on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf in the North Sea. The contract value is approximately NOK125 million.

Aker Solutions awarded umbilical contract by Endeavour Energy UK

editor@subseaworld.com — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:05:30 UTC

Aker Solutions has signed a contract with Endeavour Energy UK, a subsidiary of Endeavour International Corporation, to supply subsea umbilicals and associated equipment for the East Rochelle development project located offshore UK. The contract value is approximately NOK 83 million (USD 15 million).