Drilling in HoustonInternational 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. Full text |
Subsea production system award to Aker Solutions
KONGSBERG signs deal with offshore intallation group
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Technip awarded contract by Valiant for Causeway development
Eni announces a giant gas discovery offshore Mozambique
GC RIEBER Shipping announce contract for new subsea vessel
Fairmount Glacier positioned FPSO Usan offshore Nigeria
Hydroid Signs Contract with NOAA for REMUS 600 AUV
Rotork actuates sub-sea safety valve installations at Egyptian gas field
Reef Subsea extends its range of activities by providing installation and trenching services
Saipem awarded new E&C Offshore contracts worth $1.5 billion
ABB to power subsea oil and gas field in the depths of the Norwegian Sea
EnerMech Gets Lift With £3 Million Maersk Oil Crane Contract
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Viper Subsea, the Bristol based developer of class leading controls and distribution solutions and supplier of expert consultancy for the subsea oil and gas industries, is celebrating today after winning The New Enterprise Award at the prestigious Subsea UK Business Awards 2011. Full text
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has been contracted by Shell Exploration & Production Company to replace the platform wires on the Auger TLP’s lateral mooring system in the Gulf of Mexico, announced InterMoor President Tom Fulton. The eight platform wires that will be replaced on the Auger TLP are composed of non-jacketed spiral-strand wire. Full text
Marathon Petroleum Norge AS, operator of production licence 340 BS, has completed drilling of wildcat well 24/9-10 S and appraisal well 24/9-10 A. The wells were drilled about 30 kilometres south of the production ship on the Alvheim field in the mid-North Sea. Full text
Tordis and Vigdis, subsea fields in the North Sea, recently achieved production of a hundred million cubic metres oil. And there’s still a lot more to come. Full text
Statoil Petroleum AS, operator of production licence 488, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 7119/12-4. The well was drilled about 145 kilometres northwest of Hammerfest and about 40 kilometres south of the 7120/8-1 Askeladd gas deposit, which is part of the Snøhvit development. Full text
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has signed a cooperation agreement with Canyon Offshore for trenching services to support ABB’s subsea high-voltage cable installation projects. Full text
It is technically feasible to remove concrete installations resting on the seabed. But this is comprehensive work that requires thorough planning and risk management. This is the conclusion reached by the consultancy firm Dr. techn. Olav Olsen, which has prepared the report ”Disposal of concrete installations” on assignment for the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate. Full text
Hallin Marine Subsea International Ltd, a Superior Energy Services company, is providing a vessel plus an ROV to assist in the deep burial of a major Indonesian offshore pipeline. Full text
FMC Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FTI) announced today that it has signed a three-year frame agreement with ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc. Ltd for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment. The contract includes an immediate $57 million call-off and is expected to result in approximately $96 million in total revenue to FMC Technologies if all of the subsea equipment included in the agreement is ordered. Full text
Technical integrity and asset assurance expert iicorr, with offices in Aberdeen and Perth, Australia, has launched a new product to market that will extend the life of offshore applications through Cathodic Protection (CP) technology. Full text