Technip awarded contract by Valiant for Causeway developmentTechnip 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. Full text |
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Subsea 7 has opened its new pipeline fabrication spoolbase in Port Isabel, Texas. The Spoolbase was officially opened by Joe Vega, the Mayor of Port Isabel and Ian Cobban, Vice President - North America for Subsea 7, at a ceremony held on the base. Full text
Zenon, a Robotics manufacturer and developer based in Athens, Greece, has developed a new prototype robot crawler for deployment of the inspection technology on man made underwater structure. Specifically the robot has been developed to crawl along the external surface of flexible risers. It moves along and around the riser using an inch-worm type motion. Full text
An EU collaboration between EU companies and research organisations, known as FlexiRiserTest, has been working to produce an underwater radiography inspection prototype system suitable for the inspection of flexible risers. It is believed to be the first time ever that a marinised digital radiograph flat panel detector for underwater inspection has been reported. Full text
Noble Energy, Inc. announced today that the Plan of Development for the Aseng oil project has been sanctioned by the Company, its partners, and the Ministry of Mines, Industry, and Energy of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Noble Energy serves as technical operator of the development with a 40 percent working interest. Full text
Lundin Petroleum AB today announced that its independent reserves auditor Gaffney, Cline and Associates (GCA) has assigned 95 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMboe) of gross Proven and Probable (2P) reserves to the Luno field located in production licence PL338, offshore the Norwegian North Sea. Full text
Oceaneering International, Inc. successfully installed, tested and commissioned two blowout preventer (BOP) control systems in Q2 2009. The company designs and manufactures premium deepwater BOP control systems for installation in depths to 12,000 fsw. A third BOP control system is due for Q3 2009 installation on a new build rig. Full text
Sonangol and Maersk Oil Angola AS (operator), have successfully completed drilling of the Chissonga-1 exploration well with positive results. The Chissonga-1 well is located in the western sector of Block 16 in 1,230 metres water depth, some 315 kilometres northwest of Luanda, and was drilled to a total depth of 4,725 metres using the Larsen Deep Venture drillship. Full text
Acergy announced today that it has been awarded a new four year contract for the Polar Queen by Petrobras in Brazil, with an option for an additional four years. Full text
A few simple modifications to wells already planned will allow StatoilHydro to recover seven million barrels of oil and a billion standard cubic metres of associated gas from Vega South. Full text
TGS continues their long-term commitment to resolve the geologic challenges and hydrocarbon potential of offshore Greenland with the commencement of the 2009 data acquisition season. This season marks the 10th consecutive year of new data acquisition by TGS in Greenland. As in past years, the multifaceted acquisition campaign in 2009 will consist of seismic, aeromagnetic, and gravity data. Full text