Subsea Headlines
2008.12.08 -
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Apache Corporation said today that it has arranged a $350 million financing for the Van Gogh and Pyrenees oil developments offshore Western Australia. The subsea two projects are expected to add a total of 40,000 barrels per day to Apache's worldwide net oil production over the next 18 months. Full text
2008.12.02 -
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Shell Oil Company has set a world water depth record in drilling and completing a subsea well 9,356 feet (1.77 miles) below the water's surface in the Silvertip Field at the Perdido Development project, approximately 200 miles from Houston in the Gulf of Mexico. Full text
2008.11.24 -
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Petrobras announces that it has completed the drilling of two new wells in the pre-salt layer off the coast of Espírito Santo and proved an expressive discovery of light oil (30 degrees API) in the area called Parque das Baleias. The recoverable volume of the discoveries, made in pre-salt reservoirs located underneath the Baleia Franca, Baleia Azul, and Jubarte heavy oil fields. Full text
2008.11.21 -
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FMC Technologies Inc., acting through it`s wholly owned subsidiary FMC Kongsberg Holdings AS, has acquired 25,000,000 shares in Roxar ASA, representing 10.27% of Roxar`s outstanding share capital. Roxar is a strategic supplier to FMC Technologies of components for subsea and other applications and this transaction will strengthen the relationship between the companies.` Full text
2008.11.17 -
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The most recent addition to the Sonsub fleet, the multipurpose ROV support vessel Bourbon Pearl, has completed successful operations in what was Sonsub's most northerly work site to date. The vessel had been performing ElectroMagnetic (EM) offshore exploration for PetroMarker AS in the Barents Sea, operating from Hammerfest in Northern Norway. Full text
2008.11.09 -
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Eni Norge, as operator for the Goliat field has today submitted the Impact Assessment Plan (IA) to the MPE. The plan recommend that Goliat will be developed using subsea wells linked to a circular floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO). Full text
2008.11.07 -
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Technip announces an expansion of its Asiaflex Products manufacturing facility to include the production of subsea umbilical systems as of 2010. The Asiaflex Products facility is part of Technip’s current capex program to strengthen its assets (vessels, engineering centers and manufacturing plants) and reinforce its worldwide leadership in the Subsea market. Full text
2008.10.30 -
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Cutting edge technology that has the capability of saving the oil and gas sector significant cash will be the centrepiece of a major subsea event. Subsea Europe, which takes place in London today, 30 October 2008, will highlight the best of the UK’s subsea industry. Full text
2008.10.27 -
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Cairn has secured interests in two frontier hydrocarbon exploration licences offshore southern Greenland through its exploration focused arm Capricorn. The total combined area of these two blocks is 20, 072 square kilometres and water depths range from approximately 50 metres to 2,200 metres. Full text
2008.10.23 -
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The South East of England is an absolutely vital region in the UK’s booming Subsea industry, making a huge contribution toward the energy sector’s success in winning both national and global subsea projects – according to a leading industry insider. Full text