Subsea Headlines
2009.09.15 -
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Chevron has just announced that it will proceed with the development of the Gorgon natural gas project offshore Western Australia. Development proposals for the project were approved today by the Western Australian State Premier and production licenses were granted by the Australian Minister for Resources and Energy. Full text
2009.09.11 -
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New drilling and well technology developed by StatoilHydro and FMC Technologies will improve the oil recovery from subsea fields. The technology has now been successfully tested on the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.One of the measures to extract more oil from the fields is to drill more wells, but drilling subsea wells is expensive. Full text
2009.09.08 -
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GE Oil & Gas, a world leading company in oil & gas advanced technology equipment and services, has today announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide Esso Exploration Angola (Block 15) Ltd. (EEAL), a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, with subsea production equipment for Kizomba Satellites, a new deepwater oil production project off the coast of West Africa. Full text
2009.09.07 -
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EV Offshore Ltd, a leading provider of downhole, subsea and well intervention camera inspection solutions, today announced that it recently carried out a successful subsea well inspection for Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd on Scott Field, offshore Aberdeen in the North Sea. Full text
2009.09.02 -
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BP announced today a giant oil discovery at its Tiber Prospect in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Tiber well was drilled to a total depth of approximately 35,055 feet (10,685 metres) making it one of the deepest wells ever drilled by the oil and gas industry. Full text
2009.08.28 -
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Gassco and Shell have celebrated their inspection of the Langeled gas transport system by sending a letter of greeting to the chair of Easington council in the UK – through the pipeline. Full text
2009.08.27 -
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Chevron Australia Pty Ltd today welcomed the timely approval of the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project's revised and expanded scope by the Federal Environment Minister, the Hon. Peter Garrett AM MP. Full text
2009.08.25 -
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Nexans has secured a frame agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. for deep water umbilical projects in the Gulf of Mexico that could be worth as much as $300 million in total. The frame agreement is initially for one year; however, BP has the right to extend the agreement for an additional four year period. Full text
2009.08.24 -
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AGR Subsea Inc, a subsidiary of AGR Group ASA, signed a contract with Chevron USA Inc to perform Integrated Project Management and Engineering for the build, deployment and prove-up of the Dual Gradient Drilling System. Full text
2009.08.20 -
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FMC Technologies said today that it has been awarded a contract by Petrobras to supply a subsea separation system for the Marlim field, located in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The contract is valued at approximately $90 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Full text