FMC Technologies Receives Contract to Support Marulk Field Development

FMC Technologies Receives Contract to Support Marulk Field Development

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement with Statoil ASA for the manufacture and supply of subsea production equipment to support the Marulk field. The award, a call-off from FMC's existing frame agreement with Statoil, has a value of approximately $62 million in revenue to FMC Technologies. Full text

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Chevron Announces Two Natural Gas Finds in Australia

2009.08.19 - Subsea Headlines -

Chevron Announces Two Natural Gas Finds in Australia

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd today announced two natural gas discoveries in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. The discoveries are located in Australia’s premier hydrocarbon basin, where Chevron is the leading lease holder. The Clio-2 well, located 90 miles (150 kilometers) off the coast of Western Australia, is situated in 3,200 feet (990 meters) of water. Full text

Oliver Valvetek with automated PR2 test cycle rig for valves

2009.08.14 - Subsea Headlines -

Oliver Valvetek with automated PR2 test cycle rig for valves

A willingness to embrace new technologies in the design and construction of their products has secured Oliver Valvetek Limited an enviable reputation as an international leader in the field of subsea flow control solutions for the oil and gas industries. Today the Cheshire based company has applied its revolutionary thinking to the testing process as well. Full text

Ormen Lange subsea hot tapping sets world record

2009.08.12 - Subsea Headlines -

Ormen Lange subsea hot tapping sets world record

The world’s deepest hot tap operations on a pressurised pipeline have been performed on the Ormen Lange field in the Norwegian Sea during early August. The two hot taps were monitored and controlled from the surface, assisted by 100 sensors, 23 cameras and 18 subsea computers deployed on the seabed to transmit data via heavy duty cables. Full text

Chevron Announces Significant Discovery Offshore Angola

2009.08.09 - Subsea Headlines -

Chevron Announces Significant Discovery Offshore Angola

Chevron Corporation announced today that it had made a successful discovery in Block 0 located adjacent to the Cabinda coastline in Angola. The 79-3XST1 discovery well encountered over 225 feet of net hydrocarbon pay in the Upper Pinda formation. Full text

Subsea 7 Opens New Pipeline Spoolbase at Port Isabel, Texas

2009.08.06 - Subsea Headlines -

Subsea 7 Opens New Pipeline Spoolbase at Port Isabel, Texas

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

Greek team produce prototype robot crawler for deployment of equipment for inspection of underwater structure.

2009.07.28 - Subsea Headlines -

Greek team produce prototype robot crawler for deployment of equipment for inspection of underwater structure.

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

Development of an Underwater Radiography Inspection System for Inspection of Flexible Risers

2009.07.24 - Subsea Headlines -

Development of an Underwater Radiography Inspection System for Inspection of Flexible Risers

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 to develop $1.3 billion Aseng Field with five subsea wells to FPSO

2009.07.22 - Subsea Headlines -

Noble to develop $1.3 billion Aseng Field with five subsea wells to FPSO

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 confirm North Sea Luno field to be commercial

2009.07.21 - Subsea Headlines -

Lundin Petroleum confirm North Sea Luno field to be commercial

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

New Blowout Preventer Control Systems Deployed

2009.07.16 - Subsea Headlines -

New Blowout Preventer Control Systems Deployed

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

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