Engineering News


2H appoints Aberdeen director

Feb 11, 2015

2H Offshore appointed Phil Ward as a director in its Aberdeen office. Ward. From 2H Offshore.   This new role reflects Ward’s experience, knowledge and commitment to 2H, and is a promotion from his current role as principal engineer…

"Don't waste a good crisis"

Feb 11, 2015

Subsea industry leaders were told not to 'waste a good crisis' today (February 11), with simplified engineering, a calibration of costs and better collaboration key focus areas. A sense of urgency is needed to re-baseline costs, which should have been addressed already years ago…

Aquaterra launches RMS

Feb 09, 2015

Aquaterra Energy is launching its new riser monitoring system (RMS), analytic equipment that the company says will enhance health and safety, increase asset life extension and deliver cost savings for the industry. Doyle…

Saipem gets US$1.8 billion Kashagan gig

Feb 06, 2015

The North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) awarded Saipem a US$1.8 billion engineering and construction contract to build two pipelines for the Kashagan field project, offshore Kazakhstan. Image from NCOC…

Conversion work

Feb 04, 2015

Alan Thorpe recently paid a visit to Singapore’s shipyards. He gives a rundown of some of the current floating production and storage unit conversions underway in Singapore and in Malaysia. The…

Tristein, Aqualis merge

Feb 04, 2015

Aqualis ASA and  Tristein AS have merged into Aqualis Offshore AS. Aqualis ASA acquired Norwegian company Tristein AS in April 2014. Tristein has since operated as a stand-alone entity as part of the Aqualis Group. Now the company is…

Wood Group bags offshore Australia contract

Feb 04, 2015

Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has secured a contract with Woodside to provide the front end engineering design (FEED) of the flowline system, and associated procurement support, for the proposed Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) development for the North West Shelf (NWS) Project…

Keeping a cool head in the Arctic

Feb 02, 2015

Golder Associates’ Ken Been explains the best approach to geotechnical engineering and pipeline construction when facing scours and pits in the Arctic ice. Fig. 1: Ice scouring.  Over the coming decades…

EMAS AMC secures US$65 million in contracts

Jan 30, 2015

EMAS AMC secured multiple new awards valued at more than US$65 million. Scope of work includes project management, engineering, and transportation and installation works for a floating production storage offloading (FPSO) vessel in Africa…

BG inks alliance with KBR

Jan 28, 2015

BG Group has signed a six-year global alliance with KBR to provide technical support, services (in both the pre-FEED and FEED stages), and project management expertise across BG Group’s global upstream portfolio. Under the agreement, which has options to extend up to 10 years…

Ramboll chosen for Culzean jackets

Jan 28, 2015

Danish engineering house Ramboll Oil & Gas is to perform detailed design work for the two jackets for Maersk Oil's ultra-high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) UK North Sea Culzean field.  The jackets are for a central processing facility…

Bentley touts SACS V5.7 benefits

Jan 28, 2015

Distributed offshore engineering users of SACS V5.7 are benefiting from the extended information mobility provided through the software’s integration with the ProjectWise project delivery solution as well as enhanced integration with both MOSES and AutoPIPE…

InterMoor completes Juniper contract

Jan 26, 2015

InterMoor completed a mooring and foundation installation campaign for bpTT’s Juniper gas project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Image from InterMoor.   According to InterMoor, this is…

Power Jacks unveils subsea precision tools

Jan 26, 2015

Power Jacks is launching a suite of bespoke subsea electro-mechanical actuators and gearboxes. Power Jacks U-series. From Power Jacks.   Power Jacks says its integrated U-Series range…

J+S installs HsV on CNR Lyell MPBP

Jan 21, 2015

J+S created a bespoke engineering solution to terminate HV connectors complete with pigtails onto an existing umbilical. The solution required replacement of a single 3-phase connector with separate phase connections to each core. J+S enabled an in-field assembly onto the existing umbilical…

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