Pipelines News


UTEC awarded Technip MSA

Mar 20, 2015

Technip awarded UTEC Survey a three-year master service agreement (MSA). The award confirms a three-year extension to its current North America MSA with Technip, an agreement which encompasses a full range of survey services including…

Dolphinus strikes Tamar deal

Mar 18, 2015

The Tamar partners awarded Dolphinus Holdings a US$1.2 billion contract to export natural gas from the Tamar project to Egypt. Tamar field. From Delek.   For the first three years of the seven-year contract…

Moho Nord using Sonardyne Fusion 6G

Mar 18, 2015

UTEC awarded Sonardyne International Ltd. a multi-million dollar contract to supply Fusion 6G acoustic positioning technology for the Total-operated Moho Nord subsea project, offshore West Africa. Technip’s rigid pipe S-lay and heavy-lift construction vessel…

DNV GL updates pipeline sector RPs

Mar 17, 2015

Across the oil and gas industry, life extension of assets and infrastructure is an increasingly important issue for operators as they look to balance the integrity, safety and productivity of the asset. To reflect the changing needs of the industry…

Fugro wins Statoil, Gassco pipeline inspection contract

Mar 13, 2015

Statoil Petroleum and Gassco awarded the 2015 annual pipeline inspection contract to Fugro. The Geo Prospector. From Fugro.   The contract covers inspection of defined sections of subsea…

PPGC cancels Leviathan deal

Mar 11, 2015

The Leviathan project takes another hit after the Palestine Power Generation Co. (PPGC) gave its notice to cancel its 20-year agreement to supply natural gas for Leviathan, offshore Israel. Map of Israel…

Seafloor tools

Mar 09, 2015

Susan Gourvenec outlines toolbox approach for optimizing geotechnical design of subsea foundations Fig. 1: Evolution of offshore architecture. Image created by M Cocjin, COFS, UWA.   Subsea…

Ceona inks GOM project for flagship

Mar 09, 2015

SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…

ShawCor completes Dhatec acquisition

Mar 04, 2015

ShawCor Ltd.(SCL) completed the acquisition of Dhatec B.V. for an undisclosed amount.  “The acquisition of Dhatec will complement our pipeline performance strategy of combining pipe coating products and services into innovative solutions…

TAP offers up offshore pipeline contracts

Mar 04, 2015

Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The contracts are for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…

IKM Ocean Design gets Johan Sverdrup SURF

Mar 03, 2015

Statoil awarded IKM Ocean Design the Johan Sverdrup SURF detail engineering and services 2015-20 contract. Johan Sverdrup rendering. From Statoil.   Johan Sverdrup field is a large oil discovery in production licenses PL265…

Going with the flow

Mar 01, 2015

Flow measurement isn’t always foremost in industry debates, but the role it plays – and getting it right – is key. Elaine Maslin found out more. NEL’s flow measurement facility.  Image from NEL…

Getting to grips with grout

Mar 01, 2015

Grout is taking on new forms to meet the needs of offshore wind applications, Jim Bell explains. FoundOcean worked on the 30 wind turbine Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10km off Barrow-In-Furness in the Irish Sea…

UTEC gets Moho Nord survey contract

Feb 24, 2015

UTEC was awarded the full survey services contract on the upcoming Technip Moho Nord EPIC project in West Africa. The project, operated by Total E&P Congo, is located approximately 75km off the coast of the Republic of the Congo, at water depths ranging from 650-1100 m…

Technip wins Glenlivet subsea contract

Feb 24, 2015

Total E&P UK has awarded Technip an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field close to the Edradour subsea development, about 75km northwest of Shetlands in the UK North Sea. The Glenlivet scope includes:     fabrication and installation of 12in…

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