Seeking additional gains from subsea wells on a tight budget has paved the way for the implementation of a new technology to the market. Elaine Maslin reports. Helix’s Compensated Coiled Tubing Lift Frame in its operational position…
Jerry Lee examines Trendsetter Engineering’s Tether BOP system, which aims to curb fatigue and improve wellhead performance. Close-up of a pile top assembly. Images from Trendsetter Engineering…
Trendsetter Engineering has opened its Global Readiness Center (GRC) in Houston that will be dedicated to providing enhanced subsea well control response capabilities to the global market. Trendsetter’s GRC is located within a designated…
Centrica is planning a US$637 million subsea tieback development of its 48 MMboe recoverable Oda field in the Norwegian North Sea. Oda, previously called Butch, was discovered in 2011, in 65m water depth about 250km southwest of Stavanger and 13km east of the Ula field…
Pryme Group has announced the acquisition of Sengs Subsea Engineering Solutions. Established in 2012, by Murray Kerr, SengS is an Aberdeenshire-based engineering company providing subsea engineering design consultancy, equipment testing and assembly…
Trelleborg’s offshore operation based in Houston has invested in a new Global Riser Analysis team to incorporate in-house mathematical simulation capabilities into its current engineering group. The Global Riser Analysis team consists…
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro, has unveiled high-tech spool base facilities at L&T’s fabrication facility at Kattupalli, in Chennai. These facilities are being employed to execute a prestigious…
The light well intervention and dive support vessel MSV Seawell has returned to service after a US$74.5 million (£60 million) investment by its owners, Aberdeen-based Helix Well Ops (UK), a UK subsidiary of international offshore energy service company Helix Energy Solutions Group…
BP has agreed to buy a 10% interest in the Shorouk concession offshore Egypt, containing the super-giant Zohr gas field, for US$375 million. As part of the deal with Eni, BP will also reimburse Eni for BP’s share of past expenditure…
FMC Technologies and Technip been cleared by the European Commission to go ahead with a merger. The firms are set to combine, with shareholders due to vote on the move, announced back in May, on 5 December. Clearance decisions have…
SMD, a subsea technology provider, has introduced of Sentio, a synthetic environment and virtualization platform that is designed to optimize and improve the efficiency of operations in offshore environments. Sentio lets the user create models and environments to produce virtual scenarios…
The oil and gas industry is known for being cyclical, however, the current reality of a “lower for longer” oil price has made sanctioning large offshore projects financially unviable, Douglas-Westwood (DW) said. Many oil majors have opted to focus on subsea well tiebacks…
mltech, pipework set-up and measurement software developer, has developed automet Lite, a pipe spool fabrication inspection system, which can be used without specialist training. Used in conjunction with Leica iCON survey instruments…
Neptune Marine Services (Neptune) has opened a new office in Houston, Texas, operating under the name Neptune Subsea. The move will enable Neptune to provide the full suite of Neptune’s services to clients within the Gulf of Mexico and the Americas…
Flash Tekk Engineering has chosen the Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV as a key diving support vessel resource. Flash Tekk is a major diving equipment supplier for the international offshore industry worldwide and supplies diving systems…