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Subsea Expo: Industry behavior must change

Feb 01, 2017

'2012-14 was very buoyant. 2015 was exceptionally hard and 2016 was painful,' and there's little by way of good news until 2018-19, Subsea Expo, being held in Aberdeen this week, was told this morning (1 February).  Image…

Hansa appoints MDs after CEO departs

Feb 01, 2017

Steve Dawson and Alex Karakassis have been appointed managing directors (MDs) of Hansa Heavy Lift, taking over for Roger Iliffe, the outgoing chief executive officer (CEO), with immediate effect. Iliffe has left in order to focus on independently pursuing other opportunities…

Subsea Expo: Technology on show

Feb 01, 2017

Subsea technology and innovation goes on show today at this week's Subsea Expo, in Aberdeen. More than 5000 delegates are expected from all over the world at the annual subsea conference and exhibition, running today to Friday, this year themed - Adapting to the New…

Giving subsea a boost

Feb 01, 2017

A bid to reduce costs to increase subsea processing deployments is bearing its first fruit. Elaine Maslin reports on the first phase of a subsea processing joint industry project. Subsea infrastructure…

New lease on Beryl

Feb 01, 2017

Apache’s FNT development may appear a bit “vanilla” on the surface, but a fit-for purpose and fast-to-first-oil ethos under the Apache Projects Group Mission Command management system meant the difference between production and stranded reserves…

A world-class subsea cluster

Feb 01, 2017

More than 100 companies and organizations form GCE Subsea: a cluster, representing a near complete cross-section of the subsea life of field supply chain. When coupled with the innovation ecosystem in the region of southwest Norway, it becomes even stronger…

Digitizing riser inspection

Feb 01, 2017

Elaine Maslin reports on how technologies we’ve come to take for granted in the connected onshore world are making their impact offshore, reducing man hours and increasing insight. The AMOS concept…

Green credentials

Feb 01, 2017

Norway already has strong green credentials, with 98% of its electricity coming from renewable energy sources, primarily hydropower. Elaine Maslin looks at initiatives to harness the power of the ocean and to help reduce offshore wind costs…

Flowline firsts

Feb 01, 2017

Norway’s deepest yet oilfield development is bringing a string of firsts to the Norwegian Continental Shelf, not least when it comes to the field’s flowlines. Elaine Maslin reports. BuBi pipe fabrication at Vigra…

Seatools completes subsea storage study

Jan 31, 2017

In January of this year, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools completed a research and development (R&D) program on a subsea liquid storage technology. During the program – a continuation of an earlier engineering study performed on behalf…

LR starts Subsea Inspection Services

Jan 31, 2017

Lloyd’s Register (LR), a provider of integrity, compliance and specialist risk consulting services, has begun its Subsea Inspection Services to support underwater inspections of subsea pipelines, assets and facilities to energy companies operating offshore…

NEL leads multiphase meter standards development

Jan 31, 2017

NEL, the flow measurement research and development specialist, has been selected to lead the development of a new multiphase flow measurement standard for the oil and gas industry.   Despite the growing use of multiphase meters to cope…

GE Oil & Gas inks Indonesia subsea tree work

Jan 31, 2017

GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract with Premier Oil Indonesia, for subsea trees and wellheads for the Bison, Iguana and Gajah Puteri (BIGP) fields, in the Natuna Sea. The scope covers subsea trees and wellheads, rental tools and…

Subsea 7, IKM to SURF Culzean

Jan 27, 2017

Culzean. Image from Maersk Oil. IKM has secured a pre-commissioning contract, courtesy of Subsea 7, for the Culzean gas field, offshore the UK in the central North Sea. Subsea 7 has won the award from Maersk Oil for subsea…

Airborne, Sumitomo in composite pipe pact

Jan 27, 2017

Sumitomo Corp. and Dutch firm Airborne Oil & Gas have signed a worldwide commercial cooperation agreement for the sale and distribution of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) products to the global oil and gas industry. The two firms will…

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