The Canada - Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has not received any successful bids for its Call for Bids NS16-1 issued on 2 May 2016. The parcels are no longer up for bid and remain as Crown land. The next Call for Bids (NS17-1) will be issued in spring 2017…
Chevron started production at the high-pressure, high-temperature (HPHT) gas condensate Alder field in the Central North Sea that will help extend the field life of Britannia. Image of the installation of the Alder subsea isolation valve…
VNG Norge and its partners in PL586 will develop the Pil & Bue discoveries using a subsea installation tied back to the Njord A platform in the Norwegian Sea. Map of Pil & Bue, from VNG Norge. In…
Statoil has awarded contracts to the FMC Technologies and Technip joint venture Forsys Subsea, and to Aker Solutions for its Trestakk field development that is scheduled for start-up in 2019, offshore Norway. Illustration of the Trestakk field…
Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) is investing up to US$3.7 million (£3 million) in developing a water-jetting tool, which has the potential to double trench production rates in seabed trenching operations. Image of Cowie…
Shell and its joint venture partners, Pavilion Energy and Ophir Energy, have started its Tanzanian drilling program. The program, covering two wells in Block 1 and 4, in the Mafia Deep basin off Tanzania, will target >1 Tcf of gas, according to Ophir…
WFS Technologies and TSC have launched Seatooth ACFM (alternating current field measurement), a wireless smart non-destructive testing monitoring solution designed to reduce subsea inspection costs. TSC‘s ACFM array probe is a well-established…
DONG Energyawarded UK firm JDR Cables their biggest array cable contract to date, to supply subsea power cables for Hornsea Project One offshore windfarm in the North Sea, off the coast of England. With a capacity of 1.2 GW, when built…
A recently formed subsea services business has secured private equity investment in order to buy a fleet of 32 remotely operated vehicles. Aberdeen- and Houston-based M² Subsea was able to buy the fleet from the administrators of failed…
Solstad Offshore has taken delivery of the Normand Maximus and started it on its eight-year charter contract with Italy's Saipem. The Normand Maximus was developed in close collaboration between Solstad, Saipem and shipbuilder Vard…
EMAS Chiyoda Subsea’s John Meenaghan discusses challenges and solutions employed at three back-to-back tieback projects the company recently carried out in the US Gulf of Mexico The Lewek Constellation during reel exchange operations with the RB1…
Last year was a breakthrough year for subsea compression. Elaine Maslin surveys the projects that came online and discovers what became of Ormen Lange. Subsea compression at Ormen Lange. How it could have looked…
Germany’s Wintershall weighed several concepts for its Maria field development, which sits in a mature area off Norway. Elaine Maslin reports on how the firm drew upon multiple neighbors to select the right solution. A…
Mozambique’s emerging LNG business may be picking up after a quiet period. John Sheehan reports on progress made, including Eni’s Coral FLNG project. An Anadarko employee. Images from Anadarko…
Norway’s government has agreed to a new round of funding into carbon capture and storage technologies. Elaine Maslin reports. Research and testing is set to continue at Technology Centre Mongstad…
