Fugro has been awarded a five-year contract for the provision of underwater services to Total E&P UK (TEP UK). Under the contract, which runs from July 2015 and includes extension options for a further two years, Fugro is providing a…
Image from Aker Solutions Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest…
Conductor Installation Services (CIS) successfully completed its second subsea piling campaign for Technip in Norway. Deck Layout close-up. Image from Technip. CIS used its remotely operated Subsea Piling System…
First oil at Shell’s Stones project in the Gulf of Mexico is on the horizon, as the Turritella floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO) set sail from Singapore this month. The Turritella…
Quadrant Energy received the Noble Tom Prosser drilling rig that will mobilize to the Roc-1 well site in WA-437-P offshore Western Australia, and prepare for spud around 17 November 2015, according to partner Carnarvon Petroleum. The Roc-1 well…
Technip Oceania has awarded Civmec a fabrication contract for 17 subsea jumper spools and associated lifting equipment for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. Civmec said it has gained valuable experience through the delivery of spools for…
UK-based independent Premier Oil says it has lined up key 'world class' contractors to provide the vessel and infrastructure for its Falklands Islands Sea Lion development, after completing pre-front end engineering and design on the project…
Atwood Oceanics has announced two contract activities in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and offshore Brazil. The Atwood Advantage. From Atwood Oceanics. An Atwood Oceanics subsidiary…
Subsea 7 has signed a long-term partnership frame agreement with Premier Oil to provide concept engineering, front-end engineering and design, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines project execution and life of field operations, on a preferred supplier basis…
Ceragon Networks announced that Statoil, has formally awarded Ceragon Networks a five-year frame agreement, with an option to extend for five consecutive two-year periods. Most recently, Statoil has placed orders for Ceragon's IP-20 platform…
SKF supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Åsgard gas field off the Norwegian coast. As part of the subsea gas compression system, the bearings will contribute to recovering additional…
Image from Ashtead Technology. Ashtead Technology has secured a global asset management agreement with Blue Ocean Monitoring to store, maintain and supply underwater gliders for ocean data monitoring…
The results of two DNV GL led joint industry projects (JIPs) and a JIP pre-study commissioned by Statoil are now captured in a new Recommended Practice (RP) on offshore fiber ropes. With a system perspective on mooring performance, DNVGL…
Seatronics has formed a new partnership with Norwegian subsea tooling firm LateraL, which specializes in improving offshore performance through its product range. The LateraL FlexiCal ROV mounted caliper…
Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko. Photo from Technip. “We are in an environment where something was broken.” It’s a harsh summary but one few would dispute. Nor would many now…