FMC Technologies received an order worth $393 million from Eni Angola to supply subsea production systems for its deepwater Block 15/06 East Hub development. Eni is the operator of Block 15/06, while Sonangol EP is the concessionaire…
Germany’s Wintershall increased the recoverable resources for its Norwegian Sea Maria field by 40MMboe. The Maria field. From Wintershall. The field is now expected to reach 180MMboe recoverable resources…
The Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) of Norway has given Statoil consent to use subsea facilities, pipelines and control cables at Oseberg Vestflanke until 31 December 2025. Oseberg Vestflanke is part of the Oseberg field and has been…
GE has agreed to acquire the Subsea Electric Actuator product line of Oceaneering, a global provider of engineering services and products to the oil and gas industry. The product line goes to market under the Oceaneering Subsea All Electric and Ifokus brand…
Chevron’s subsidiary Star Deep Water Petroleum awarded FMC Technologies a US$268 million contract to provide subsea equipment for operations for the Agbami field’s Phase 3, offshore Nigeria. The Agbami FPSO…
Norway-based ship builder Vard is to design and build a new offshore subsea construction vessel for fellow-Norwegian firm Farstad Shipping. The 98m-long, 21.5m-beam vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design has been developed especially for subsea and inspection…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by the Hess Corporation for installation work in support of the Stampede Project in deepwater US Gulf of Mexico. The scope of work involves installation of flowlines, steel catenary risers, umbilicals…
Statoil and partners are investing US$610 million in its latest fast-track project to develop the Rutil discovery that aims to extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform and provide approximately 80MMboe. Ivar Aasheim…
Technip Umbilicals gives a look at its umbilicals operations. The group has four manufacturing sites: Houston (US), Lobito (Angola) and Tangjung Langsat (Malaysia) and its newest location in Newcastle (UK). Umbilicals form the…
Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its diving assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore Inc. As part of this transaction, Technip USA and Ranger Offshore have entered into a multiyear Diving Services Agreement covering Technip’s North America Region…
Hot on the heels of a new Recommended Practice (RP) for subsea lifting, DNV GL has now published an RP providing guidance on how to establish, implement and maintain an integrity management system (IMS). The aim is to help operators carry…
Blue Ocean Technologies Interchangeable Riserless Intervention System (IRIS) recently intervened on a deepwater production well in the Gulf of Mexico’s Desoto Canyon reaching a record-breaking 8200ft. Image from Blue Ocean…
The modules for the first compressor train to be installed in the Åsgard subsea gas compression system - the world's first subsea compression system - are ready to be transported from Egersund in Stavanger, Norway, to Kristiansund, pending installation at the field next year…
Bibby Subsea will take delivery of its multi-functional subsea construction support vessel (CSV), the Olympic Ares, this month. The Olympic Ares. From Bibby Offshore. The 115m CSV…
Jumbo signed a contract with Technip Oceania for the installation of 13 subsea structures for the Chevron Wheatstone Project. The subsea structures comprise of pipeline termination structures, subsea isolation valve structures, tee protection structures and drill center manifolds…