Deepwater is a big play for Chevron – one which comes with challenges that the super major is working hard to overcome. Transocean’s drillship Discoverer Deep Seas, which drilled at Chevron’s Tahiti prospect…
GlobalData analyst Gregory Bosunga takes a look at the ten most challenging pipelay jobs around the world. McDermott subsea construction vessel NO102 installed umbilicals totaling 65mi with other related subsea structures for Jack/St…
Scientific drilling confirmed the presence of natural gas hydrates on the North and Central American continental shelves in late 1970s and early 1980s, but it was only recently that researchers began to seriously assess methane hydrate development…
Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, and GE Oil & Gas set out where they see the future of subsea technologies going. Aker Solutions A vision for the future: advanced subsea production systems. Photo from Aker Solutions…
Offshore oil and gas mega projects are increasing in scale and cost. Some 41% of ExxonMobil’s 2015 capital spending for projects under construction in 2015 is likely to be directed to one project alone. Neda Djahansouzi, Energy Researcher…
Newly formed Circle Group has acquired Stavanger WellPartner, an equipment and services company servicing the Norwegian subsea, completion and intervention markets. The deal is Circle Group’s first acquisition and the foundation for the Well Service division…
Offshore systems supplier MacArtney UK has announced the acquisition of Ellon-based Callidus Subsea. The acquisition supports MacArtney UK’s targets to become a market leader in the design and production of cable assemblies and moldings…
Technip has won a lump sum contract with Statoil for the Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen (GRD) marine operations pipelay and subsea installation project. The project is an option to the Snøhvit CO2 Solution project awarded in 2013. The GRD project…
The North West Shelf (NWS) Project partners, led by Woodside Energy, have approved the A$1.2 billion subsea Persephone project, off the north-west coast of Australia. Persephone is the third major gas development for the NWS Project in the past six years…
Service company Royal Niger Emerging Technologies has awarded JDR a fast-track contract supporting the West African Abo project for the manufacture of a 1.55km hybrid steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical. The umbilical, designed to…
Oceaneering International has entered into a two-year charter for use of the Island Pride, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International. The vessel is expected to be available for work in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in early January 2015…
Brian Wynne has been named president and CEO of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), succeeding the retiring Michael Toscano on 12 January 2015. Incoming AUVSI CEO & President…
Royal Niger Emerging Technologies awarded JDR Cable Systems Ltd. a contract to manufacture a 1.55km hybrid of steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical support for the West African Abo project. JDR's steel umbilical…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a US$50-100 million contract by Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) for installation work in the Gulf of Mexico. The scope of work involves the installation of 27 mi. of 8 in. flowlines and steel catenary risers (SCRs)…
Technip has been awarded a contract for the ongoing development of the Iracema North field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil. The contract, awarded by Tupi BV, a consortium controlled by Petrobras Netherland BV (PNBV, 65%), with partners BG (25%) and Galp (10%)…