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McDermott bags Brunei installation contract

Jun 20, 2016

McDermott International has been awarded further pipeline work for 2017 under a multi-year offshore installation contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. (BSP). The work includes transportation and installation (T&I) of pipelines and umbilicals in the Fairley and Ampa Fields offshore Brunei…

Mokveld Valves commissions test bunkers

Jun 20, 2016

Dutch firm Mokveld Valves has commissioned two new test bunkers for testing critical, high-quality valve systems. Developed internally by Mokveld, the bunkers allow pressure testing with nitrogen and helium up to 1200 bar, and temperature testing within a range of -196-200°C…

DOF Subsea inks Petrobras work

Jun 20, 2016

Petrobras has awarded DOF Subsea an eight-month contract for the Brazilian built PLSV Skandi Niterói. The contract, which will commence immediately, comes with an eight-month option. “I am very pleased with the contract award, securing…

Ezra lands US$300 million in deepwater contracts

Jun 20, 2016

Ezra Holdings has received a total of some US$300 million in awards for several new deepwater projects in various offshore oil producing regions in the Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Asia and West Africa. The scope of work for these new projects include project management…

Triangle buys into Cliff Head

Jun 20, 2016

Triangle Energy entered into a deal with AWE Ltd. for 57.5% stake in the Cliff Head oil field, in the offshore Perth Basin, Western Australia. The Cliff Head oil field is located 10km off the coast of Western Australia at a water depth of 15-20m…

OneSubsea inks Zohr EPC

Jun 20, 2016

OneSubsea has been awarded a US$170 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Belayim Petroleum Co. (Petrobel) to supply the subsea production systems for the first stage of the Zohr gas field, located in the Shorouk Concession…

Cross Group, Fugro win GoM P&A gig

Jun 17, 2016

The Cross Group Subsea Solutions Division, together with Fugro Drilling & Well Services, has been awarded a multi-well riser-based plug and abandonment campaign in the Gulf of Mexico, which commenced May 2015. The Cross Group is managing the program…

Delmar acquires InterOcean

Jun 16, 2016

Offshore mooring and subsea services supplier Delmar Systems has acquired privately-owned InterOcean Systems. InterOcean designs and manufactures oceanographic and environmental equipment and systems, including its proprietary rig anchor release (RAR)…

SDX exits Bakassi West

Jun 16, 2016

SDX Energy is dropping its 35% stake in the Dana Petroleum-operated Bakassi West block in the Rio Del Rey basin offshore Cameroon, after failing to make an oil discovery in late-March at the shallow-water Manatee-1X well. SDX’s decision…

FET opens deepwater test facility

Jun 16, 2016

Forum Energy Technologies (FET), a subsea technology provider, has unveiled a deepwater test facility and received industry accreditation for the calibration laboratory at its new European Operational Centre in Aberdeen. The primary purpose…

NEL offers high capacity testing

Jun 16, 2016

NEL has completed the latest upgrade phase of its wet gas test facility, in response to increasing industry demand. The upgraded facility has been designed to more accurately simulate the increased flowrates experienced during production and processing…

Offshore cable claims reach US$67 million

Jun 15, 2016

Incidents relating to the installation and operation of high voltage subsea cables are the costliest cause of financial losses in the global offshore wind industry and led to insurance claims totaling more than US$67 million (€60 million) in 2015…

Polarcus extends South American survey

Jun 15, 2016

Polarcus has received a letter of intent (LOI) from an undisclosed client for an additional broadband 3D marine seismic survey offshore South America. The project will commence in early Q4 2016 and run for approximately three months. “This…

Kenz wins Heerema Aegir work

Jun 15, 2016

Kenz Cranes have been awarded with a contract for the design and production of two knuckle boom cranes for Heerema Marine Contractors, which will replace the current knuckle boom cranes on the deepwater construction vessel Aegir. Kenz…

Pacific pays Santos basin bill

Jun 15, 2016

Pacific E&P has made its outstanding payments to its joint venture partner Karoon Gas for its share of the five blocks in the Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Earlier this week, Karoon called out Pacific by issuing a default notice to the Canadian company…

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