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ATCE15: Baker Hughes introduces DeclineShift for mature assets

Sep 28, 2015

Baker Hughes announced the commercial release of its DeclineShift mature asset solution. “As wells and fields age, operating costs tend to rise as production declines. Operators have generally tried to meet this challenge by lowering cost per barrel…

Siemens introduces lightweight gas turbine product

Sep 28, 2015

Siemens presents new lightweight aero-derivative gas turbine for the oil and gas industry. The Industrial RB211-GT30 is designed for the needs of the oil and gas industry and its offshore applications in particular. The machine is based…

Maersk to offer hiDRILL training in Houston

Sep 24, 2015

Maersk Training, with Oiltec Solutions, and eDrilling, have made training available on the advanced drilling and engineering simulator, wellSim hiDRILL, in Maersk Training’s new training facility in Houston, TX when the center opens in November 2015…

Technip, SHI enter design partnership

Sep 22, 2015

Technip and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) are teaming up to develop a joint design of a low motion semisubmersible production platform. Technip and SHI already work together under a consortium arrangement, the Technip Samsung Consortium…

OneSubsea secures Woodside FEED contract

Sep 22, 2015

OneSubsea has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Greater Enfield Area Development offshore northwest Australia. The FEED study, which will be conducted by OneSubsea’s local team in Perth, will include…

Claxton installs drilling riser system

Sep 21, 2015

Claxton has installed a high-pressure drilling riser system as part of a multimillion-dollar contract for the Catcher area field development in the central North Sea.  “Claxton was the only company to offer Premier Oil a fully-forged…

Harkand JV awarded Technip contract

Sep 18, 2015

A joint venture between Harkand and Consolidated Shipping Agencies (Conship) Ltd. has resulted in its first contract win in Ghana, West Africa. The award will see the delivery of onshore and offshore support to Technip in the region. Having formed a strategic alliance with Conship…

ABB commissions new cable-laying vessel

Sep 18, 2015

ABB ordered a new cable-laying vessel to be custom-built to ABB specifications and measure approximately 140m by 30m, and be constructed at Kleven shipyard in Norway. Delivery is expected in 2017.   Image…

FMC awarded Johan Sverdrup subsea work

Sep 18, 2015

Statoil awarded FMC Technologies a US$172 million engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup field. The Johan Sverdrup field center. Image from Statoil…

Seaway, Cortland in topside installation

Sep 16, 2015

Cortland Co. delivered a precision lifting solution for the successful installation of a topsides module offshore in the UK North Sea Cortland worked with Seaway Heavy Lifting who were contracted for the transportation and installation of the module…

Trelleborg’s installation kickstarts stalled China Seas project

Sep 16, 2015

Trelleborg’s engineered products operation fast-tracked the manufacture, testing and delivery of its floatover mating technology for a major oilfield project in the South China Sea, in just four months. This allowed the stalled project to quickly and safely commence installation…

EIVA releases NaviModel 4

Sep 16, 2015

NaviModel is part of the EIVA software suite NaviSuite and designed to offer subsea survey and engineering professionals an extensive tool for 4D data modeling and visualization. Features include survey data inspection and eventing, automatic cleaning…

Aquatic awarded Vancouver power cable contract

Sep 16, 2015

Image: Aquatic's multi-reel solution designed to enable the barge to transit 250km to the project site/Aquatic Engineering and Construction Aquatic Engineering and Construction…

Woodside selects Aibel for FPSO modifications

Sep 16, 2015

Australia's Woodside has awarded Norway-based Aibel a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract in connection with the subsea tie back to the Ngujima-Yin floating production, storage and offloading vessel. The Greater Enfield Development…

Stork installs North Sea erosion monitors

Sep 15, 2015

Stork successfully installed Emerson Process Management’s Roxar SandLog wireless sand erosion monitoring solutions on a major North Sea operator’s installation.    The collaboration with Stork marks the first installation of the Roxar…

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