Subsea 7 is to provide fabrication, subsea installation and diving services on Woodside Energy's Persephone project offshore Australia. The Persephone Project consists of two wells tied into a subsea production manifold with production…
Sonardyne has announced that Seatronics is to take delivery of US$1.54 million worth of its 6G acoustic positioning technology. The contract was displayed at the Subsea Expo 2015 exhibition and conference in Aberdeen. The 6G equipment…
VAALCO Energy began first production from the Etame 10-H well, part of its six-well development drilling campaign on the Etame Marin block, offshore Gabon. SEENT platform installation. From VAALCO. Etame…
JGC Corp awarded ABB a US$50 million contract to supply the electrical system for one of the world’s first commercial floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facilities, and the second to be owned by Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas, the PFLNG2…
The North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) awarded Saipem a US$1.8 billion engineering and construction contract to build two pipelines for the Kashagan field project, offshore Kazakhstan. Image from NCOC…
A unique and long-awaited sight arrived at one of Europe’s busiest ports early January - Allseas’ 382m-long, 124m-wide platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay mega-vessel Pieter Schelte. KOTUG…
A three phase asset management strategy could help counter costs, says ABB’s Will Leonard. In mid-December, the price of oil fell further after the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecast weaker demand in 2015. Brent crude fell to around US$60 a barrel…
EMAS AMC’s flagship vessel, the Lewek Constellation, is close to completion at Huisman’s yard in Schiedam, Netherlands. Image from EMAS. The latest addition to EMAS AMC’s fleet has…
Outland Technology (Outland) has come out with a new underwater HD Camera, model UWC-625. The UWC-625 comes standard with an XSK-5-BCL, allowing it to run on all existing Outland cables still out in the field, and can transmits HD 1080P over standard Outland coax cable…
Shell is to start a 30-day public consultation on the decommissioning process of the Brent field in the North Sea, beginning mid-February. Brent field. From Shell. The decommissioning program will begin with the Brent Delta platform…
Ekofisk is an iconic field, but its uniqueness gives operator ConocoPhillips some specific challenges around subsidence. Elaine Maslin reports. The Ekofisk Complex. Photo from ConocoPhillips Norge…
EMAS AMC secured multiple new awards valued at more than US$65 million. Scope of work includes project management, engineering, and transportation and installation works for a floating production storage offloading (FPSO) vessel in Africa…
EMAS AMC's flagship ice-classed, DP3 multi-lay construction vessel Lewek Constellation is on track to turn fully operational by March 2015. The vessel, which has heavy lift capabilities, has already secured a backlog of nearly US$0.5 billion…
Seaway Heavy Lifting installed the last three topsides in one week for Pemex using its crane vessel Oleg Strashnov in the Gulf of Mexico. Out of a string of jackets and topsides in the Gulf of Mexico the last topside was installed on 28 January in the Bay of Campeche…
Wintershall Norge awarded DNV GL a US$3.95 million contract to be the sole supplier for the combined role of independent verification body (IVB) and third party design verification scope for the subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) part of the Maria field development project…
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