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AX-S final commissioning

Jul 19, 2012

Final commissioning of Expro’s ground-breaking AX-S well intervention system took place recently onboard the Havila Phoenix on a subsea well in Norway’s Onarheimsfjorden. Preparations are now under way for the system’s first commercial well intervention job in the North Sea…

Cable positioning and pull-in

Jul 19, 2012

CodaOctopus and its Dutch agent Nautikaris recently provided positioning and survey services to Deep BV for the installation of a power cable at the Thornton Bank wind farm off the Belgian coast. It was the first time the Echoscope had been…

Clair controls

Jul 19, 2012

Integrated control and safety systems provided by Emerson Process Management under a $23 million contract from BP will help manage operations on the two new bridge-linked platforms to be installed West of Shetland for the Clair Ridge development…

Compact Semi Launched

Jul 19, 2012

The latest addition to the Hallin Marine fleet of subsea operation vessels, the compact semisubmersible Derwent, was floated for final fit out at the Drydocks World yard in Nanindah, Indonesia, last month. Designed and equipped to meet current and anticipated subsea industry demand…

New threads

Jul 19, 2012

Houston-based MSI Oilfield Products has introduced the MaxX line of thread protectors, the first, the company claims, to have been independently tested to fully comply with new standards set forth in API 5CT Annex-1. The plastic resin protectors…

PSVM floater mooring

Jul 19, 2012

Mooring of the PSVM FPSO in 2000m of water in BP’s ultra-deepwater block 31 offshore Angola was completed recently by First Subsea. The double-hulled FPSO is a hub field development that will produce oil from the Plutao, Saturno, Venus and Marte fields…

Remote-controlled hot tapping

Jul 19, 2012

Successful field deployment of a new compact remote controlled subsea hot tapping machine was announced recently by TD Williamson. The lightweight Subsea 1200RC Tapping Machine, described as a ‘topside-driven machine with passive ROV interface’…

Rig floor replica

Jul 19, 2012

Aker Solutions launched the Aker Academy full service training facility in Houston in June. The 10,000ft2 center is equipped with the latest in simulator technology, including the 240° dome drilling simulator shown here. The domed screen, coupled with drilling control systems software…

Scaffolding success

Jul 19, 2012

Italian scaffolding and formwork manufacturer Pilosio sees its E5 million contract with lead contractor Saipem Canada for Alberta’s Sunrise oil sands project as the key to its future expansion into the oil & gas market, both onshore and offshore…

Solid streamer slims down

Jul 19, 2012

Sercel has expanded its marine seismic equipment offering with the launch of the Sentinel RD, the latest generation of its Sentinel solid streamer. With over 4000km of streamers delivered to more than 60 seismic vessels worldwide since its introduction in 2005…

Sourceless LWD formation evaluation

Jul 19, 2012

Schlumberger has introduced NeoScope, a sourceless logging-while-drilling formation evaluation service based on pulsed neutron generator technology that eliminates the need for chemical sources and provides real-time measurements close to the…

Walk to work

Jul 19, 2012

The first phase of a contract to integrate a novel self-stabilising gangway system onboard the subsea construction vessel Island Enforcer, chartered to provide pedestrian access for workers from vessel to offshore platform as required, was recently completed by Babcock for Shell…

Abandonment tool cuts time

Jun 26, 2012

Proserv unveiled a next-generation subsea cutting tool said to provide complete well severance and significantly reduce in-well operational time. The enhanced Multi-String Cutting (MSC) tool is a customisable internal multi-string conductor…

Compact Degassers

Jun 26, 2012

The latest generation of Liqui-Cel membrane contactors on show at OTC are claimed capable of deoxygenating injection water with less weight and a smaller footprint than conventional deaeration technologies, such as vacuum towers. The compact…

Corrosion monitoring

Jun 26, 2012

CorDEX Instruments launched its next-generation corrosion monitoring device which streamlines readings gathered in the field and enables users to monitor integrity levels at specific points on an asset or pipeline.The latest hand-held UT5000…

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