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Osbit Well Intervention System for FTAI Ocean

Feb 04, 2020

UK-based offshore technology company Osbit said it has been awarded a contract by FTAI Ocean, a subsidiary of Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC (FTAI), to design and construct a new well intervention tower system.Osbit’s…

IKM Cleandrill Merges with Enhanced Drilling

Nov 26, 2019

Enhanced Well Technologies AS, a company owned and controlled by EV Private Equity together with Shell Ventures B.V. and the IKM Group, announced the acquisition of riserless mud recovery services provider IKM Cleandrill AS. This acquisition…

Island Wellserver Approved for Equinor LWI

Aug 14, 2019

Norwegian authorities have given Equinor consent to use Island Wellserver for light well intervention (LWI), the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) announced on Wednesday. The consent concerns an extension to an existing LWI approval as well as a new operation using a coil hose…

COOEC, Expro Team up for RLWI

Aug 12, 2019

Two providers of subsea and well intervention solutions, China based offshore and subsea solutions company COOEC Offshore and oilfield services company Expro, have formed an alliance agreement to expand capabilities and resources.COOEC Offshore…

A Boost for Africa’s P&A Market

Jul 18, 2019

Despite Africa not being a top contender in the global decommissioning market, the region holds huge potential for growth as more offshore old and gas fields mature while some of the newly drilled ones turn dry.The region’s top oil and gas producers such as Angola…

Expro to Supply IRS Offshore Mauritania

Jul 15, 2019

Oilfield services company Expro said it has been awarded a contract by Pacific Drilling subsidiary Pacific Santa Ana for the provision of an Intervention Riser System (IRS) for PETRONAS’s Chinguetti Field Phase II plug and abandonment (P&A) contract…

C-Innovation to Perform RLWI for BP

Jun 12, 2019

US-based marine services firm C-Innovation (C-I) said it has been awarded a contract to perform riserless light well intervention (RLWI) activities for oil major BP in the Gulf of Mexico.C-I, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) and its family of companies…

Jadestone Starts RLWI Work at Montara

Jun 10, 2019

Asia Pacific focused Jadestone Energy announced Monday it has begun a riserless light well intervention (RLWI) campaign at the Montara complex, offshore Australia.The Sapura Constructor light well intervention vessel was mobilized to the field on May 30…

Newpark Eyes Deepwater Opportunities

May 21, 2019

New deepwater technologies and service capabilities from drilling fluids provider Newpark aim to help offshore oil and gas customers tackle challenging environments with faster, safer and cleaner results.The company's expanded portfolio of stimulation…

Subsea Intervention Outlook 2019

Jan 08, 2019

Subsea intervention is going to be big in 2019, just not where you were expecting. David Carr, Senior Vice President - International Development at Helix Energy Solutions Group, gives his forecast for 2019.Around this time of year, the papers are full of forecasts…

Investment plans on the UKCS

Dec 28, 2017

UK operators have gone a long way to reducing their costs and are even starting to look at investment, delegates attending the Oil & Gas UK Share Fair in Aberdeen early November learned. Elaine Maslin reports (First published in the December 2017 OE…

Interventions in the digital age

Jul 01, 2017

Audrey Leon discusses the next game-changing intervention technologies with OE’s Deepwater Intervention Forum advisory board members ahead of this year’s show. Onboard the Well Enhancer looking…

TechnipFMC bags Woodside RLWI work

Jun 07, 2017

TechnipFMC has signed a three-year frame agreement with Woodside Energy in Australia for riserless light well intervention (RLWI) and subsea services, including intervention, installation, and plug and abandonment services. Under the agreement…

Wireline wonders

Apr 01, 2017

Oceaneering International’s acquisition of Blue Ocean Technologies is set to reap returns in terms of new technology. Elaine Maslin reports. IRIS and BORIS. Images from Oceaneering. When…

OTC 2017: Spotlight on New Technology Award

Mar 15, 2017

The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) recognizes innovative technologies each year with the Spotlight on New Technology Award. This awards program is exclusively for OTC exhibitors and showcases the latest and most advanced technologies that are leading the industry into the future…

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