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TechnipFMC Scores Merakes Contract

Mar 25, 2019

TechnipFMC announced Monday it has been awarded a large integrated engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (iEPCI) contract by operator Eni for the Merakes project, located offshore Balikpapan Indonesia, at a water depth of approximately 1…

MacArtney Equips North Sea Cable Layer

Mar 21, 2019

A specialized winch system aboard the ASN Ile de Class cable laying vessel will facilitate the laying of seismic cables on the seabed of the Johan Castberg oilfield in the Barents Sea for Equinor’s new permanent reservoir monitoring system.MacArtney’s…

NKT Names Kara CEO

Mar 20, 2019

Cable systems manufacturer NKT said its board of directors has appointed Alexander Kara as President and CEO. He will join NKT August 1, 2019.Kara joins NKT from ABB where was most recently Senior Vice President, HUB Business Unit Manager CSE…

Martin Linge Hooked Up to Shore Power

Mar 20, 2019

The Martin Linge platform in December 2018 was hooked up to receive shore power via the world’s longest high-voltage alternating-current (HVAC) sea cable measuring 162 kilometers from the onshore substation at Kollsnes north of Bergen to the platform…

4Subsea Acquires Astori

Mar 20, 2019

Engineering firm 4Subsea said it has acquired Astori, a Norwegian provider of subsea control systems for well intervention operations.Astori delivers subsea control systems for simplified XT installations that can operate all types of XTs from all main vendors…

TechnipFMC Wins Johan Sverdrup 2 Contract

Mar 20, 2019

TechnipFMC said on Wednesday it has secured a contract from Norwegian operator Equinor for the delivery and installation of the subsea production system the at Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development offshore Norway.The award covers the delivery…

Neptune Contracts CIMC Raffles, Odfjell Drilling

Mar 19, 2019

Neptune Energy Norge AS has hired the newly built Beacon Atlantic semi-submersible drilling rig for up to 16 wells offshore Norway.The oil and gas producer said in a press release that it has chartered the rig from China’s rig builder CIMC Raffles…

Prysmian to Supply Cables for French Floating Wind Farm

Mar 19, 2019

Cable systems manufacturer Prysmian Group said on Tuesday it has been awarded a contract worth approximately €30 million to develop of a turnkey submarine cable system for EDF Renewables' Provence Grand Large (PGL) floating offshore wind farm project in South France…

STR Opens Australian Office

Mar 19, 2019

The specialist in the design and manufacture of advanced subsea technology for the offshore energy industry, Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), is delighted to announce the launch of its Australian Office and hosted its official office opening day in Perth…

Sole Offshore Construction Phase Completed

Mar 18, 2019

Installation and testing of the 67 km control umbilical connecting the Sole gas field with the Orbost Gas Plant has been completed, marking the conclusion of the offshore construction phase of the Sole Gas Project, operator Cooper Energy said in an update on Monday…

PSA Audits Xmas Tree for Snorre Expansion

Mar 18, 2019

Norway's offshore watchdog the Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) said it has carried out an audit of Equinor and the fabrication of the subsea Christmas tree for the Snorre expansion project.The objective of the February audit was to ensure that…

Rever Offshore Names MacLeod CEO

Mar 18, 2019

Subsea services provider Rever Offshore, formerly Bibby Offshore, said on Monday it has appointed Barry MacLeod as its new chief executive officer, replacing Mark Bessell, who stepped down from the role last month, for personal reasons.MacLeod’s…

PGS Bags Seismic Survey Offshore South Africa

Mar 18, 2019

The marine geophysical company Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has announced new large-scale 2D multiclient project. This PGS regional-scale 2D GeoStreamer seismic survey will stretch 11 000 km, from the Namibian border to Cape Agulhas, covering large…

Aker Solutions Buys Stake in Airborne

Mar 15, 2019

Airborne Oil & Gas announced Friday that Aker Solutions has joined its shareholder base to further strengthen, integrate and diversify its range of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) solutions for the international subsea sector.The global engineering…

Enviroplug: A New Solutuion for P&A

Mar 14, 2019

Wellbore clean-up and abandonment specialist Coretrax said it is increasing its stock of its CX-Enviroplugs to meet demand for big bore cement plug placement.The company said eight CX-Enviroplugs have so far been run across Norwegian and UK plugging and abandonment (P&A) projects in the North Sea…

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