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OE15: Equalizer releases NutSplitter range

Aug 31, 2015

Equalizer International, a designer and developer of flange maintenance tools for the energy sector, will launch its newest range of tools at Offshore Europe 2015.   The NutSplitter range, designed specifically for pipe-line bolted flange joints…

Gullfaks compression moves a step closer

Aug 25, 2015

A move to start up the world's first subsea wet gas compressor has been given final approval by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate as it moves close to coming on stream. Statoil's Gullfaks Sør project is one of two subsea gas compression projects being developed in Norway…

FMC wins OTC Brasil award

Aug 24, 2015

FMC Technologies has been chosen as the first winner of the OTC Brasil 2015 Spotlight on New Technology Award.  The award recognizes FMC Technologies’ shape memory alloy fittings in subsea equipment, which was developed to replace orbital welding processes used to connect hydraulic tubing…

Johan Sverdrup gets thumbs up

Aug 21, 2015

Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup has received the official green light for phase one of its plan for development and operation (PDO) by the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Johan Sverdrup field center…

Hoover announces new acid container solution

Aug 20, 2015

Image: Hoover horizontal offshore acid tank/Hoover Container Solutions Hoover Container Solutions, a global provider of chemical tanks, cargo carrying units and related products and services…

PPE seals installed on failsafe systems

Aug 19, 2015

Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE), a manufacturer of molded elastomer seals, has announced that SECC Oil and Gas, a supplier of couplings and connectors to the oil and gas industry, has installed its Perlast G75LT and G90LT O-rings in a…

OneSubsea inks Shell Stones deal

Aug 19, 2015

UK supermajor Shell awarded OneSubsea a contract to supply subsea services for the Stones ultra deepwater development project in the Gulf of Mexico.  An artist's impression of the Stones FPSO. From SBM Offshore…

Alma/Galia first oil due "within weeks"

Aug 19, 2015

North Sea independent EnQuest expects to reach first oil on its Alma/Galia development within a few weeks, the firm announced this morning.  The development, a subsea project tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…

Aquatic wins Moho Nord work

Aug 18, 2015

Aquatic Engineering and Construction Ltd. has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract on the US$10 billion Moho Nord subsea project, 75 km off the coast of the Republic of Congo, West Africa. The contract was awarded by a UK-based subcontractor working for Total E&P Congo…

SUT to host two sessions at Offshore Europe

Aug 17, 2015

The Society for Underwater Technology (SUT) will host two deepwater technical sessions at Offshore Europe, providing a platform for organizations to demonstrate innovations that are pushing boundaries at new depths. The first session…

WGK inks FEED deal for Vietnam TLP

Aug 17, 2015

Wood Group has been awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the subsea development of the Talisman Energy Ca Rong Do (Red Emperor in Vietnamese) field offshore Vietnam; estimated to contain around 67 MMboe.  Wood…

Airborne inks Petronas TCP first

Aug 17, 2015

Following the successful completion of a three-year qualification program of subsea flowline for hydrocarbon service, PETRONAS has requested Airborne Oil & Gas to supply a TCP (thermoplastic composite pipe) Flowline for a pilot project, intended to be installed later this year…

Det norske ramps up on Alvheim

Aug 14, 2015

Det norske is ramping up activity and production on its Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  The FPSO (pictured), which produces Alvheim field (comprising the Kneler…

Trendsetter completes containment project

Aug 12, 2015

Trendsetter Engineering has completed work on a containment toolkit that can be deployed to minimize the environmental impact of a subsea well incident. This follows their delivery of four subsea well capping stacks, designed to shut in an uncontrolled subsea well…

OceanWorks wins subsea contract

Aug 11, 2015

Safe Marine Transfer (SMT), under an initiative to develop a “Deepwater Permanent Subsea Pressure Compensated Chemical Storage and Injection System” has awarded OceanWorks a contract for a substantial engineering effort to define, engineer and quantify the equipment required…

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