Technip has been awarded contracts by Shell UK, Fairfield Energy, Ithaca Energy and TAQA for lfie of field operations. This four contracts include: Diving operations to prepare for decommissioning of the Shell Delta Brent facilities…
Marin, the ultra-deepwater excavation specialist and recovery firm, is to acquire AGR Seabed Intervention. The announcement comes after the duo formed a strategic alliance earlier this year. The acquisition of AGR Seabed Intervention…
Norwegian Centre of Expertise Subsea (NCE Subsea) and the University of Bergen (UiB) have signed an agreement that makes the university a new partner in the subsea cluster network. Through the partnership, NCE Subsea and UiB want to improve communication between researchers and industry…
Conductor Installation Services Ltd (CIS), an Acteon company, launched a new service line: Subsea Piling services, which coincides with CIS’s new Subsea Piling system, a remotely operated system that the company developed to drive piles as large as 36in diameter…
Bredero Shaw discusses the various factors and challenges behind high-temperature subsea custom coating. Due to the increased technical requirements within new well development, the proportion of subsea products requiring insulation suited…
Subsea sampling can help increase PVT accuracy and improve subsea multiphase meter performance. Test lines for subsea well testing cost as much as US$60 million and come with logistical and well intervention challenges. Eivind Gransaether explains…
Alternate probability distributions could provide a better fit for Arctic ice gouge depth data, impacting design depths for future subsea pipeline projects. Pipelines installed in ice-prone regions require specialized designs for the unique environmental conditions…
CGG surveys GOM for Pemex CGG has been selected to carry out a large high-end seismic acquisition survey in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf of Pemex. The survey, in Mexican waters, is phase 5 in Pemex’s Centauro program, the largest ever…
Mermaid Maritime Public Co. Ltd. announced that its business units serving the Middle East have been awarded a suite of subsea services contracts. The work includes air diving services such as air diving for pipeline free-span correction and a subsea cable lay contract…
Statoil is targeting 2020 to deploy a subsea factory, or a fully-functioning process plant atop the sea floor, according to a technology briefing held by some of the Norwegian company’s top executives at its Houston headquarters in mid-November…
Chevron and its partners on the multi-billion dollar Rosebank development in the UK North Sea have revealed they are going back to the drawing board on the project. Partner OMV said, at its annual media summit today in Vienna, that it had “been vocal” to Chevron…
The Arctic is one of the few areas remaining with large finds to be made. In order to operate and develop fields in the Arctic, new technologies are needed and are being developed, from ice-management systems to innovations in drilling. The…
Norway-based Imenco AS brought its new products including its Lizard Shark pan and tilt camera at the Norway pavilion at Offshore Europe 2013. The Lizard Shark, designed for use in subsea inspection and tooling technology, combines a 10x…
Tritech’s Gemini Narrow Beam Imager (NBI) has been field-proven by Reef Subsea. The NBI successfully monitored the trenched installation of 6-in. and 2-in. cable, while using controlled flow excavation techniques. The seabed conditions around the site varied considerably…
T.D. Williamson Offshore Services (TDW) introduced the Clamp Installation Tool (CIT), a lightweight, remote-controlled system that installs any proprietary clamps or fittings on subsea pipelines in need of repair or to prepare for tie-ins to new pipelines…
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