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Draugen subsea module heavy lift

Jun 06, 2016

Heerema Marine Contractor's Thialf heavy lift vessel lifted the new subsea pump control module (PCM) onto Shell's Draugen platform offshore Norway late last month. The 220-tonne control module is the topside part of the subsea pump system…

Aker umbilicals for Zohr, Egypt

Jun 06, 2016

Aker Solutions is to supply its longest-ever umbilicals system to the Zohr offshore gas field in the Egyptian part of the Mediterranean Sea. The agreement, with Petrobel, Egypt, is worth more than NOK 1 billion (US$120 million) and covers…

GE wins Johan Sverdrup order

Jun 02, 2016

GE Oil & Gas has won a surface wellhead and Xmas tree equipment and services contract from Statoil for its Johan Sverdrup project in the North Sea. GE Oil & Gas will manufacture, deliver and install its standardized surface wellhead and…

Noble gets Leviathan green light

Jun 02, 2016

Noble Energy has received approval to move forward with the development of Leviathan, offshore Israel, in addition to inking a US$2.5 billion deal to supply up to 473 Bcf from the highly anticipated project. Image from Delek…

Nano ROV gets first sea trials

Jun 01, 2016

Norwegian firm Stinger Technology has developed a small remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for a client, which wanted a unit to inspect a subsea oil storage tank.  The new unit, called Nano ROV, had to be able to fly through 10in pipelines…

ROVOP enters south East Asia, Mexico

Jun 01, 2016

Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) provider ROVOP has been awarded £3 million worth of new contracts, which sees the company expanding into two new territories - southeast Asia and Mexico. The company has also announced the appointment of…

Technip bags Libyan field job

Jun 01, 2016

Technip has been awarded a major contract to develop the Bahr Essalam, Phase II development in the central Mediterranean Sea, offshore Libya. This natural gas field development, which is operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas, a consortium between National Oil Corporation and ENI North Africa…

Sounding the alarm

Jun 01, 2016

Michael Cole, Fugro’s manager of survey prospects, explains how dynamic alarms coupled with office assisted remote services, can help provide better early warnings and navigation for end users. Vessel…

Propelling subsea innovation

Jun 01, 2016

Jerry Lee takes a look at Bastion Technologies’ PYRO-Accumulator, which could potentially help meet requirements laid out in BSEE’s new well control rules. Two 7gal, 10,000psi rate PYRO-Accumulators  Photos from Bastion Technologies…

Mermaid wins 7 subsea gigs, delays newbuilds

May 27, 2016

Mermaid Maritime’s Western Hemisphere business unit (MSSW) has been awarded seven different subsea projects in the Middle East with an estimated value of US$11 million. In addition, Mermaid has also secured extensions for three newbuild deliveries…

Seatools launches HeaveMate

May 27, 2016

Seatools introduces an intelligent active heave compensation module: HeaveMate. This active heave compensator is an easy-to-integrate system for both new as well as existing offshore and subsea equipment such as winches, cranes, and LARS systems…

Boskalis inks Maersk IRM

May 26, 2016

Maersk Oil awarded Boskalis Subsea a subsea IRM contract for the provision of air and saturation diving services from 2016 to 2019. Image of the DSV Constructor, from Boskalis. The…

Apache to use Bibby for subsea work

May 26, 2016

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a substantial contract win with Apache North Sea to provide subsea construction, ROV and diving services at the largest oil field in the North Sea…

Fugro completes BP Trinidad job

May 25, 2016

Fugro has provided a spectrum of services to BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) to allow safe drilling and completion of five subsea wells in an area of strong currents. The services include wellhead motion (fatigue) monitoring, metocean measurements and positioning services…

Statoil picks Technip for Oseberg umbilical

May 25, 2016

Technip’s wholly-owned subsidiary Technip Umbilicals has been awarded a contract by Statoil to supply the umbilical to the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field offshore Norway. This field is about 8km northwest of the Oseberg field center at block 30/9-30/6 on the Norwegian continental shelf…

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