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Vard to build CSV for Farstad/Technip

Dec 17, 2014

Norway-based ship builder Vard is to design and build a new offshore subsea construction vessel for fellow-Norwegian firm Farstad Shipping. The 98m-long, 21.5m-beam vessel will be of VARD 3 17 design has been developed especially for subsea and inspection…

Subsea 7 on Stampede installation

Dec 17, 2014

Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by the Hess Corporation for installation work in support of the Stampede Project in deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.  The scope of work involves installation of flowlines, steel catenary risers, umbilicals…

Statoil submits Gullfaks Rimfaksdalen development plan

Dec 16, 2014

Statoil and partners are investing US$610 million in its latest fast-track project to develop the Rutil discovery that aims to extend the lifetime of the Gullfaks A platform and provide approximately 80MMboe. Ivar Aasheim…

Technip umbilicals

Dec 16, 2014

Technip Umbilicals gives a look at its umbilicals operations. The group has four manufacturing sites: Houston (US), Lobito (Angola) and Tangjung Langsat (Malaysia) and its newest location in Newcastle (UK). Umbilicals form the…

Technip sells US diving assets

Dec 16, 2014

Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its diving assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore Inc. As part of this transaction, Technip USA and Ranger Offshore have entered into a multiyear Diving Services Agreement covering Technip’s North America Region…

DNV GL RP on subsea production systems

Dec 15, 2014

Hot on the heels of a new Recommended Practice (RP) for subsea lifting, DNV GL has now published an RP providing guidance on how to establish, implement and maintain an integrity management system (IMS). The aim is to help operators carry…

Blue Ocean IRIS breaks record

Dec 12, 2014

Blue Ocean Technologies Interchangeable Riserless Intervention System (IRIS) recently intervened on a deepwater production well in the Gulf of Mexico’s Desoto Canyon reaching a record-breaking 8200ft.   Image from Blue Ocean…

Åsgard compressors ready to go

Dec 12, 2014

The modules for the first compressor train to be installed in the Åsgard subsea gas compression system - the world's  first subsea compression system - are ready to be transported from Egersund in Stavanger, Norway, to Kristiansund, pending installation at the field next year…

Bibby Subsea taking delivery of Olympic Ares

Dec 11, 2014

Bibby Subsea will take delivery of its multi-functional subsea construction support vessel (CSV), the Olympic Ares, this month. The Olympic Ares. From Bibby Offshore.   The 115m CSV…

Jumbo taps Technip for Wheatstone

Dec 09, 2014

Jumbo signed a contract with Technip Oceania for the installation of 13 subsea structures for the Chevron Wheatstone Project.  The subsea structures comprise of pipeline termination structures, subsea isolation valve structures, tee protection structures and drill center manifolds…

West Alpha to drill at Balder for ExxonMobil

Dec 08, 2014

ExxonMobil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig on the Balder field, in the central North Sea. The West Alpha. From North Atlantic Drilling…

New leak halts Hammerfest

Dec 08, 2014

Statoil has shut its Snohvit LNG plant down because of a gas leak, Reuters has reported. While it is not yet known when the plant will return to production, Statoil Spokesperson Oerjan Heradstveit told the news service: 'The situation is now under control and there is no longer a leak…

Statoil invests in Hammerfest LNG

Dec 04, 2014

Statoil plans to pump an additional NOK20 billion (nearly US$2.9 billion) in its Hammerfest LNG plant in Melkoya to increase its production capacity, Norwegian news service NRK has reported. A new pipeline and compression facility are envisioned for the plant…

Ceona christens flagship Ceona Amazon vessel

Dec 04, 2014

Ceona christened its flagship vessel, the Ceona Amazon, in Bremerhaven, Germany. Image from Ceona.   The Ceona Amazon is 199.4m long and 32.2m wide, drawing 8m with a gross tonnage of 33…

Stone brings deepwater Cardona online

Dec 04, 2014

Stone Energy’s Cardona deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico came online in November ahead of its sanctioned schedule and under budget. Image from Stone Energy. Cardona is located…

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