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IKM bags Johan Castberg subsea gig

Jan 12, 2016

Statoil awarded IKM Ocean Design a contract worth an estimated US$22.5 million (NOK 200 million) for the Johan Castberg subsea integration pre-FEED and FEED project. Image of the contract signing in Oslo of Peder Hoås and Geir Paulsen…

Sonardyne demos tech at NASA

Jan 12, 2016

Subsea engineering company Sonardyne International, UK, has successfully demonstrated its wireless integrity monitoring technologies during a series of in-water demonstrations held at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) in Houston, Texas. Hosted by OneSubsea…

Nexans picks iSURVEY for Skagerrak

Jan 11, 2016

Nexans has awarded iSURVEY a multi-year frame agreement to provide navigation, positioning and survey support for its cable lay operations on board the C/S Nexans Skagerrak. iSURVEY will provide services including positioning and monitoring during cable lay and trenching operations…

Aker, OneSubsea win Statoil EPC frame agreements

Jan 08, 2016

Statoil Petroleum has signed master service agreements with Aker Solutions and OneSubsea Processing. The agreements form the basis for potential new engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for subsea equipment in the medium term future…

Aker, Lloyds ink framework agreement

Jan 06, 2016

Lloyd’s Register and Aker Solutions have agreed to collaborate under a new global framework agreement to drive efficiency in engineering and subsea oil and gas developments. The contract gives Aker Solutions access to all relevant services from the Lloyd’s Register Group…

Assessing caisson inspection techniques

Jan 05, 2016

Battling corrosion and wear offshore is a challenge faced by many operators. Elia Barnett surveys the companies tasked with inspections to find out more about today’s solutions. A Stork inspector…

Bringing subsea projects “in the money”

Jan 01, 2016

Jon Fredrik Müller and Audun Martinsen, of Rystad Energy, take a look at rising costs and the downturn and share how these two will affect the subsea market going forward. An illustration of the Johan Sverdrup field center…

Pain in the Annulus

Jan 01, 2016

Well plugging and abandonment activity as part of offshore decommissioning is starting to ramp up – but could it be done better? Elaine Maslin reports. Interwell’s exothermic P&A solution.  Image from Interwell…

Shell flows at Corrib off Ireland

Dec 30, 2015

Shell started first natural gas production from the Corrib field, off the northwest coast of Ireland. Corrib start up. Image from Shell. Corrib is located 83km off Ireland’s northwest coast in nearly 350m water depth…

WFS Technologies launches corrosion monitor

Dec 30, 2015

WFS Technologies (WFS), a provider of underwater wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the offshore oil and gas, and renewables industries, launched the Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion Monitor.  The Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion…

First oil from TAQA's Cladhan

Dec 29, 2015

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company PJSC (TAQA) announced first oil from the new Cladhan field development in the UK North Sea on 29 December. The field was developed as a subsea tieback to the TAQA-operated Tern Alpha platform. Peter Jones…

DW: Slow going for offshore prospects in 2016

Dec 28, 2015

This year, the offshore oil and gas industry has had to come to terms with the worst downturn for more than a decade. With commodity prices plummeting to an eleven-year low in December, it is time to reflect on the year gone by and consider the outlook for the year to come…

Fugro wins Guyana survey

Dec 22, 2015

Fugro will conduct survey services at a deepwater field development offshore Guyana for ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana, the geophysical service company announced on 22 December. The contract provides for autonomous…

DOF Subsea bags Asia, North Sea work

Dec 21, 2015

DOF Subsea inked US$30.8 million (NOK 270 million) in IMR and subsea installation contracts in the Asia Pacific and Atlantic regions that will use the company’s subsea project fleet. Skandi Hercules…

McDermott JV wins Indian SURF work

Dec 21, 2015

McDermott International has announced that a consortium of McDermott and L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, was awarded a contract covering the engineering, procurement, construction…

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