Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Pharaonic Petroleum Co. for the development of the East Nile Delta Phase 3 Project (END-3). The scope includes installation engineering, procurement and fabrication of rigid spools, and installation of pipeline…
Jee Ltd, an independent multi-discipline subsea engineering and training firm, has secured a contract extension with BP for the provision of integrity management services and in-line inspection engineering support in the North Sea. The contract involves project coordination…
Primeline Energy Holdings Inc. has announced that China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) has agreed to extend the exploration period under the petroleum contract for Block 33/07 to facilitate Primeline’s exploration drilling program in the East China Sea…
Norwegian firms have chalked up yet another subsea first on the country's continental shelf. Just weeks after Statoil brought the Aasgard subsea gas compression project online, on 17 September, Statoil has announced it has now also started…
UK-based SURF contractor Ocean Installer has been awarded a Regional Framework Agreement with BP for subsea work in the Gulf of Mexico region. The agreement covers subsea fabrication, transportation and installation of offshore facilities…
Following on from the successful launch of the ISA500, Aberdeenshire based Impact Subsea has released the ISA500-L. The ISA500-L is the lite version of the ISA500, providing a highly cost effective solution for underwater altitude and distance measurement applications…
Statoil has awarded contracts for two Johan Sverdrup jackets to Kvaerner Verdal and Dragados Offshore. The contract awarded to Kvaerner Verdal has a value of approximately US$122.8 million (NOK 1 billion) and covers engineering, fabrication…
Claxton developed an extension module for its suspended well abandonment tool (SWAT), enabling Claxton and Acteon sister company, Offshore Installation Services Ltd. (OIS), to set deeper environmental and intermediate barriers. The existing…
Pulse Structural Monitoring (Pulse), an Acteon company, has been awarded a contract with National Oilwell Varco (NOV) Arendal in Norway to provide an acoustic mooring line subsea monitoring system to measure mooring line inclination and tension…
Fugro Scout, the new 83m geotechnical drilling vessel, has completed its maiden project in the Middle East. Since its maiden project in the Persian Gulf it has been successfully deployed in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, completing several…
Total and its project partners have deployed the Sonardyne Fusion 6G technology offshore Angola at the Kaombo oil field. Using the technology’s Wideband 2 digital signal architecture, common tasks such as template installation, touch-down…
R. Scott Rowe has assumed the role of president and CEO of Cameron International, effective today, the oilfield equipment provider announced. Rowe has served with Cameron for 13 years, most recently as president and chief operating officer…
Image: Deep Blue/Technip Shell awarded Technip a contract for the development of subsea infrastructure for the Stones project. Included in the service are two subsea production tie-backs to the floating production…
Maersk Oil Norway AS, operator of production license 510, is about to complete drilling of wildcat well 6406/6-4 S. The well, drilled about 20km southwest of the Tyrihans field in the Norwegian Sea, is the first exploration well in the license…
Brazil’s deepwater offers huge opportunities, but also big technology challenges. The Industry Technology Facilitator’s Paddy O’Brien and Arthur Braqa explain. Images from ITF. Offshore…
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