Petrobras awarded Prysmian Group a contract worth approximately US$260 million for umbilicals. The award is related to a previous frame agreement covering 360km of umbilicals, most of it to be used in pre-salt fields. The contract comes…
Dow Chemical Co. announced a milestone in the commercialization of the DOW NEPTUNE™ Advanced Subsea Flow Assurance Insulation System at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition (ATCE) in New Orleans.…
Italy's Novacavi announces the launch of Aquancable, a wide range of specialist, bespoke cables for maritime and underwater technologies. These include ROV cables, fiber optic hybrid cables, umbilicals, subsea armoured cables, subsea detection…
Statoil ASA is extending its production stoppage in the Njord oilfield, located in the Norwegian Sea, to reinforce a drilling platform. Production was originally halted on July 27 due to some small deformations found in some beams and other structural elements in the deck framing…
Leading players in the 3DTV industry will converging on Aberdeen next month for a conference focusing on use of such technologies in the oil and gas and renewables industries. The 3DTV Conference: Vision Beyond Depth event has been organised by Aberdeen University…
Salamander Energy plc announced the spud of an exploration well in Block G4/50, Gulf of Thailand targeting the Ayutthaya prospect. Ayutthaya is located in the Western Central sub-basin, less than one mi northeast of the recent Surin oil discovery…
Fugro provides this video of its Q1400 Trenching system, which is capable of performing jet trenching in soils up to 100KPA and mechanical chain cutting of soils up to 250KPA.
Australian operator Sunbird Energy Ltd. has awarded a contract to Wood Group Kenny (WGK) Australia to provide engineering and project management services for the Ibhubesi gas project, off the west coast of South Africa. The…
Shell has awarded FMC Technologies, Inc. a contract to supply subsea systems for the Parque das Conchas Phase 3 development offshore Brazil. FMC Technologies' scope of supply includes seven subsea trees, two manifolds and associated subsea control systems…
Seatronics do Brazil, an Acteon company, has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for CodaOctopus Ltd in Brazil, a decision that will widen the portfolio of specialist subsea marine equipment that it can now offer to the Brazilian market…
Ocean Installer has been awarded a SURF (subsea structures, umbilicals, risers, flowlines) contract for subsea lines modification work at several Statoil operated fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The total contract value is about US$55million…
Seatronics Ltd., an Acteon company, and Zetechtics Ltd. have signed a global representative agreement for the Jupiter range of subsea ROV intervention control systems and associated products. The agreement includes the provision of rental…
Siemens is hoping to have a complete subsea power grid installed on the seabed by 2018, according to its head of subsea power solutions. The division has been formed by Siemen’s acquisition of Bennex from Subsea Technology Group in 2011…
New vessels, acquisitions, and expertise are driving Dutch growth. Elaine Maslin reports. The Dutch offshore sector is leveraging its engineering and seafaring traditions to grow its presence in the global oil and gas industry. The…
Twenty years after it came online, the UK’s longest serving permanently-moored FPSO has been given a new lease on life. Elaine Maslin reports on the extent the UK’s largest offshore project in 2012. When production from the central North Sea Gryphon field came online in October 1993…
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