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FPS delivered to Gumusut-Kakap field off Malaysia

Jul 08, 2013

A semisubmersible floating production system for Malaysia’s Gumusut-Kakap deepwater field was delivered to be installed at the project development site offshore Sabah. The Gumusut-Kakap field is Malaysia’s second deepwater development after the Kikeh oil field…

FMC wins Petrobras contract

Jul 03, 2013

FMC Technologies, Inc. received an order from Petrobras for the supply of subsea trees for its pre-salt fields, located offshore Brazil. The value of the award is estimated at $500 million and represents the call-off of the remaining value of the $1…

Oceaneering, McDermott win Julia work

Jul 01, 2013

ExxonMobil chose Oceaneering International Inc. to supply production control umbilicals for its US$4 billion Julia development in the Gulf of Mexico. The order is for an electro-hydraulic, steel tube umbilical approximately 14 miles (22…

MacGregor wins Bourbon crane contract

Jun 27, 2013

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order for a 150-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane from leading offshore oil & gas marine services specialist, Bourbon. This builds on a contract that was secured at the end of 2007 from the operator for ten similar cranes…

Total awards contracts for Egina field

Jun 25, 2013

FMC Technologies, Inc. was awarded a US $1.2 billion contract from Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd. for subsea equipment for the Egina field, and Saipem won a $3 billion contract for the subsea development of the field. The Egina field is located in Block OML 130 offshore Nigeria…

CNOOC repairs Zhuhai pipeline

Jun 20, 2013

China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) confirmed that the Zhuhai Terminal has been restored to normal production following the discovery of a leak at a subsea natural gas pipeline in December 2011. In 2011, CNOOC placed normal production at the Zhuhai Terminal at 160 Mcf/d or 26…

Technip wins Brazilian pipe supply contract

Jun 19, 2013

Technip won a major contract for the supply of flexible pipes by Petrobras for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil at a water depth of up to 2,500 m. The contract covers the qualification…

Huisman launches new subsea cranes

Jun 19, 2013

Dutch offshore lifting, drilling and subsea equipment firm Huisman has developed a new series of large, offshore cranes capable of use in ultra-deepwater and with capacities of up to 900 metric tonnes (mt). The series includes a 300mt/600mt…

Subsea Norway in brief

Jun 19, 2013

DCN invests in ROV division DCN Diving has launched its own ROV division led by Fred Bosman as ROV operations manager. Bosman acquired his experience with robotic underwater systems with the Royal Dutch Navy, and for the past 13 years…

Monitoring moving subsea

Jun 18, 2013

Oil in water monitoring firm Pro Analysis has taken up the challenge of developing its technology for subsea use. Ever increasing water levels in production wells and stricter environmental standards are driving a research and development project to have a subsea oil-in-water monitor by 2015…

GE acquisition helps globalize Naxys

Jun 18, 2013

Subsea monitoring outfit Naxys has gained access to top research facilities after being bought out by global giant GE. Naxys’ work in the field of subsea monitoring systems led it to be snapped up by Measurement & Control, a business of GE Oil & Gas earlier this year…

Award winning corrosion monitoring comes of age

Jun 18, 2013

ClampOn won a Spotlight award last year—now its corrosion erosion monitoring system is taking off. Corrosion erosion is seeing increased interest in the subsea sector, both on old and new developments. It is proving a growing business area for ClampOn…

Subsea growth at home and abroad

Jun 18, 2013

High oil prices are helping boost spending, and Norway’s subsea industry has been quick to provide full system packages to those looking to spend—at home and broad. High oil prices, a growing level of subsea infrastructure, and a drive…

Using mussel power for monitoring

Jun 18, 2013

Norwegian technology development company Biota Guard has developed a subsea leak and environmental monitoring system for the oil and gas industry. Monitoring the heart-beat of mussels and their shell movements may not sound like a traditional activity within the upstream oil and gas industry…

A view from a subsea CEO

Jun 18, 2013

Transmark Subsea CEO Johan Møller Warmedal joined the company on January 1 this year. Before joining Transmark, he worked for AGR, FMC Technologies and Schlumberger, where he started his career more than 25 years ago as a wireline logging engineer…

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