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Eni shows Ghana's Offshore Cape Three Points project

May 09, 2016

In this illustrated video, Italian giant Eni give an overview of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project that is located offshore Ghana. The existing project involves the development of multiple subsea wells tied back to a FPSO…

Siemens uses Aqualis for wind farm study

May 09, 2016

Siemens Wind Power has contracted offshore marine and engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore to provide a series of assessments for wind turbine service operations to be performed by a jackup vessel chartered by Siemens.  The jackup…

Administrators called in to Harkand

May 05, 2016

UK-based subsea inspection, repair and maintenance firm Harkand has gone into administration.   In a recorded message left by the firm on its phone line, the company said that on Wednesday, 4 May, staff from Deloitte had been appointed…

GE to equip Hornbeck MPSVs

May 04, 2016

After equipping over 20 purpose supply vessels (PSV)/multipurpose supply vessels (MPSV), GE has been chosen by Hornbeck Offshore Services’ (HOS) to equip two next generation of US flagged, Jones Act-qualified MPSVs, to be constructed at Eastern Shipbuilding…

Learning to be lean in the subsea sector

May 01, 2016

John Bradbury speaks with ExxonMobil’s Marilyn Tears ahead of her presentation at this year’s Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen, Norway. Tears. Marilyn Tears has already…

Ready for prime time

May 01, 2016

Kory Kinney, of IHS, takes a look at some of the projects underway in the US Gulf of Mexico.   As we move through 2016, construction activity in the US Gulf of Mexico has begun dwindling…

A new lease on life

May 01, 2016

Scrap or refurbish and reuse? It’s a question being asked on the UK Continental Shelf. Elaine Maslin reports. Pipe, ready for reuse. Staff photo.  At a recent conference in Aberdeen…

How deep is your well?

May 01, 2016

This year, the deepwater drilling record could be broken not just once, but twice, breaking the last record, set back in 2013. Elaine Maslin takes a look. Total’s Raya-1 well is due to be drilled offshore Uruguay using Maersk Oil’s ultra…

The need for speed

May 01, 2016

There’s a war on: who can produce the fastest inspection ROV with the highest quality data? Elaine Maslin explains. The Surveyor Interceptor. Image from MMT.  Is it a bird, is it a plane…

Small is beautiful

May 01, 2016

Tapping small fields and coming up with economic early production system solutions offers engineers an interesting challenge. Elaine Maslin reports. Amplus’ VPU. Image from Amplus.  There…

Drilling on a global scale

May 01, 2016

Weatherford’s Snorre Lutnes examines managed pressure drilling applications across key regions. MPD deployment. Images from Weatherford. Once reserved as a last resort for wells defined as undrillable…

Strength in monitoring

May 01, 2016

Structural integrity monitoring should be a lifecycle tool and could make jackup moves safer. Meg Chesshyre reports from Oceanology International. Jackups. Photo by staff.  A…

EIC: Activity at a glance

May 01, 2016

The Energy Industries Council’s project tracking database EICDataStream is currently tracking 85 active and future projects in the US Gulf of Mexico, in various stages of development, and the outlook for 2017 and beyond is positive. Major…

Taking drillships to deeper levels

May 01, 2016

Ken Richardson and Ian Simpson, of ABS, review current deepwater drillship designs and technologies. Friede & Goldman’s DS3810 deepwater drillship design, which is being evaluated by ABS for AIP…

More than mini eyeballs

May 01, 2016

Meg Chesshyre reports on how mini ROV systems have advanced significantly and, thanks to their size, they can get up close and personal. Deep Trekker’s DTG2.  Images from Deep Trekker. “It’s not just a camera in the water anymore…

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