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AIM for life - and beyond

Mar 01, 2015

Floating production systems are on the hard edge of asset integrity management, says Jonathan Boutrot. The business case for having an asset integrity management (AIM) system in place for offshore assets is getting more and more cogent every day…

Allseas grabs Johan Sverdrup gig

Feb 27, 2015

Dutch contractor Allseas last night (26 February) signed a contract with Norway's Statoil for the installation of three platforms on the giant Johan Sverdrup development in single lifts using the newly renamed mega-vessel Pioneering Spirit…

Intecsea to FEED Buckskin/Moccasin

Feb 26, 2015

Chevron awarded INTECSEA a contract to provide engineering and long-lead procurement services for the front-end engineering & design (FEED) phase of the Buckskin/Moccasin development in the Gulf of Mexico. Map provided by Chevron…

Saudi Aramco cancels Hercules contract

Feb 26, 2015

Hercules Offshore received a notice from Saudi Aramco to terminate its drilling contract for the Hercules 261, effective 27 March 2015. Hercules says it is in the process of seeking a basis for continuing the Hercules 261 contract. The…

Statoil to drill Gina Krog well

Feb 26, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway granted Statoil consent to drill well 15/6-13 Gina Krog East 3 in the central North Sea. Drilling operations with the Songa Trym semisubmersible are expected to begin in April 2015 for approximately 50 days…

Schneider Electric wins Kaombo contract

Feb 24, 2015

Saipem awarded Schneider Electric a contract to design, fabricate and pre-commission two E-House modules, fully-integrated technical buildings, to support the Total E&P Angola-operated deep offshore Kaombo FPSO project. Located 260km offshore Luanda in water depths ranging from 1400-1950 m…

Lundin farms-out Gemini

Feb 24, 2015

Lundin Petroleum, through its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway, entered into an agreement to farm-out a 30% working interest in PL338C to Lime Petroleum Norway. PL338C contains the Gemini prospect, which is currently being drilled with the Island Innovator rig…

UTEC gets Moho Nord survey contract

Feb 24, 2015

UTEC was awarded the full survey services contract on the upcoming Technip Moho Nord EPIC project in West Africa. The project, operated by Total E&P Congo, is located approximately 75km off the coast of the Republic of the Congo, at water depths ranging from 650-1100 m…

Maersk introduces four subsea support vessels

Feb 24, 2015

Maersk Supply Service show an illustration of its four new subsea support vessels, due to enter the market no later than 2017. The vessels are rated for advanced operations in water depths of up to 3000 m. They offer 1925 sq m of free deck space for equipment and cargo…

FES gets Egina contract off Nigeria

Feb 24, 2015

Saipem awarded FES International a US$2 million contract to supply bend stiffener connectors (BSCs) for the Egina project. The BSCs will be used by global energy company, Total, at its third deep offshore development off the coast of Nigeria…

Technip wins Glenlivet subsea contract

Feb 24, 2015

Total E&P UK has awarded Technip an additional scope for the parallel development of the Glenlivet field close to the Edradour subsea development, about 75km northwest of Shetlands in the UK North Sea. The Glenlivet scope includes:     fabrication and installation of 12in…

Technip, Farstad sign subsea vessel LOI

Feb 23, 2015

Farstad Shipping ASA signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Technip regarding utilization of the subsea vessel Far tbn Sleipner. The agreement is to secure the vessel for a period of 11 months, divided into two fixed periods. Including mobilization and demobilization…

Man overboard at Barents Sea's Goliat

Feb 20, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is investigating a man-overboard incident from the Scarabeo 8 ultra deepwater semisubmersible on the Eni-operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Image from Saipem…

BP, Maersk enter 5-year training contract

Feb 19, 2015

BP and Maersk Training singed a five-year contract that will offer advanced training programs for BP’s offshore drilling teams to be based in Houston, Texas. Maersk Training facility at Svendborg. From Maersk Training…

DeepOcean providing MPV for Tullow

Feb 19, 2015

Tullow Ghana awarded DeepOcean Ghana a contract to provide the services of a multi purpose construction vessel (MPV) offshore Ghana. DeepOcean will provide the inspection, survey and subsea construction on the Tullow operated deepwater Jubilee and TEN fields…

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