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Wood Group wins significant BP Caspian work

Apr 28, 2016

Wood Group has won a new five-year contract with BP-operated projects, valued at US$500 million, to deliver services to eight facilities, offshore Azerbaijan. Effective immediately, Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will provide engineering, procurement…

Aker, ABB join subsea forces

Apr 27, 2016

Aker Solutions and ABB have agreed to work together on subsea processing solutions, bringing together their strengths in subsea, power and automation technologies. The cooperation will integrate Aker Solutions' subsea capabilities and…

Alba B3 installed offshore Equatorial Guinea

Jan 21, 2016

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) says Marathon's Alba B3 topside and jacket have now been installed offshore Equatorial Guinea.  The 2000-ton, four-legged jacket, built at HFG's Vlissingen yard in the Netherlands, supports the 4500-ton B3 compression platform…

Aker, MAN Diesel & Turbo form alliance

Nov 17, 2015

Image from Aker Solutions Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest…

SKF installs magnetic bearings at Åsgard

Nov 10, 2015

SKF supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Åsgard gas field off the Norwegian coast. As part of the subsea gas compression system, the bearings will contribute to recovering additional…

Alba B3 ready for Equatorial Guinea

Nov 05, 2015

Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) has loaded out the Alba B3 jacket and topsides ahead of its sail away to Equatorial Guinea, planned for the end of this month.  The 2000-ton, four-legged jacket, built at the Vlissingen yard in the Netherlands…

Aker shares Asgard vision

Oct 16, 2015

In this video, Aker Solutions talks about the vision of the world’s first subsea gas compression system to the Statoil-operated Asgard field offshore Norway. The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project…

Aker, Man eye next generation subsea compression

Oct 16, 2015

Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions…

Statoil fires up Gullfaks wet compression first

Oct 12, 2015

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…

Statoil installs Asgard subsea compression

Sep 22, 2015

Statoil's US$2.34 billion Asgard subsea gas compression project came onstream last week as the world's first subsea gas compression facility 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea.  In this illustrated video, the Norwegian giant shows the installation and how it will work…

World's first subsea compression online

Sep 17, 2015

At 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea, the world’s first subsea gas compression facility has come on stream, Statoil announced this morning.  The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project, known as project Nemo to some internally…

Gullfaks compression moves a step closer

Aug 25, 2015

A move to start up the world's first subsea wet gas compressor has been given final approval by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate as it moves close to coming on stream. Statoil's Gullfaks Sør project is one of two subsea gas compression projects being developed in Norway…

Gullfaks subsea compression gets wet - photos and video

Jul 03, 2015

Statoil installed the first subsea wet gas compressor in the world at the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea after a successful offshore campaign (see video below).  Image: Seaway Heavy Lifting's Oleg Strashnov carrying the protective structure…

Nexans powers Gullfaks subsea compression station

Apr 13, 2015

The Statoil-operated Gullfaks gas field in the Norwegian Sea will use Nexans' innovative power umbilicals combining power, fiber-optic and hydraulic lines in a single cross section. The cables were handed over to Statoil this month.  The…

Imtech works on Marathon's Alba platform

Mar 23, 2015

Imtech Marine is supplying a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system to the 6000-tonne Alba B3 greenfield compression platform, currently under construction for Marathon E.G. Production. To be located in Equatorial Guinea…

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