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Royal IHC forms IHC IQIP

Mar 06, 2015

Royal IHC (IHC) has integrated four of its business units – IHC Hydrohammer, IHC Handling Systems, IHC Sea Steel and IHC Fundex Equipment – into one new organization, operating under the name IHC IQIP.  All four IHC business units have already proved their capabilities on a global scale…

TAP offers up offshore pipeline contracts

Mar 04, 2015

Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The contracts are for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…

McDermott hits Middle Eastern double

Mar 02, 2015

McDermott International has won two contacts for EPCI work, one for Qatar Petroleum in the North Field Alpha gas development, and a second from Saudi Aramco for the Marjan field, offshore Saudi Arabia. The North Field Alpha project calls for a new jacket…

Lewek Constellation officially christened

Mar 02, 2015

EMAS AMC officially christened and named its flagship the Lewek Constellation on Sunday (1 March) prior to her departure to the Gulf of Mexico to start work for Noble Energy. The Lewek Constellation, an ice-classed, multi-lay offshore…

Constructing Mariner

Mar 01, 2015

The Mariner heavy oil discovery on the East Shetland Platform in UK block 9/11 will be one of the largest offshore developments on the UK Continental Shelf in more than a decade. Meg Chesshyre checks on its progress. Chris…

Getting to grips with grout

Mar 01, 2015

Grout is taking on new forms to meet the needs of offshore wind applications, Jim Bell explains. FoundOcean worked on the 30 wind turbine Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm, 10km off Barrow-In-Furness in the Irish Sea…

What lies beneath

Mar 01, 2015

Most of the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico remains unexplored. Dan McConnell explores the geotechnical knowns and unknowns in the basin. Acquiring geotechnical data for platform foundation design in Mexico’s Bay of Campeche Image from Fugro…

Greater Stella Area delayed again

Feb 25, 2015

First production from the Greater Stella Area development in the UK North Sea has hit a further set back as delays continue on the project's floating production facility. Operator Ithaca Energy said the rate of progress of modifications…

McDermott-Petrofac ink SURF alliance

Feb 25, 2015

Oil and gas services provider Petrofac has agreed to form a strategic marketing alliance with McDermott International in the deepwater, subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) sector. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the two will form a five-year alliance…

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…

Jumbo installs Ikhwezi riser

Feb 24, 2015

Dutch contractor Jumbo has completed a contract for PetroSA installing a subsea MEG riser on the Ikhwezi development FA platform offshore South Africa.  The contract was awarded by PetroSA on 5 December, offshore installation…

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…

HB installs BHP Billiton temporary LQ complex

Feb 16, 2015

HB Rentals completed the installation of an end-to-end package for BHP Billiton, consisting of offshore accommodation modules and operating essentials for water, sewage, power and lighting. The BHP Billiton project is in the Angostura field…

Subsea 7 inked for Persephone

Feb 13, 2015

Subsea 7 is to provide fabrication, subsea installation and diving services on Woodside Energy's Persephone project offshore Australia.  The Persephone Project consists of two wells tied into a subsea production manifold with production…

Seatronics gets piece of Sonardyne

Feb 12, 2015

Sonardyne has announced that Seatronics is to take delivery of US$1.54 million worth of its 6G acoustic positioning technology. The contract was displayed at the Subsea Expo 2015 exhibition and conference in Aberdeen. The 6G equipment…

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