PG Flow Solutions has been awarded a contract to supply a seawater circulation pump system to a wellboat that Norwegian shipyard Fitjar Mekaniske Verksted is building for the newly established wellboat company Hordalaks AS.PG Flow Solutions…
AFGlobal has acquired the Axon pressure pump technology and product line from Amkin Technologies, a privately-held oilfield equipment and technology developer. The acquisition of the Axon pump technologies and ability for AFGlobal to…
EagleBurgmann Germany GmbH has developed a mechanical seal for high pressure high temperature (HPHT) applications. The seal has been specifically optimized for subsea pumps designed for an absolute pressure of up to 1000 bar and ambient temperatures of up to 180 °C…
Aker Solutions (stand 5C100) is launching its MultiBooster, a new, up to 6MW subsea multiphase pump to help operators maximize production from existing oil and gas fields, at SPE Offshore Europe this week. Aker Solutions says the now qualified…
Subsea boosting is helping to push otherwise uneconomic subsea projects over the line. Elaine Maslin reports on two tiebacks benefiting from a bit of boost – including the industry’s longest deepwater subsea multiphase boosting tieback. Murphy…
Elaine Maslin reports on a new pump under development that could be the next step in subsea multiphase boosting. Aslaug Melbø, engineering manager, subsea systems, BHGE, speaking at UTC Bergen…
Subsea boosting technology recently brought online at Chevron’s Jack and St. Malo fields is expected to boost production rates for the next 30 years. Chevron’s Chris Hey and Dan Broussard, and OneSubsea’s Mads Hjelmeland and Oeyvind Reimers explain…
Engie E&P has resumed production at its Gjøa-platform in the North Sea following extensive inspection and start-up work, due to a gas leak on 21 June. Gjøa. Image from Engie. Gjøa…
The second phase of a joint industry project aiming to reduce subsea processing costs has been kicked off. Phase 2 of the Subsea Processing JIP includes system suppliers Aker Solutions, GE Oil & Gas, OneSubsea and TechnipFMC, as well as operators Shell…
Amarinth, which specializes in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial, power and renewable energy markets, has secured a further order…
Zilift, a developer of permanent magnet technologies for innovative artificial lift applications for the energy sector, has successfully achieved the installation, operation and retrieval of a slim-line cable deployed electrical submersible pump (ESP)…
Shell has awarded the duo of Sulzer and FMC Technologies a subsea multiphase boosting pump contract to upgrade one of the pumping modules in the supermajor’s Parque das Conchas, a deepwater oil field off the coast of Brazil. Image from Sulzer…
Power requirements are not always huge, nor are companies – and sometimes smaller can be better. Elaine Maslin reports on work to qualify lower power subsea variable speed drives. The 45kW subsea variable speed drive…
Centrifugal pump firm Amarinth has secured an order for bespoke utility and fresh water pumps from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for a platform being built for ADMA-OPCO to operate in the Nasr oil field, offshore of Abu Dhabi. Amarinth…
Heerema Marine Contractor's Thialf heavy lift vessel lifted the new subsea pump control module (PCM) onto Shell's Draugen platform offshore Norway late last month. The 220-tonne control module is the topside part of the subsea pump system…