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Helix Finds Work for New Q7000 Vessel

Aug 06, 2019

Texas-based international offshore energy services company Helix Energy Solutions Group announced that it has entered into a contract for its new-build semi-submersible well intervention vessel, the Q7000.According to the provider of specialty services to the offshore energy industry…

Expro to Supply IRS Offshore Mauritania

Jul 15, 2019

Oilfield services company Expro said it has been awarded a contract by Pacific Drilling subsidiary Pacific Santa Ana for the provision of an Intervention Riser System (IRS) for PETRONAS’s Chinguetti Field Phase II plug and abandonment (P&A) contract…

NOV to Supply STP for MJ FPSO

Jul 03, 2019

APL, a business unit within NOV's Completion & Production Solutions segment, has secured the contract from South Korean builder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply a large submerged turret production (STP) system for a newbuild floating production…

Aquaterra Energy Opens Australia Office

May 23, 2019

Offshore engineering firm Aquaterra Energy has opened its first engineering office and warehouse facility in Perth, Australia following recent regional contract wins.Located on Murray Street, Perth, Aquaterra Energy’s new office in Australia’s…

Is There a Golden Opportunity for Jack-ups?

May 13, 2019

As oil prices continue to stabilize, operators are looking for the most efficient drilling and intervention methods to keep their downturn inspired cost savings in place.Jack-up rigs have long been known as the cheaper alternative to their floating cousins…

Weatherford Unveils Managed Pressure Drilling Tech

May 07, 2019

The Irish-domiciled multinational oil and natural gas service company Weatherford International plc unveiled Victus intelligent managed pressure drilling (MPD), an Industry 4.0 solution that features intelligent control, equipment automation…

Digital Assisted Monitoring & Maintenance

Mar 08, 2019

The offshore industry continues to find new ways to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to become more efficient, improve safety levels, and increase production. Stress Engineering Services is leveraging those technologies along…

Weatherford Unveils Automated MPD Riser System

Mar 01, 2019

Billing it as Industry 4.0, Weatherford launched its automated managed pressure drilling (MPD) riser system in Houston this week. The automated riser system combines with artificial intelligence, condition-based maintenance and additional sensors to speed operations…

Claxton to Support Deep Panuke Decom Project

Oct 18, 2018

Claxton Engineering has won a multimillion-dollar contract to provide high-pressure riser and abrasive jet cutting services to the Deep Panuke decommissioning project offshore Canada.The supplier of engineering and services for shallow-water…

DeepOcean wins Snorre Expansion contract

Jan 04, 2018

Statoil has awarded DeepOcean a contract to provide project management, engineering, procurement of anchors for risers and umbilicals, and offshore installation activities on the Snorre Expansion Project in the North Sea.   The offshore…

Helix inks intervention riser system contract

Oct 03, 2017

Helix Energy Solutions Group has been awarded its first contract for a new 15,000psi intervention riser system (IRS). The 35-day award is with a large oil and gas operator in the US Gulf of Mexico. The 15,000psi IRS is part of a joint…

2H seeks participants for STREAM JIP

May 16, 2017

2H Offshore is seeking additional participants for its recently launched STREAM (Steel Riser Enhanced Analytics using Measurements) joint industry project (JIP). So far, four major oil and gas operators have agreed to participate in the JIP…

Fighting fatigue

Apr 01, 2017

Intecsea’s Kirsten Oliver discusses a new flexible riser inspection tool created in partnership with UK-based Innospection. Figure 1: A typical flexible riser composition. Images from Intecsea…

4Subsea bags Statoil MSA

Mar 22, 2017

4Subsea won a contract with Statoil to deliver services and research projects related to structural integrity of fixed and floating offshore installations. The deal will see 4Subsea deliver services related to subsea installations from subsea wellheads…

Dril-Quip to acquire OPT

Jan 06, 2017

Houston’s Dril-Quip has signed an agreement acquired OilPatch Technologies (OPT) in a US$20 million cash deal. Founded in 1990 and based in Houston, OPT is a provider of offshore riser systems and components, proprietary threaded connections and other products…

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