Greece-based Assodivers ordered an additional SMD Atom 100hp, 3000m-rated, work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) complete with launch and recovery system (LARs) from SMD. The new ROV system will be delivered 3Q this year and will…
Materials technology and engineering specialists Aubin has completed the first operational trial of its liquid gel lifting technology system LiquiBuoy. The company conducted rigorous testing of its liquid gel technology at The Underwater Centre in Fort William…
Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecasts global subsea hardware capex will total US$117 billion (bn) between 2014 and 2018. This represents growth of more than 80% compared with the preceding five-year period. In 2013, subsea tree installations were lower than expected…
Ceona, SURF contractor with heavy subsea construction capabilities, has been awarded a contract for work in the Oyo oilfield offshore Nigeria from CAMAC Energy Inc. The Oyo Phase One expansion project includes installation and recovery of…
Subsea 7 has been awarded its largest UK engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) services contract, by Premier Oil. The contract, worth more than US$460 million, will be for work on Premier Oil's Catcher Area development…
Norway’s Statoil is to keep its Snorre B platform shut in until an investigation finds the cause of a pit which formed at a subsea template. The pit, described as “an abnormal erosion of mass under the template” was discovered on Saturday (17 May)…
Technip profiles a day in the life of one of its Houston-based project managers.
East of England based Proeon Systems has won two orders worth a combined £650,000 from a leading subsea contractor as part of the development of a new well intervention vessel. The award will see Proeon develop a subsea intervention control system…
DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts, worth NOK 475 million (c.US$80 million) in total, across Asia Pacific, the Atlantic region and North America. In the Asia Pacific region, DOF Subsea has been awarded several contracts, including IMR services and subsea installation work…
Technip was awarded by Marathon Oil Norge a contract for the extension of subsea infrastructure on the Alvheim field, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The scope of work includes installation engineering, procurement, fabrication…
Subsea specialist ROVOP has announced that it will take delivery of five new remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), representing an investment of £17million (approx. US$28million). The ROVs include two UHD-III’s, which are the most advanced heavy-duty work-class vehicles in the market…
Siemens Energy has received an order to deliver customized direct electrical heating (DEH) power supply systems for ten subsea flow lines, with an option for two additional systems. The customer is BP Exploration and all the systems are…
GE Oil & Gas has unveiled its next-generation blowout preventer (BOP) program aimed at making 20,000psi (20ksi) subsea formations the next frontier in offshore oil and gas exploration. Current GE subsea BOPs are only rated for 15ksi. However…
Milton Roy, manufacturer of controlled volume pumps, and a brand of Accudyne Industries, is launching the industry’s most powerful API 675 pump yet, Primeroyal X, during OTC this year. The addition of the Primeroyal X pump to the company’s…
Brazil's Petrobras has awarded Saipem an EPCI contract for the Lula Norte, Lula Sul and Lula Extremo Sul Project, to be developed in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt region, about 300km off the coasts of the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo States. The work scope includes engineering…
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