Image: Kaombo Ultra-Deep Offshore Project/Optical Metrology Services Optical Metrology Services (OMS) completed a series of pipe measurement surveys for the Kaombo Ultra-Deep Offshore…
José Formigli has been appointed by Aker Solutions to serve as an adviser for overall strategic decisions and to join its innovation board. Formigli, a Rio de Janeiro native and engineer by training, has more than 30 years' experience in the oil and gas business…
Norway's Odfjell Drilling and Metro Exploration have put the Deepsea Metro II ultra deepwater drillship up for sale. The two firms, which own the drillship through their shares in Deep Sea Metro, which owns Deepsea Metro II owner Chloe Marine Corp…
Apparently undeterred by low oil prices, oil and gas output from ultra deepwater (>1000m water depth) fields will continue the relentless growth seen in recent years. Image from Shell. In…
BP awarded Technip a lump sum project for the design, engineering, fabrication, installation and pre-commissioning of the new production pipeline systems on the south side of the Thunder Horse production drilling quarters unit in the Gulf of Mexico…
ExxonMobil began production at its deepest subsea tie-back, Hadrian South in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Image from ExxonMobil. Hadrian South is located about 230mi offshore in the…
Houston-based deepwater focused oilfield services firm Deep Down, Inc. has won a large order for flying leads and ancillary equipment directly from one of the supermajor operators. The flying leads will be delivered and deployed in the Gulf of Mexico by Q1 of 2016…
Helix Energy Solutions Group, OneSubsea, and Schlumberger executed definitive agreements for the companies’ non-incorporated alliance, formed to develop technologies and deliver equipment and services to optimize the value chain of subsea well intervention systems…
Ennsub has completed the design and manufacture of two innovative workclass remotely operated vehicle (WROV) deployment systems, designed and manufactured for ROVOP and are due to be installed into a new build, tier one pipelay vessel early 2015…
Technip has completed the previously announced sale of its diving assets in the US Gulf of Mexico to Ranger Offshore Inc. As part of this transaction, Technip USA and Ranger Offshore have entered into a multiyear Diving Services Agreement covering Technip’s North America Region…
Ennsub has been awarded a £2 million (US$3.1 million) contract by Benthic to build a portable launch and recovery system for its latest addition to its seabed drilling and geotechnical drill fleet. The launch and recovery system (LARS4)…
GlobalData analyst Gregory Bosunga takes a look at the ten most challenging pipelay jobs around the world. McDermott subsea construction vessel NO102 installed umbilicals totaling 65mi with other related subsea structures for Jack/St…
Kleven’s Myklebust Verft signed a contract with Ocean Yield ASA for modifications of the Aker Wayfarer vessel to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV). The Aker Wayfarer. From Aker Solutions…
Alex Imperial has taken over as DNV GL Oil & Gas’s regional manager for South America just as the company is creating a dedicated research unit in Brazil. Imperial recently left Singapore, where he was Director for DNV GL’s Deepwater Technology Centre…
ABB is to deliver total power solutions to Ocean Rig’s two new seventh generation integrated design mobile offshore drilling units (MODU), being built by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) at Goeje shipyard in Korea. The contract includes…
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