Wellhead News

 

Wood Group works on Peregrino platform

Jun 28, 2016

UK-based engineering firm Wood Group has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide detailed engineering and design, and procurement services on the development of the Peregrino field wellhead platform C, offshore Brazil. Wood…

Well-Centric invests in Dyce base

Jun 01, 2016

Wellhead servicing specialist Well-Centric is investing £300,000 in a significant expansion of its workshop facilities in Dyce, Aberdeen. The upgrade of the Dyce workshop will provide additional capacity and allows Well-Centric to offer its maintenance…

Fugro completes BP Trinidad job

May 25, 2016

Fugro has provided a spectrum of services to BP Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT) to allow safe drilling and completion of five subsea wells in an area of strong currents. The services include wellhead motion (fatigue) monitoring, metocean measurements and positioning services…

Plexus inks ninth Det norske order

May 04, 2016

UK-based wellhead engineering firm Plexus Holdings has received its ninth purchase order since 2012 from Norway's Det norske oljeselskap, to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for the Langfjellet standard pressure exploration well on the Norwegian Continental Shelf…

Culzean wellhead jacket sets sail

Apr 13, 2016

The wellhead jacket and the access deck have set sail from the Netherlands and are headed for Maersk Oil’s ultra high pressure, high temperature Culzean development in the UK North Sea. Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) announced the completion of both projects…

Wood Group inks Chevron extension

Feb 09, 2016

Wood Group has secured an extension to continue to support Chevron Upstream Europe across four offshore assets in the North Sea. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations and maintenance services to the Alba Northern platform, Alba floating storage unit…

Talisman, Plexus ink wellhead system off Malaysia

Feb 03, 2016

Aberdeen-based Plexus Holdings has secured an order from Talisman Malaysia for the supply of a wellhead system for an exploration well offshore Malaysia.  This order with Talisman is the first to be awarded to Plexus’ Malaysian joint venture company…

Plexus enters Oman with Masirah contract

Jan 20, 2016

Wellhead engineering firm Plexus has won a contract with new customer Masirah Oil and its majority owned technology driven oil and gas company REX International for POS-GRIP Tersus Mudline equipment and a 10,000psi adjustable rental exploration wellhead for oil exploration offshore Oman…

AnTech expands Wellhead Outlet range

Dec 16, 2015

AnTech, provider of products and services for the upstream oil and gas industry, has launched three new products within its Wellhead Outlet range.  The Type-C Wellhead Outlet, which was designed and developed by the company for use in hazardous environments…

Well-Centric bags US$12 million in Apache work

Dec 15, 2015

Wellhead servicing specialist Well-Centric secured a US$12 million (£8 million) contract to provide offshore and onshore maintenance and repair services to Apache’s North Sea subsidiaries. The three-year deal will see Dyce-based Well-Centric provide offshore wellhead maintenance services…

SPT Offshore gets LOI for Ophir wellhead platform

Dec 07, 2015

SPT Offshore has received the letter of intent (LOI) for the detailed design of the suction pile foundation, design supervision of the jacket and full transportation and installation of the Ophir wellhead platform from Muhibbah Engineering…

Norway looks at unmanned wellhead platforms

Oct 23, 2015

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate wants unmanned wellhead platforms to be considered more often as an alternative to subsea tie-back in connection with development decisions.   Image:  The unmanned…

Dry tree vs subsea tree on NCS

Oct 23, 2015

A new study led by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate will look into the benefits and disadvantages of wellhead platforms in a bid to push industry to consider alternatives to subsea tie-backs. The idea is one Norway's Statoil has been considering for sometime…

Plexus, Aquaterra offer HPHT risers

Sep 08, 2015

Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings has signed an agreement with Aquaterra Energy to jointly supply high-pressure/high-temperature dual barrier marine risers utilizing Plexus’ POS-GRIP technology. The new risers will be a new solution for use on jackup rigs…

FMC delivers Egina subsea wellheads

Aug 07, 2015

FMC Technologies recently delivered four subsea wellheads in Nigeria for Total’s Egina project – the first to be entirely fabricated in country.  The wellheads were fabricated for FMC Technologies by Oiltools Africa Limited (OAL), a Nigerian company…

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