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Seaway Heavy Lifting installs Cygnus process unit

Aug 05, 2015

Seaway Heavy lifting’s crane vessel Oleg Strashnov successfully installed the process unit (PU) topside for operator GDF SUEZ E&P UK (part of the ENGIE Group), and partners Centrica Energy and Bayerngas, setting a new company record. The…

Final Cygnus module sets sail

Jul 21, 2015

GDF Suez' Cygnus Alpha compression module (ACM) sailed away from Heerema Fabrication Group's Hartlepool facility on the night of 20 July, marking the completion of last of four main structures built at the facility for the Cygnus development…

Plexus inks Petronas license

Jul 14, 2015

Engineering firm Plexus' Asian joint venture with Integrated Petroleum Services, Plexus Products, has secured a PETRONAS license to manufacture and supply Plexus’ POS-GRIP wellhead equipment in Malaysia.   Plexus believes that with the PETRONAS license secured…

Plexus to launch POS-GRIP Python

Jun 22, 2015

Plexus Holdings will launch its new POS-GRIP Python subsea wellhead during SPE Offshore Europe on 8 September 2015. The new Python subsea wellhead was designed to address key technical issues and requirements highlighted by regulators following…

Plexus nets Norwegian uHPHT order

Jun 15, 2015

Aberdeen-based wellhead engineering firm Plexus Holdings has won a contract to supply equipment to what could be the highest pressure well drilling on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.  The US$3.3 million contract is with Total E&P Norge for POS-GRIP wellhead systems…

Fugro concludes wellhead monitoring project

Jun 08, 2015

Fugro completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling campaign was conducted throughout 2014 in…

OTC15: DNV GL launches wellhead fatigue analysis RP

May 05, 2015

Addressing wellhead fatigue issues and proving sufficient margin for drilling operations has been a growing challenge for the oil and gas industry over the last decade. Wellhead fatigue can have significant technical, financial and safety implications for the system…

BP gets Valhall gas lift

Feb 16, 2015

BP Norge received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) for a gas lift at the Valhall IP. Increased water production is expected as a result of the water injection at Valhall, and gas lift is being performed to maintain stable production from the wells at IP…

Oseberg going unmanned

Feb 09, 2015

Statoil is considering using an unmanned wellhead platform - instead of a subsea development - for a planned extension of the Oseberg field development. Illustration of unmanned wellhead platform. From Statoil…

Shell Brunei ups Plexus orders

Jan 06, 2015

Aberdeen-based wellhead engineering firm Plexus Holdings has received purchase orders from Brunei Shell Petroleum to supply both high-pressure/high-temperature (HP/HT) and standard pressured wellhead systems and services for three additional exploration wells under an existing four year contract…

Cameron wins Hebron equipment supply contract

Dec 02, 2014

Cameron has been awarded a multi-year contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties for wellhead equipment and production trees for the Hebron project, a 52-well development located offshore Newfoundland. Cameron will supply large-bore, high-pressure equipment including wellheads…

Solstad gets Chevron Thailand job

Nov 25, 2014

Solstad Offshore ASA’s (SOFF) derrick lay barge Norce Endeavor will be operating for Chevron Thailand E&P Ltd.’s 2015 offshore campaign, off Thailand. Upon the terms of the contract, the Norce Endeavour will install multiple new wellhead platforms…

North Sea HPHT order for Plexus

Nov 24, 2014

Engineering services firm Plexus Holdings has received a £1.9 million purchase order from a major oil and gas operator to supply surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for a gas and condensate exploration well in the UK North Sea…

BG Group inks Plexus for UK drilling

Oct 01, 2014

Oil and gas engineering services business Plexus has won an order from BG Group for surface wellhead and mudline equipment services for an exploration well in the UK Continental Shelf in the North Sea.   The contract is due to run for 150 days and will involve Plexus' 18-3/4” 15…

BG joins POS-GRIP JIP

Sep 01, 2014

BG International, a subsidiary of BG Group, has signed up as the sixth major oil and gas consulting partner to Plexus Holding's on-going joint industry project (JIP).   The JIP’s objective is to develop and commercialise a new and safer subsea wellhead HGSS…

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