Installation News


Energy Skills Challenge Fund helps train subsea divers

Mar 14, 2013

The Underwater Centre gains funding for 15 more trainees The Underwater Centre awarded further £130,000 to train a further 15 divers The Underwater Centre in Fort William has been awarded a further £130,000 as part of a major initiative…

Kvaerner inked for Hebron project

Mar 12, 2013

ExxonMobil Canada Properties has released the option for Kvaerner's joint venture company Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors to provide the full scope of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the Hebron Project gravity based structure (GBS)…

Ocean Installer wins Bittern install

Mar 08, 2013

Ocean Installer won a contract for umbilical installation at the Bittern field in the North Sea by Shell UK Ltd, the company announced on 7 March 2013.Normand ClipperThe scope of the work is to install two new static umbilicals of 20.7 km and 1…

CX-15 tower installation

Mar 05, 2013

Offshore engineering firm GMC Ltd. provides this video of the 2,500-ton CX-15 buoyant tower, touted at the world's largest, being installed at Corvina Field off Peru for BPZ Energy. The tower hull measures 69.9m with four, ring-stiffened…

Centrica's York starts flowing

Mar 01, 2013

Centrica Energy has started production on its southern North Sea York gas field.The York Platform (Image: Centrica)The field, 100% owned by Centrica Energy Upstream, is being produced by a normally unmanned installation and is expected to produce about 120mmscf/d of gas at its peak…

Subsea 7 wins Oseberg job

Feb 25, 2013

Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a pipelay and subsea installation contract valued at approximately US$160 million from Statoil at the Oseberg Delta 2 field, located approximately 130 km west of Bergen in the North Sea.Oseberg Field…

Subsea 7 grabs Erha job

Feb 07, 2013

Subsea 7 to install flowlines and umbilicals Seven Borealis (Image: Subsea 7) ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso E&P Nigeria awarded a consortium of Subsea 7's Nigerian subsidiary and West African Ventures Ltd. an development contract for its deepwater Erha North Field off Nigeria…

McDermott nets Kepodang work

Feb 04, 2013

McDermott will supply platforms and flowlines McDermott's Batam Island facilitiesMcDermott International's Indonesian subsidiary has been awarded a contract by PC Muriah Ltd., an affiliate of PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd., to develop offshore…

Installation initiative increases industry involvement

Feb 01, 2013

As the oil & gas industry ventures into deeper waters and more extreme environments, operators, umbilical equipment designers and manufacturers, and installation companies, have been working together to ensure umbilical installation is as smooth an operation as possible…

Line 60 work

Feb 01, 2013

Pemex awarded Subsea 7 a US$140 million contract for its Line 60 project in the Bay of Campeche. Subsea 7 will provide engineering, fabrication, and installation of a 16km-long pipeline, two slug catchers, and two cantilever structures. Offshore operations are underway.

Subsea 7 unveils Seven Viking

Jan 30, 2013

New next gen IMR vessel heads for North Sea Seven Viking IRM vesselThe cutting edge Seven Viking vessel, designed for operations in the harshest environments is being unveiled and named at a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway, by Subsea 7…

Subsea 7 wins Fram bundle

Jan 21, 2013

Shell picks Subsea7 for Fram pipeline bundleFram field set up (Photo: Shell)Shell has awarded Subsea 7 a $135 million contract for work on its Fram oil and gas development in the central North Sea.Subsea 7 will handle the engineering…

Wave energy conversion

Jan 04, 2013

JUMBO JOB: The DP2 heavy lift vessel Jumbo Javelin was used to install 111 transition pieces for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm off Denmark. The transition pieces, weighing up to 180t each, were loaded in Aalborg and transported to Anholt aboard the Javelin…

Technip nabs GOM pipeline work

Dec 18, 2012

Technip's G1200 vesselTechnip joins GOM platform junction project Williams Partners and DCP Midstream awarded Technip a pipeline installation contract for their 60-40 owned Discovery System in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, Technip announced on 17 December 2012…

Reef Subsea wins Grane field work

Dec 14, 2012

Polar PrinceReef to conduct seismic installation at GraneReef Subsea announced that one of its Norwegian subsidiaries, Reef Subsea Norway, has been awarded a major contract by Statoil for the full seismic system installation of the Grane field offshore Norway…

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