Saudi Aramco has awarded Australia's WorleyParsons a contract to provide project management services for its offshore program. WorleyParsons has been managing the Offshore PMC contract for Saudi Aramco for the last 12 years, which has employed in excess of 400 people in recent years…
US-based operator Apache started oil production from the Coniston subsea oil field development offshore Exmouth, Western Australia, 10 May, says partner INPEX. Coniston covers 45sq km saddling blocks WA-35-L and WA-55-L where the water is 380m deep…
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has won a five-year contract with Oil Spill Response (Capping) Ltd. (OSRCL) to provide the maintenance support for a key part of a containment toolkit that would be used to control hydrocarbon release in the event of a subsea well control incident…
Subsea 7 has been award of a US$300 million pipeline and subsea contract for the Wintershall Norge Maria field development. Maria is located in the Norwegian Sea at 300m water depth. The contract consists of engineering, procurement…
Spain’s Repsol is rolling out a new organizational structure following the acquisition of Canadian oil company Talisman Energy that places Repsol as one of the world’s largest private oil companies. Imaz…
Jan De Nul Group is investing in two 6000-ton subsea rock installation vessels that were ordered at AVIC Weihai shipyard in Weihai, China. The vessels will be able to install rock at depths up to about 600m by means of a flexible fall pipe…
SMD has recently delivered a Q-Trencher 400 telecoms vehicle to United Arab Emirates-based company E-Marine. The vehicle is to be installed on the company’s new build CS Maram; E-Marine’s dedicated submarine cable installation and maintenance vessel…
Statoil's Snøhvit gas field, the largest industrial project off the coast of northern Norway, will be equipped with Nexans' static umbilical that provide hydraulic, electrical and fiber optic services for subsea services. The Snøhvit…
During market downturns, collaboration across industry is critical in order to share best practice Lloyd’s Register Energy has spent this week at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2015 in Texas challenging oil and gas companies to re-think their approach to safety…
AGR and SP Offshore Energy Services signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which AGR will provide a range of exploration services and the drilling of an ultra deepwater (UDW) well off the Comoros Islands, between Mozambique and the Comoros…
Wood Group Mustang (WGM) completed engineering services for the two Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) vessels that can be deployed in the event of a deepwater well control incident in the US Gulf of Mexico. Services provided included the follow-on design engineering…
Eni's Goliat platform is being towed from Hammerfest in Finnmark to the field location in the Barents Sea. Goliat tow out. From Eni. The cylindrical platform – a so-called floating…
Bergen Group terminated a deal with Semco Maritime to sell the company’s yard facility just before closing occurred. The deal was announced on 13 April 2015 and the transaction was subject to final closing no later than 30 April 2015…
At this week’s Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, DNV GL revealed a study that analyzes current regulatory regimes, outlining possible future developments and DNV GL’s recommendations to reduce the risk of major accidents. Safety model…
Gazprom and PetroVietnam entered into agreements to explore offshore Vietnam later this year, marking the first deepwater well in the area with a depth exceeding 1600m. Gazprom, PetroVietnam signing agreements…