Pipelines News


Delmar releases AUZ first risk assessment software

Jan 13, 2016

Delmar is answering the call for better risk assessment software in Australia with the launch of ConStatAU. This technology will allow operators to better understand and potentially avoid risks offshore. The ConStat risk assessment software…

WFS Technologies launches corrosion monitor

Dec 30, 2015

WFS Technologies (WFS), a provider of underwater wireless instrumentation and control solutions to the offshore oil and gas, and renewables industries, launched the Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion Monitor.  The Seatooth PipeLogger Corrosion…

Bisso Marine acquires derrick/pipelay barge

Dec 23, 2015

Bisso Marine has announced its acquisition of the derrick/pipelay barge Global Iroquois. The 400ft x 100ft x 30ft laybarge has performed pipelay operations worldwide and will be renamed Bisso Iroquois. The central part of the barge’s…

McDermott JV wins Indian SURF work

Dec 21, 2015

McDermott International has announced that a consortium of McDermott and L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro, was awarded a contract covering the engineering, procurement, construction…

Saipem awarded US$196 million in contracts

Dec 15, 2015

Saipem has been awarded new engineering and construction offshore contracts cumulatively valued at US$196 million (€180 million). The most significant initiatives are: Johan Sverdrup Export Pipelines Project  Statoil, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners…

Delek: Leviathan on track

Dec 14, 2015

The Delek Group and its Leviathan partners are setting the record straight by refuting recent media reports regarding Leviathan’s development field plan. Map of Leviathan. From Noble Energy. Media…

Hilcorp aims for Alaska manmade island

Dec 14, 2015

Houston-based Hilcorp filed its plan with the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to build a self-contained island for drilling operations in the Beaufort Sea, offshore Alaska. Conceptual 3D rendering of the proposed Liberty Island…

Statoil picks three for Johan Sverdrup pipelines

Dec 09, 2015

Statoil has, on behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partners, awarded contracts for the linepipe, coating and pipe installation of the Johan Sverdrup export pipelines. The total contract value is estimated at slightly less than US$288 million (NOK 2…

Subsea 7 inks Centrica decom work

Dec 07, 2015

Subsea 7 will provide decommissioning services for the second phase of Centrica’s Rose and Stamford gas field decommissioning programs, located in the southern North Sea. Photo of the Seven Atlantic DSV…

Seatronics, Meridian complete Mexico pipeline gig

Dec 03, 2015

Seatronics completed a project with marine services organization Meridian Ocean Services in Mexico to inspect and chart existing pipelines along the coast of Ciudad Del Carmen, which required a full survey equipment spread utilizing a Forum Comanche ROV…

Getting smart about corrosion

Dec 01, 2015

Jerry Lee speaks with Olga Koper, business lead for Energy at Battelle, to find out more about the company’s corrosion resistant coating, which seeks to “heal” cracks in pipelines. Koper. Battling…

Chevron inks Solstad vessel contract

Dec 01, 2015

Solstad Offshore has won a multiple-year contract with Chevron in Thailand for its offshore installation and construction program using the derrick lay barge Norce Endeavour. Norce Endeavour will install multiple new wellhead platforms…

Airborne inks latest composite pipe contract

Nov 27, 2015

A West African operator selected Airborne Oil and Gas’s thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) technology as the preferred solution for injecting large volumes of stimulation fluids offshore in deep water offshore West Africa. Airborne Oil & Gas will supply a 1450m-long…

Largest pipe bending machine delivered

Nov 27, 2015

UK-based Unison has installed and commissioned the world’s largest and most powerful all-electric pipe bending machine, at the Norwegian offshore and maritime services company, Westcon Yard. Capable of generating a colossal 660,000 Nm of continuous…

Penspen lands Nigerian engineering study

Nov 25, 2015

Penspen has been awarded a contract from Sirius Group to conduct an engineering study for the monetization of gas reserves from oilfields offshore Niger Delta. A key element of this agreement is the development of gas reserves of the OML 122 field…

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