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Apache to use Bibby for subsea work

May 26, 2016

Bibby Offshore, a leading subsea services provider to the oil and gas industry, has announced a substantial contract win with Apache North Sea to provide subsea construction, ROV and diving services at the largest oil field in the North Sea…

F.lli Righini wins BP Shah Deniz umbilical handling contracts

Apr 28, 2016

Italian firm F.lli Righini has been awarded a new contract by BP for four umbilical handling and lay packages in the Caspian region. The contract, awarded by BP's Shah Deniz business unit, is for the Shah Deniz Phase 2 project in the Caspian Sea…

TRIYARDS newbuild wins OSJ award

Apr 07, 2016

The TRIYARDS Holdings built Lewek Constellation ice-class DP3 multi-lay vessel, was named Support Vessel of the Year at the 2016 Offshore Support Journal (OSJ) Awards. Only offshore support vessels (OSVs) deemed to have raised the bar…

GAS gets Chirag survey gig

Feb 29, 2016

Italian geotechnical firm GAS has been appointed to perform survey and positioning support activities for the Chirag oil project offshore Azerbaijan.  The work scope covers the laying of 8.33km of the 18in water injection pipeline and…

Statoil awards $185 million for three fields

Feb 03, 2016

Norwegian giant Statoil handed out several contracts worth more than US$185 million (NOK 1.6 billion)for its Oseberg Vestflanken 2, Johan Sverdrup, and Ging Krog fields offshore Norway. CEO Steinar Riise is signing the contract for Ocean Installer…

Sparrows Group awarded under rollers contract

Dec 22, 2015

Sparrows Group, and its cable and pipe-lay solutions (CPLS) division, has been awarded a contract by Oceaneering International, a provider of engineered services and products to the offshore oil and gas industry, to design and manufacture two 500-tonne powered and jack-able under-rollers…

Multi-tasking on Solan

Nov 30, 2015

Premier Oil’s Solan field is due to come onstream by the end of this year. It’s a unique project for the North Sea – a normally unmanned facility with a subsea oil storage tank. Bibby Polaris on location at Premier Solan…

Civmec lands Prelude FLNG gig

Nov 12, 2015

Technip Oceania has awarded Civmec a fabrication contract for 17 subsea jumper spools and associated lifting equipment for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. Civmec said it has gained valuable experience through the delivery of spools for…

Egypt award for Subsea 7

Oct 14, 2015

Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Pharaonic Petroleum Co. for the development of the East Nile Delta Phase 3 Project (END-3).  The scope includes installation engineering, procurement and fabrication of rigid spools, and  installation of pipeline…

Saipem racks up $680 million in new contracts

Oct 09, 2015

Saipem announced it has won new engineering and construction contracts cumulatively worth approximately US$680 million (€600 million). Included are contracts awarded by Saudi Aramco and Eni. The contract with Saudi Aramco is an EPCI job…

Lewek Constellation completes inaugural reel lay projects

Sep 29, 2015

Ezra Holdings Ltd., announced its Subsea Services division EMAS AMC has successfully completed the first two of three Noble Energy-operated subsea tieback projects in the US Gulf of Mexico.   Image…

Harkand JV awarded Technip contract

Sep 18, 2015

A joint venture between Harkand and Consolidated Shipping Agencies (Conship) Ltd. has resulted in its first contract win in Ghana, West Africa. The award will see the delivery of onshore and offshore support to Technip in the region. Having formed a strategic alliance with Conship…

IKM inks Johan Sverdrup EPC

Sep 14, 2015

Statoil, on behalf of operator Gassco, awarded IKM Ocean Design an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Johan Sverdrup gooseneck spool and retrofit hot-tap tee. Three…

Airborne inks Petronas TCP first

Aug 17, 2015

Following the successful completion of a three-year qualification program of subsea flowline for hydrocarbon service, PETRONAS has requested Airborne Oil & Gas to supply a TCP (thermoplastic composite pipe) Flowline for a pilot project, intended to be installed later this year…

Harkand in Mexico inertial metrology survey

Jul 27, 2015

Image: diver working/Harkand Harkand has carried out the first-ever free inertial metrology in Mexico's waters and at a new depth for this approach in the region. The global inspection…

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