Subsea News


Teledyne releases CEION2, DCU4 upgrades

Aug 21, 2017

Teledyne Cormon, a member of Teledyne Marine that provides corrosion and erosion monitoring equipment for the oil and gas market, has recently introduced an upgrade to its signature CEION and DCU product lines.  CEION2…

KBR bags Tortue pre-FEED

Aug 17, 2017

KBR has confirmed that the company has been awarded the pre-front end engineering design (FEED) and project support services contracts for the development of the Tortue / Ahmeyim field, offshore Mauritania and Senegal. OE reported in…

Bluestream inks Total IRM

Aug 14, 2017

Bluestream has been awarded an inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) contract with Total E&P Nederland BV for 36 offshore sites. VOS Sugar. Image from Bluestream. The contract is part of a long-term frame agreement…

Bumi bags Lukoil EPCI in Caspian

Aug 11, 2017

Bumi Armada has signed a supplementary agreement with Lukoil for additional engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) work at the Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. Aramada Installer…

First steel cut on Dvalin subsea tieback

Aug 11, 2017

Norway's Aibel has started construction work on Dea's US$1.23 billion Norwegian Sea Davlin subsea tieback, with first steel cut on Dvalin module H25 in Haugesund. The Dvalin gas field, previously known as Zidane, discovered in 2010, is…

Kvaerner inks Nyhamna subsea compression decom project

Aug 10, 2017

Kvaerner has been awarded a contract with Norske Shell for the disposal and demolition of the Subsea Compression Pilot at Nyhamna. Image from Kvaerner. The scope of work consists…

M2 Subsea ink Harvey Gulf services deal

Aug 10, 2017

M2 Subsea, the global independent provider of ROV services, has formed an alliance with vessel operator Harvey Gulf Marine International to provide subsea ROV services in the Gulf of Mexico. The alliance will see M2 Subsea’s ROVs utilized on board Harvey Gulf’s DP2 survey support vessel…

DNV GL sets up subsea remote surveillance

Aug 07, 2017

DNV GL has developed a solution for remote surveillance service for subsea equipment manufacturing, while keeping innovation and cost savings in mind. Remote surveillance test setup at DNV GL offices…

Eni joins Siemens' subsea power grid JIP

Aug 07, 2017

Italian oil major Eni Norge has joined Siemens' Subsea Power Grid joint industry program (JIP). Siemens Subsea is developing a complete subsea power network with a group of partners, led by Chevron and including Statoil, ExxonMobil and Petrobras…

Apache brings Callater online

Aug 04, 2017

Apache has brought its Callater North Sea subsea tieback on stream ahead of schedule. Discovered in 2015, Callater, a six-well slot bundle tieback to the Beryl Alpha facility.  It was among three fields, including Seagull and Corona…

SMD takes up Port of Tyne facility

Aug 01, 2017

Subsea vehicle firm Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) is relocating its servicing operations to the Port of Tyne’s Tyne Dock estate in South Shields (UK).  The Tyneside-based remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) specialist will keep its head office…

Let’s get connected

Aug 01, 2017

Sometimes seen as the weak link in the system, subsea connectors have come a long way. With new challenges, larger throughput requirements, new materials and methods this is an ever-evolving technology, says Hydro Group Systems’ Bill Mildon…

Pioneering under pressure

Aug 01, 2017

Petrobras’ insatiable deepwater production plays a significant role when it comes to driving global subsea systems demand. Elaine Maslin speaks with the firm’s subsea systems executive manager Cristina Pinho. Cristina Pinho…

Design once, build many

Aug 01, 2017

Rob Gill and Steve Henzell explain how WorleyParsons intends to make wellhead facilities production cheaper and faster with a design one, build many ethos. Images from WorleyParsons. The…

Challenging wax on Pil and Bue

Aug 01, 2017

Waxy crude on the Pil and Bue project and topside constraints has led VNG Norge to explore pipe-in-pipe heating systems. Elaine Maslin reports. Statoil’s Njord A facility. Photo by Thomas Sola/Statoil…

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