Subsea News


Multi-AUV technology contract awarded

Apr 13, 2017

Ocean Infinity has awarded Houston-based 4D Nav a contract for InfinityView, a mission planning and monitoring software for its multiple autonomous vehicle systems. The technology will support a new concept in autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) deployment…

Wood Group wins Snore FEED contract

Apr 11, 2017

Wood Group has been awarded a contract with Statoil to provide front end engineering design (FEED) to the subsea flowline system of the Snorre Expansion Project (SEP) in the Norwegian North Sea. The contract will be delivered by Wood Group’s Stavanger…

Hansa completes Jangkrik Complex Project delivery

Apr 11, 2017

Hansa Heavy Lift has successfully transported two dozen reels, as well as a range of subsea equipment for the Jangkrik Complex Project, off the coast of Indonesia.  HHL Richards Bay picked up the cargo at three different ports: Rosyth…

TechnipFMC wins Hydraulic Institute award

Apr 07, 2017

TechnipFMC, a longstanding engineering partner of Sulzer, has won the Hydraulic Institute Award for Innovation and Technology for its innovative products and solutions. The company was recognized during a ceremony at the Institute’s Centennial Celebration Gala in Florida…

Wood Group gets Echidna work

Apr 07, 2017

Wood Group was awarded a multi-year contract from Karoon Petróleo & Gás to provide owner’s engineering services to support the full field development for the Echidna field offshore Brazil marking the first project between the two companies…

Oceaneering grabs Constellation prize

Apr 06, 2017

Oceaneering International secured a contract from Anadarko Petroleum to supply the umbilical for Anadarko’s Constellation subsea tieback in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for a dynamic and static electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical…

Well-Centric, Hunting win asset maintenance contract

Apr 06, 2017

Late life-cycle integrity specialists, Well-Centric and Hunting, have been awarded an approximately US$6.2 million (£5 million) contract by a major North Sea exploration and production operator. The collaboration will see Well-Centric and Hunting join forces to provide maintenance…

NEL invests in subsea CoE

Apr 05, 2017

A new US$19.9 million (£16 million) Center of Excellence (CoE) for subsea development is to be established in East Kilbride, Scotland and will be led by TÜV SÜD Ltd. (NEL), a provider of research and development, consultancy and testing to the international oil and gas industry…

Norwegian activity on the rise–at what cost?

Apr 05, 2017

A wave of new projects is set to hit the Norwegian Continental Shelf this year, but how sustainable cost cutting measures have been to carry them out and the huge potential seen in digitizing the business was discussed in Oslo today. Shell's…

Forum invests in MacArtney EMO range

Apr 05, 2017

Forum Subsea Rentals, a Forum Energy Technologies business, has made new multiplexer (MUX) video and data acquisition technology available to their global rental market following significant investment in MacArtney’s EMO range. The acquisition…

Trendsetter gets Leviathan contracts

Apr 05, 2017

Trendsetter Engineering has been awarded multiple contracts to design and manufacture subsea production equipment for Noble Energy’s Leviathan Project, a large natural gas field development in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel…

Aptomar wins Martin Linge monitoring gig

Apr 04, 2017

Total E&P Norge (Total) has chosen Aptomar’s TCMS collaboration and management system to digitalize and manage environmental monitoring and oil spill detection at its Martin Linge field in the North Sea. The TCMS will combine subsea,…

EnerMech get Caspian contracts

Apr 03, 2017

Mechanical services group EnerMech has strengthened its market position in the Caspian region by securing contracts with major operators valued at more than US$49.8 million (£40 million). The contracts involve a number of EnerMech service lines including cranes and lifting…

Efficiency³

Apr 01, 2017

Tackling costs head on with fresh no-nonsense thinking could prove a boon for struggling subsea developments. Elaine Maslin reports on a project that hopes to achieve just that. The Paragon B391…

March of the Penguins

Apr 01, 2017

With Shell’s Brent Charlie due to shut down in 2018, the supermajor has had to find a new home for its Penguins cluster subsea tieback. Elaine Maslin outlines the redevelopment plans. Lucy Ritchie…

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