Subsea asset integrity is a growing challenge on the UK Continental Shelf and elsewhere, with each basin having its unique set of often complex demands. This applies to traditional oil and gas plant as well as the new generation of renewable energy structures…
Subsea tieback technology has pushed the limits of how far step-outs can go. And, as technology is further developed, there will be more to come. (First published in the December 2017 OE, access the full issue here).
Taking a look back on the year that was 2017, our OEdigital.com website's most popular stories pretty much tell everything you need to know. While the industry is still adjusting to the downturn, the bright spots are few, but significant…
Saipem has signed a contract with Eni Angola in relation to the West Hub Development project in Angola, which incorporates the work orders previously assigned and communicated in 2016 and 2017 and adds the scope of work for the development of the Vandumbu field in Block 15/06…
UK-based remote operated vehicle operator ROVOP has increased its ROV fleet by 50% following aUS$74.93 (£56 million) funding boost. Blue Water Energy and BGF have jointly committed to the funding, which allowed ROVOP to buy an additional 24 ROVs…
Norway's Statoil is planning to start production from a US$2.27 (NOK19 billion) expansion project on its Snorre field in the Norwegian North Sea by 2021, tapping an additional 200 MMbo from the field and extending its life out to at least 2040…
VNG Norge has made a contract award to TechnipFMC for integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (iEPCI) on the Fenja field in the Norwegian Sea offshore Norway. The contract covers the provision of subsea equipment including umbilicals…
Australia's Woodside Energy has awarded UK-based engineering house Wood a contract for a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project offshore Australia. Woodside has also awarded Wood a contract for engineering and rig modification services off Australia…
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel Singmarine has delivered a new multi-purpose ice-class vessel to New Orient Marine, part of Luxembourg-based Maritime Construction Services. The MPV Everest, built to a Keppel O&M design, is the 11th ice-class vessel built by Keppel O&M…
US offshore wind developer US Wind has awarded a contract to Oceaneering for high-resolution marine geophysical surveys in 2H 2018 for the Maryland Offshore Wind Project. The $2.5 billion Maryland project on the Maryland Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)…
Germany's Wintershall has started production from the Maria subsea tieback offshore Norway a year ahead of schedule and 20% under budget. The Maria field development cost about US$1.43 billion (NOK12 billion), $358.9 million below the original budget…
Norwegian oil major Statoil has awarded three new subsea maintenance framework agreements, extending to 2023, to Aker Solutions, TechnipFMC and OneSubsea, with a total estimated value of more than US$970 million (NOK8 billion). In addition…
Norwegian operator Aker BP has submitted three plans for development and operations to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Aker BP is planning to develop Valhall Flank West…
Statoil has awardedd Aker Solutions a framework agreement for the provision of subsea services on the Norwegian oil major's operated assets offshore Norway. The contract has a fixed period of five years, starting in the first quarter of 2018…
Work on a subsea power grid, which could support all-electric subsea process, has taken a step forward in Finland with the successful testing of subsea variable speed drives. A full scale prototype of a subsea variable speed drive (VSD)…