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)…
UK-based subsea equipment firm Ashtead Technology deployed a new advanced subsea laser scanning technology on a project for Subsea 7 in the UK North Sea. Working on Chevron’s Captain field, Ashtead performed a well inspection using Newton…
A joint industry project (JIP) led by the UK's Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) has been launched to investigate alternative well foundation technology for subsea wells. The aim of the JIP is to examine the versatility and robustness…
Sydney, Australia-based UUV Aquabotix has launched a second-generation hybrid underwater vehicle, the Integra autonomous underwater vehicle/remotely operated vehicle). Single-person deployable, portable and battery-powered, the Integra…
Aker BP has awarded contracts to Subsea 7 and Aker Solutions for work on its Ærfugl gas field subsea tieback in the Norwegian Sea. The Ærfugl gas field development, previously known as Snadd, about 210km west of Sandnessjøen in the Norwegian Sea…
Seanamic Group’s Umbilicals International has opened a new quayside manufacturing site in Channelview, Texas – just 30 minutes east of downtown Houston – today (5 December). Umbilicals International's Channelview facility…
Norway's Statoil, with partners Eni (30%) and Petoro (20%), has submiited a plan for US$5.9 billion (NOK49 billion) development and operation for the Johan Castberg field in the Norwegian Barents Sea. The development cost is more than half of the original estimated cost for the project…