Australia's safety regulator has published details of an incident which saw a dive vessel lose position while diving was active near a platform. The vessel drifted off location by about 40m and was initially noticed by the diver when…
Classification society ABS is pursuing multiple major joint development projects (JDP) with Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre (KOMtech) covering topics such as special purpose rigs, data analytics, and subsea technology. Senior…
Delta SubSea and Boskalis Subsea Services have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide integrated diving and ROV solutions in the Gulf of Mexico. Image from Boskalis. The…
AccessESP, a provider of rigless electric submersible pump (ESP) conveyance solutions, has appointed Ed Sheridan as its Asia Pacific region manager. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, he will be responsible for increasing market share in the region…
Subsea 7 will cut 1200 staff from its workforce, and five vessels from its active fleet by early 2017 amid the ongoing downturn in the oil and gas industry. Subsea 7 said that the job and vessel cuts together with other cost savings initiatives started at the beginning of the year…
Aberdeen, UK-based services firm Proserv has won two significant contract wins in the Gulf of Mexico. The deals with Talos Energy and Hess Corp. will see Proserv carry out work at the operators’ respective Phoenix and Conger field expansion developments…
In advance of the Deepwater Intervention Forum this 9-11 August 2016, Jerry Lee reports on a new approach to riserless plug and abandonment carried out by Wild Well Control in the US Gulf of Mexico. PA Tool component description and diagram…
Fugro has secured three contracts using the company’s Q1400 trenching system, to be deployed in the North Sea over the next 12 months. Image of the Q1400 trenching system, from Fugro. At…
McDermott International has been awarded further pipeline work for 2017 under a multi-year offshore installation contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. (BSP). The work includes transportation and installation (T&I) of pipelines and umbilicals in the Fairley and Ampa Fields offshore Brunei…
Dutch firm Mokveld Valves has commissioned two new test bunkers for testing critical, high-quality valve systems. Developed internally by Mokveld, the bunkers allow pressure testing with nitrogen and helium up to 1200 bar, and temperature testing within a range of -196-200°C…
OneSubsea has been awarded a US$170 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Belayim Petroleum Co. (Petrobel) to supply the subsea production systems for the first stage of the Zohr gas field, located in the Shorouk Concession…
Subsea technology and developments have been essential to unlocking the Norwegian subsea industry, but they are being challenged by alternative solutions and need to up their game to thrive in the future, a senior Statoil executive told the Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen…
Space exploration and energy technology needs were shared at an event in near Oxford this week to see where cross over technologies in both industries could be identified. The event was run by Merchant Marketing Group and The Satellite Applications Catapult…
UK-based fluid transfer solutions firm FES International has won a contract to supply equipment to Eni's Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project, 60km offshore Ghana. The project includes the combined development of the Sankofa Main…
FMC Technologies and Technip executed a business combination agreement (BCA) on 14 June 2016 regarding their proposed merger announced on 19 May. The execution of the BCA follows conclusion of the required work council consultation process in Europe…