McDermott International has won a letter of award from Reliance Industries for work on the KG-D6 subsea field development in the Krishna Godavari Basin offshore eastern India. McDermott will provide engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning of subsea flowlines…
Oceaneering’s Joao Melo explains how operators can decide if aged assets can live longer. Umbilicals and termination assemblies ready for testing. Images from Oceeaneering. Subsea umbilicals…
Elaine Maslin reports on a new solution aimed at converting heat in subsea pipes into power, and then using that power to measure what’s going through those pipes. Hot Ring. Image from Exnics. “Hot…
DeepOcean's COO Ottar Mæland is to take over the responsibilities as acting CEO of DeepOcean. After leading the company through a successful ownership change, the current CEO of DeepOcean Bart Heijermans has decided to step down from his position…
The Dubai subsidiary of Scottish energy industry equipment manufacturer and service provider Flowline Specialists has recently completed work on a major subsea umbilical, riser and flexible (SURF) lay project in the Middle East. Flowline…
Subsea solutions company Kreuz Subsea has announced AJ Jain as CEO and Balaji Bhashyam as COO. Jain brings over 25 years of executive industry experience to the role having held a number of leadership positions in the oil and gas industry across the globe…
Mooring services firm InterMoor, an Acteon Group company, has named Mark Jones, global CEO. Jones' new role will include building more structure and greater collaboration amongst business units, focusing on areas of growth and mobilizing new services across the regions…
As the North Sea enters the decommissioning era, should complete removal remain the default option? And what is the impact of the process on North Sea ecosystems? Emma Gordon reports. The oil and gas industry must address its knowledge…
When Total launched the Laggan-Tormore subsea tieback, West of Shetland, it was always with the long-view, and not just in terms of distance. The investment is starting to pay off. Elaine Maslin reports. The 143km-long gas pipeline export facilities for Laggan-Tormore…
Subsea firm Ocean Infinity has claimed to have undertaken the deepest dive by multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) commercial known. The feat was achieved on 18 October, when the firm launched six HUGIN AUVs, each with…
Avitas Systems, a GE Venture, announced today (26 October) that it has formed a strategic partnership with Kraken Robotics to integrate autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), acoustic and laser sensor technology, and artificial intelligence…
A steady recovery is in motion in the subsea business with the potential for major subsea awards in the remaining months of this year and throughout 2018, according to TechnipFMC's boss Doug Pferdehirt. The firm won US$2.5 billion in…
Oilfield services firm Expro says it has performed the world’s first proven wireless transmission of reservoir pressure data to surface, from a recently abandoned subsea appraisal well, which incorporated a rock-to-rock cement plug. The…
Andrew Hodgson is stepping down as CEO of Tyneside-based subsea engineering firm Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD). He will be will be succeeded by his deputy Mike Jones from 23 October. Jones has worked for SMD for over 25 years. A director since 2004…
Shell has submitted plans to develop the Fram gas and gas condensate field in the UK North Sea as a subsea tieback to the Shearwater platform. The project, in Blocks 29/3a, 29/4c, 29/8a, 29/9c in the Central North Sea, had been considered as a standalone development…