OneSubsea has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Greater Enfield Area Development offshore northwest Australia. The FEED study, which will be conducted by OneSubsea’s local team in Perth, will include…
Statoil's US$2.34 billion Asgard subsea gas compression project came onstream last week as the world's first subsea gas compression facility 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea. In this illustrated video, the Norwegian giant shows the installation and how it will work…
Claxton has installed a high-pressure drilling riser system as part of a multimillion-dollar contract for the Catcher area field development in the central North Sea. “Claxton was the only company to offer Premier Oil a fully-forged…
ABB ordered a new cable-laying vessel to be custom-built to ABB specifications and measure approximately 140m by 30m, and be constructed at Kleven shipyard in Norway. Delivery is expected in 2017. Image…
Statoil awarded FMC Technologies a US$172 million engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup field. The Johan Sverdrup field center. Image from Statoil…
Nexans has been awarded the contract to deliver 48km of static umbilicals to BP, and partner DEA, for the West Nile Delta Taurus Libra project in Egypt. The Taurus Libra development is a subsea project tied in to existing BG Group operated Burullus facilities…
At 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea, the world’s first subsea gas compression facility has come on stream, Statoil announced this morning. The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project, known as project Nemo to some internally…
Africa-focused Tower Resources announced the signing of the shallow water Thali (formerly known as Dissoni) production sharing contract (PSC), offshore Cameroon. The PSC signing ceremony took place on 15 September 2015 at the offices of Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures (SNH) in Yaoundé…
Trelleborg’s engineered products operation fast-tracked the manufacture, testing and delivery of its floatover mating technology for a major oilfield project in the South China Sea, in just four months. This allowed the stalled project to quickly and safely commence installation…
NaviModel is part of the EIVA software suite NaviSuite and designed to offer subsea survey and engineering professionals an extensive tool for 4D data modeling and visualization. Features include survey data inspection and eventing, automatic cleaning…
ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso E&P Nigeria started oil production earlier than planned at the Erha North Phase 2 deepwater subsea development project, offshore Nigeria. Esso North subsea structures…
Australia's Woodside has awarded Norway-based Aibel a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract in connection with the subsea tie back to the Ngujima-Yin floating production, storage and offloading vessel. The Greater Enfield Development…
Red Marine delivered a high capacity load test system, to Technip, for the periodic load testing of the pipelay system onboard the Skandi Africa, a newly built pipelay and construction vessel. The vessel has been specifically designed for…
Chevron is partnering with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) to investigate unexplored deepwater regions in the Great Australian Bight, in the first commercial partnership to operate the marine research vessel RV Investigator…
Wood Group is leading five new joint industry projects (JIPs) which will use the company's extensive subsea experience to solve industry-wide challenges. These international projects, which will run 2015-2018, will see Wood Group Kenny (WGK) work with several oil and gas operators…