A portable Intervention Work Over Control System (IWOCS) deployment system developed by Caley Ocean Systems has been used to successfully test the manifold functions on four deepwater subsea manifolds post installation. Image…
Global Marine Systems has secured a contract that will see it provide personnel and equipment that will support the delivery of a submarine fiber optic link between platforms on behalf of client, Subsea 7, a provider of subsea engineering and construction…
Houston-based Oceaneering International’s 2Q 2015 results has its revenue down nearly 13% year-over-year, and left the company with the decision to end its blowout preventer (BOP) control systems business. Image from Oceaneering…
Viper Subsea released the next generation V-LOCK hydraulic stab plate, which was originally launched in 2011. The new model is designed such that all the coupler float requirements are built into the flying half of the stab plate, with…
Fugro is now offering cable-lay in addition to trenching to its offshore windfarm and tidal energy clients. The company has equipped its trenching vessel Fugro Saltire with a compact, custom-made, cable-lay spread. This comprises a reel drive system to store the cables…
FMC Technologies is down 15% from 2014, however, its subsea orders were stronger, and the company expects them to steadily increase to exceed US$3 billion in 2015. Image from FMC. The company’s 2Q 2015 revenue came in at $1…
French oil major Total has started production from its Dalia Phase 1A project, boosting the firm’s deep water Block 17 offshore Angola production by some 30,000 b/d. The Dalia Phase 1A project involves drilling of seven infill wells,…
Chevron information technology teams from around the world put their stamp on Jack/St. Malo, providing the technical support that helped the major capital project achieve first oil in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico (GOM), reports the company…
atg UV Technology and Aberdeen-based subsea blowout preventer controls specialists Raisepower have designed a treatment solution that combined UV treatment and filtration to prove the effectiveness of UV disinfection in treating hydraulic fluids used for subsea BOP operation…
Subsea 7 has agreed to its second alliance deal in a week, entering into an agreement with Houston-based KBR and its subsidiary Granherne to collaborate in cost effective, concept and front-end engineering and design services (FEED) for the…
Swire Oilfield Services has developed a new range of subsea baskets in response to the rise in demand from their customers to support their subsea operations. A team of in-house product development experts and engineers explored the…
Chukar Waterjet, a manufacturer of deepwater subsea ultra-high pressure (UHP) waterjet technology, introduces its new SUB-JET 3000 subsea waterjet system for work class ROVs. Operable at depths up to 3000m (10,000ft), the SUB-JET 3000 cuts steel up to 250mm thick and blasts away coatings…
OneSubsea and Subsea 7 entered into an agreement to form a non-incorporated alliance to design, develop and deliver integrated subsea development solutions for the oil and gas industry. Image from Subsea 7…
Chevron Upstream Europe has installed a new topsides module on to its Brittania bridge linked platform, paving the way for the start-up of the Alder. The Alder high-pressure, high-temperature field was discovered in 1975, in Block 15/29a…
Subsea Riser Products (SRP) and part of its marine risers and moorings business, has secured a contract to develop and qualify its Nimway 510 and Nimway 710 completion and workover riser connectors for GE Oil & Gas. The connectors are designed for water depths of up to 3000m…