An Australian engineering house is partnering with a UK technology organisation to test a prototype system that could enable longer distance subsea tiebacks to be built.Worley’s INTECSEA consultancy is working with the UK's Oil & Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) on the project…
Global subsea Xmas tree orders took a major hit through the downturn. But, manufacturers are doing their bit to reduce cost and new generation trees are soon to leave factories, as Offshore Engineer found out during a tour of Aker Solutions’ Tranby facility…
While the blue economy and renewables loomed large on today’s agenda at the Offshore Mediterranean Conference (OMC) in Ravenna, Italy, moves toward extending exploration into underexplored Greece, as well as technologies to enable more fields to be produced as subsea tiebacks…
BP and Enpro Subsea have executed a Global Frame Agreement aimed at providing an enhanced subsea architecture and smart standardization using Flow Access Module (FAM) technology to enable fast track, capital efficient subsea tiebacks.Enpro said…
As exploration and production (E&P) activity in the offshore oil and gas industry gradually accelerates, the global subsea sector is set to face supply chain challenges, predicts controls technology company Proserv.Industry consultants have…
McDermott International announced Monday it has secured a contract from LLOG Exploration Company to install the subsea infrastructure to support a two well subsea tieback from the Stonefly development site to the Ram Powell platform approximately…
While the offshore industry is showing signs of recovery, it may still be some time before the supply chain starts to feel a sense of relief.“The offshore and deepwater are coming back,” said Caitlin Shaw, director of upstream supply chain research at Wood Mackenzie…
BP has received approval from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) to proceed with the Vorlich development in the central North Sea, which is expected to come onstream in 2020.New North Sea development is targeting 30 million barrels of oil equivalent and expected to produce 20…
Subsea tieback technology has pushed the limits of how far step-outs can go. And, as technology is further developed, there will be more to come. (First published in the December 2017 OE, access the full issue here).
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…
French operator Engie E&P has increased its resource estimate for the Cara field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea and reached a 'concretization decision,' or feasibility decision gate, on the field. Engie says Cara contains 56-94 MMboe…
Independent oil firm i3 Energy says detailed engineering studies into a tieback for its Liberator field have started. The firm is looking to tie the field into the Blake field host infrastructure, then through the Bleo Holm floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…
LLOG Exploration Co. is moving forward to develop its Buckskin project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, signing a deal with Seadrill for the West Neptune to begin work later this year. West Neptune…
Total has started-up production from the Edradour and Glenlivet gas and condensate fields west of Shetland. ahead of schedule and 30% under budget. The fields, in about 300-435m water depth, have been developed with a 35km, three-well tieback to the Laggan-Tormore production infrastructure…
Norway's Aibel has started construction work on Dea's US$1.23 billion Norwegian Sea Davlin subsea tieback, with first steel cut on Dvalin module H25 in Haugesund. The Dvalin gas field, previously known as Zidane, discovered in 2010, is…