Ennsub has been awarded a £2 million (US$3.1 million) contract by Benthic to build a portable launch and recovery system for its latest addition to its seabed drilling and geotechnical drill fleet. The launch and recovery system (LARS4)…
Hess Corp. awarded Proserve a contract worth in excess of US$20 million for the provision of a 12-well subsea control system along with associated topside and subsea interface equipment for the deepwater Stampede development, in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM)…
InterMoor successfully completed the installation and hook up of the permanent mooring system for the Delta House field floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. InterMoor crew hook up at Delta House…
The global fleets are growing – not least in order to cater for new deep water challenges. Fred Tholen takes a look. Subsea 7’s new heavy construction vessel, under construction in South Korea…
Deepwater is a big play for Chevron – one which comes with challenges that the super major is working hard to overcome. Transocean’s drillship Discoverer Deep Seas, which drilled at Chevron’s Tahiti prospect…
OE spoke with experts from Halliburton, Hess and Weatherford to answer the question: “What have been the top achievements in drilling technology in the last five years?” Hess Corp. List provided by Dr…
As development gets deeper, so does pipelay operations. OE asked some of the leaders in the field what they see as the most challenging aspects of deepwater pipelay. EMAS AMC EMAS AMC’s newbuild Lewek Constellation…
Aker Solutions, FMC Technologies, and GE Oil & Gas set out where they see the future of subsea technologies going. Aker Solutions A vision for the future: advanced subsea production systems. Photo from Aker Solutions…
Bourbon’s Rodolphe Bouchet explains how the company’s new Explorer 500 series shows its commitment to standardization, which offers time and cost savings. The PSV Bourbon Explorer 504 at sea. Photos from Bourbon…
OE spoke with experts from CGG and Ion Geophysical to ascertain where the next frontiers of future offshore oil and gas exploration will be located. These areas are certain to blossom over the next five years. Here’s how the experts answered…
Claudio Paschoa compares two new compact ROV-operated systems for seabed geotechnical drilling by Forum Energy Technologies and Helix Energy Solutions. Forum’s Rovdrill 3 system. Image by Forum Energy Technologies…
Service company Royal Niger Emerging Technologies has awarded JDR a fast-track contract supporting the West African Abo project for the manufacture of a 1.55km hybrid steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical. The umbilical, designed to…
Oceaneering International has entered into a two-year charter for use of the Island Pride, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International. The vessel is expected to be available for work in the US Gulf of Mexico (GOM) in early January 2015…
IntecSea Malaysia will help ONGC develop the KG-DWN-98/2 block in the Krishna Godavari (K-G) basin off the east coast of India. This comes after the announcement on 9 November that India's upstream oil regulator, the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) in the Petroleum Ministry…
Royal Niger Emerging Technologies awarded JDR Cable Systems Ltd. a contract to manufacture a 1.55km hybrid of steel tube and thermoplastic umbilical support for the West African Abo project. JDR's steel umbilical…
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