Statoil installed the first subsea wet gas compressor in the world at the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea after a successful offshore campaign (see video below). Image: Seaway Heavy Lifting's Oleg Strashnov carrying the protective structure…
Statoil started the installation of 22 Åsgard subsea gas compression modules in the Norwegian Sea. Åsgard subsea compressor. Images from Statoil. The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank…
Engineering firm Ramboll is bringing its Danish values to its newly acquired American businesses. Meg Chesshyre sets out the details. When Danish engineering consultancy Ramboll acquired Houston-based Excel Engineering in October 2013…
The Statoil-operated Gullfaks gas field in the Norwegian Sea will use Nexans' innovative power umbilicals combining power, fiber-optic and hydraulic lines in a single cross section. The cables were handed over to Statoil this month. The…
The world’s first subsea wet gas compression system is ready to be installed on the seabed and tied back to the Gullfaks C platform, Norwegian oil firm Statoil has announced. The Gullfalks subsea wet gas compression system is being progressed…
Will subsea tech join fracking slowdown? There may be too much momentum. Bruce Nichols reports. Testing for Train 2 of the Asgard subsea compression system was completed in December at Aker Solutions’ dockside yard in Egersund…
Much of the recent commentary concerning the decline in oil prices has focused on US onshore production, specifically whether the continued extraction of unconventional resources is viable at current prices. Undoubtedly, this will be a key issue for the dynamics of global supply…
Australian exploration firm AWE has agreed a one year contract extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Umuroa, operating on the Tui Area oil project, offshore New Zealand, from Norway-based BW Offshore. As a result, the contract period has been extended to Q4 2016 (from Q4 2015)…
The Origin Energy-operated BassGas joint venture is one step closer in the BassGas Mid Life Enhancement (MLE) project after completing the Yolla offshore platform heavy lift stage, off southeast Australia. BassGas offshore platform…
The modules for the first compressor train to be installed in the Åsgard subsea gas compression system - the world's first subsea compression system - are ready to be transported from Egersund in Stavanger, Norway, to Kristiansund, pending installation at the field next year…
The world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015, says Statoil. By adding 22MM boe extra from the…
Singapore-based Marine Contracting Pte Ltd. has received an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract (EPCI) from Rotterdam-based Jord Oil & Gas Systems BV (JOGS) to install an interconnecting bridge and tripod support…
Malaysia’s Coastal Contracts Bhd received the new JU2000E Coastal Driller 4001 jackup rig from CIMC Raffles in Yantai. The delivery marks the ninth rig built and delivered from the Yanti yard. The Coastal Driller 4001 is ABS classified and can accommodate 140 people…
UK-based operator EnQuest has agreed to acquire ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Malaysia’s interest in the Seligi oil field and the PM8 PSC, offshore Malaysia, subject to approval by Petronas and conditions. The acquisition will…
An artist's illustration of the Asgard subsea compression facilities. Image from Aker Solutions. Subsea gas compression is being built on a large scale offshore Norway. But is the future in smaller projects Aker Solutions thinks so…