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Darcy deploys sand screens with Statoil

Aug 03, 2015

Sand control engineering specialist Darcy is gearing up for global interest in its downhole Hydraulic Screen following a successful installation in Statoil’s Statfjord oil field in the Norwegian Sector of the North Sea. The system provides…

Geoquip’s Deep Investigator ready to go

Jul 13, 2015

Geoquip Marine’s DP2 vessel, the Deep Investigator, is now fully operational after having completed significant vessel conversions, including the installation of a moonpool, the modernization of the accommodations and the installation of the GMR600 drill rig…

EnerMech promotes Conlon to director

Jul 09, 2015

Mechanical engineering group EnerMech has announced that general manager Niall Conlon has been promoted to director of its Australian operations, with Ciaran Hallinan taking over his role as general manager. The promotion is in recognition…

2H appoints Aberdeen director

Feb 11, 2015

2H Offshore appointed Phil Ward as a director in its Aberdeen office. Ward. From 2H Offshore.   This new role reflects Ward’s experience, knowledge and commitment to 2H, and is a promotion from his current role as principal engineer…

Severn unveils new HIPPS

Feb 10, 2015

Severn Glocon Group is revealing a High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS) for oil and gas topside and subsea applications at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen this week. Severn says the subsea HIPPS will be the first to combine independent…

Power Jacks unveils subsea precision tools

Jan 26, 2015

Power Jacks is launching a suite of bespoke subsea electro-mechanical actuators and gearboxes. Power Jacks U-series. From Power Jacks.   Power Jacks says its integrated U-Series range…

SKF, Vantage improve drillship reliability

Dec 16, 2014

SKF USA and Vantage Drilling combined resources to improve the reliability of the Vantage Titanium Explorer and Platinum Explorer drill ship fleet. Titanium Explorer. From Vantage.   These…

GE wins Petronas FLNG 2 contract

Nov 12, 2014

Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology for the second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility off the coast of East Malaysia…

Wellube supports isolation project

Nov 09, 2014

Unique Wellube, a division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG), exhibiting at ADIPEC this week, recently supplied Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) with mechanical seal plugs for a significant pipeline isolation project. ADMA-OPCO…

Engineering for a cold climate

Nov 03, 2014

Arctic-ready facilities: meeting the engineering challenge for a new era of offshore exploration. Mark Manton explains. The Sable South Centre module being loaded ready for installation at the Sable Offshore Energy Tier II Compression Project…

Innovating field joint insulation

Sep 01, 2014

Dow Chemical discusses the development of non-mercury-catalyzed field joint insulation material for subsea pipelines. By Amber Stephenson, Dave Parker, Mike Huspek, Kamesh Vyakaranam, and Mark Whelan For decades, offshore applicators…

Chevron quits Anchor-1 well

Aug 05, 2014

Chevron’s Anchor-1 well was junked due to mechanical difficulties. Located in Green Canyon block 807, 131 mi. from Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, Anchor-1 was abandoned before reaching its geologic objectives, according to Cobalt International Energy’s 2Q 2014 results…

Elletra installed in Adriatic

Jul 17, 2014

The 450-tonne Elettra platform deck sailed away from Rosetti Marino's Piomboni Yard in Marina di Ravenna on July 7, and on Monday 14, the deck was installed in the Adriatic Sea, 33 miles offshore Ancona, Italy. The scope of work assigned…

Making connections

Jun 12, 2014

Alpha Mahatvaraj of GMC Inc. discusses how their new mechanically connected risers could offer a potential solution for ultra-deepwater projects. The contribution of ultra-deepwater developments to world oil production is expected to…

New Aker firm scoops Statoil contract

May 26, 2014

Statoil has exercised a two-year contract extension with Altus Intervention for the provision of mechanical wireline services on Statoil-operated fields and mobile drilling units on the Norwegian continental shelf. The scope of the extended…

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