Subsea 7 has won a three-year frame agreement, with four one-year options, for six North Sea clients: Chevron North Sea, Dana Petroleum (E&P), Hess Denmark, Nexen Petroleum UK, Talisman Sinopec Energy UK and TAQA Bratani. Under the frame agreement…
CGG has been awarded an extension to a major 3D seismic survey it successfully completed on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia in late 2015. The new survey follows on from the original over 16,000sq km survey CGG conducted over portions of the Col-1 and Col-2 blocks…
It's new engineering consultancy io's first year at Subsea Expo. We spoke to the firm's COO Mark Dixon about the show and the wider industry. What brings you to Subsea Expo? In our first year of business as io, the oil price has…
Allspeeds has supplied Webtool Emergency Disconnection Tools (EDT) to AKOFS Offshore for its subsea equipment orientation system (SOES) used to install subsea trees, the firm revealed at Subsea Expo, Aberdeen, today. The Webtool EDT is…
Surface to seabed specialist, Seanamic Group, is expanding its global umbilicals business with a new Umbilical International facility in Glasgow, the frim revealed at Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. Image from Seanamic Group…
BP has informed Oceaneering that it has terminated its contract with the Bourbon Oceanteam 101 vessel, effective May 2016. The vessel had been hired by the supermajor to work offshore Angola. Prior to the early termination notification…
ExxonMobil is moving quickly to spud a well at its Liza discovery, offshore Guyana, in addition to several major projects that are set for start-up in the next two years. Image from Exxon. Exxon…
HAWXEYE, developed by Xodus engineers as an alternative to spreadsheets, is a cloud-based web app geared to screen assets for vibration, erosion and corrosion related issues. Complex data from monitors and piping and instrumentation…
Lundin Petroleum secured up to US$5 billion in a seven-year deal to fund the company’s stake in Statoil’s giant Johan Sverdrup project, offshore Norway. Johan Sverdrup rendering. Image from Lundin Facebook…
Ashtead Technology is outlining a new approach to the installation and integrity management of subsea systems to reduce risk and cost in subsea operations at this week's Subsea Expo in Aberdeen. The firm has developed a suite of integrated…
Anadarko Petroleum posted a full year net loss of nearly US$7 billion, with the anticipation of cutting its initial 2016 budget by some 50%. Mozambique operations. Image from Anadarko. For Q4…
A new set of standards for the design and operation of tidal turbines has been published based on the outputs of a project in the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) marine technology program. The new certification standards will apply…
GE Oil & Gas has launched a subsea boosting joint industry project, among other new initiatives, at its annual meeting in Florence today. The subsea boosting JIP aims to develop a new and simplified subsea boosting system that has the…
BP has reported a 91% drop in Q4 2015 earnings, revealing the impact of the lowest oil prices in more than a decade on the business, and says oil prices look set to 'continue to be challenging in the near term.' The firm's full year underlying profit was a loss of $5…
Songa Offshore is planning to cut up to 200 staff and shut its offices in Aberdeen and South Korea, the firm announced yesterday. The company said the US$30 million-saving move, which will see support functions centralized out of Norway…
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