Saipem News

Mariner marches on

Aug 05, 2015

Norwegian giant Statoil’s Mariner field in the North Sea is a US$7 billion investment for the company. It is located in Block 9/11 on the East Shetland Platform, about 150km east of the Shetland Isles, and lies in water depths ranging between 97-112m…

Aje edges toward first oil

Jul 27, 2015

Drilling has started on the Aje 5 production well in Aje field offshore Nigeria, paving the way for first oil on the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel development. The three-phase development, starting with two production wells…

Sea Truck gets first Brazilian award

Jul 15, 2015

Sea Trucks Group has announced the recent award of its first contract in Brazil. Sea Trucks will provide accommodation support services to Saipem for 300 personnel on board, including lifting operations, storage support and logistic support services for modifications works of an FPSO…

Saipem awards Alderley Kaombo FPSO contract

Jul 06, 2015

Saipem awarded Alderley a contract to design, engineer and fabricate two FPSO-produced water treatment packages for the Kaombo FPSO Project in Angola.  The project will be undertaken by Alderley Process Technologies, a subsidiary of Alderley…

PSA gives Statoil consent to use Scarabeo 5

Jun 26, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility for drilling and completing well 7121/4-G-4 H located at Snøhvit field. Scarabeo 5 is a type ME 4500 mobile drilling…

Ivar Aasen gets its steel jacket

Jun 10, 2015

Det norske installed the 8900-tonne steel jacket for its Ivar Aasen platform in the North Sea. The Ivar Aasen steel jacket. Images from Det norske. The Saipem-built jacket was lifted in place down to the seabed at 112m water depth…

Aker gets first Mexico gig

Jun 03, 2015

Saipem awarded Aker Solutions its first order offshore Mexico at the Pemex-operated Lakach deepwater natural gas field. Lakach map. From Pemex. Lakach, Mexico's first subsea gas development with onshore processing facilities…

South Stream project on again…for now

May 11, 2015

Saipem reports that it has received notice that its client, South Stream Transport BV, which is controlled by Gazprom, is lifting the suspension of work under the contracts, and that Saipem should commence work on the offshore pipeline in the Black Sea…again…

UTEC NCS Survey completes West African project

May 27, 2015

UTEC NCS Survey, an Acteon company, has recently completed three months of AUV operations for a number of Saipem projects located in West Africa.  UTEC NCS performed pre-lay and as-laid surveys using their Gavia autonomous underwater…

Saipem forms African E&C JV

Apr 02, 2015

Saipem has entered into a joint venture with Dangote Group, one of Africa’s leading companies, to create a new company named Saipem Dangote E&C. Image from Saipem.   Saipem Dangote E&C…

Saipem appoints new CEO

Apr 30, 2015

At the Saipem general shareholders’ meeting on 30 April 2015, the current board of directors appointed Stefano Cao as CEO. Cao’s appointment grants him the powers to manage the company, with the exception of the specific responsibilities…

Eni backs new Saipem CEO

Apr 03, 2015

Italian operator Eni has backed a move to replace Saipem CEO Emberto Vergine with former Saipem and Eni executive Stefano Cao. Cao was worked at Saipem, which is 42.924% owned by Eni, from 1976 to 2000, during which time he held senior roles including CEO…

Ivar Aasen jacket en-route

Apr 30, 2015

The 9000-tonne jacket for Det norske's Ivar Aasen field offshore Norway is in Rotterdam before it's final journey to the North Sea.  The 138m-tall jacket was built by Saipem at its Arbatax facility in Sardinia and is now sat on Heerema's H-627 barge at Franklin Offshore…

Missing grating cause of man over board

Apr 24, 2015

An overboard incident on the Scarabeo 8 semisubmersible drilling unit offshore unit was caused by missing grating on the blowout preventer (BOP) carrier platform grating, a report by Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) says.  The…

Kongsberg in US$10 million Ichthys contract

Apr 14, 2015

Saipem awarded Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies a US$10 million contract for the delivery of subsea structures for the gas export pipeline project of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. Image from Kongsberg…

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