Saipem awarded FES International a US$2 million contract to supply bend stiffener connectors (BSCs) for the Egina project. The BSCs will be used by global energy company, Total, at its third deep offshore development off the coast of Nigeria…
The North Caspian Operating Co. (NCOC) awarded Saipem a US$1.8 billion engineering and construction contract to build two pipelines for the Kashagan field project, offshore Kazakhstan. Image from NCOC…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway is investigating a man-overboard incident from the Scarabeo 8 ultra deepwater semisubmersible on the Eni-operated Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Image from Saipem…
Deepwater pipelay on the 889km-long gas export pipeline (GEP) for INPEX' Ichthys LNG Project has started offshore Australia. Saipem’s deepwater installation vessel Castorone will lay the remaining 718km offshore section of the 42in. diameter…
Alan Thorpe recently paid a visit to Singapore’s shipyards. He gives a rundown of some of the current floating production and storage unit conversions underway in Singapore and in Malaysia. The…
Fairmount Marine’s Fairmount Expedition tug delivered the biggest component of the 120m high J-Lay tower for one of the world’s biggest crane vessels, Saipem 7000, offshore Burgas, Bulgaria. The tower component was loaded on Saipem’s cargo barge S42…
Area 4 is the jewel in Italian explorer Eni’s African crown. Meg Chesshyre reports on the company’s plans to get its large gas discoveries off Mozambique to market. Map of Mozambique. From EIA. Mozambique’s…
Maersk Drilling's Maersk Interceptor harsh environment jackup drilling rig has started production well drilling on Det norske oljeselskap's Ivar Aasen development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The drilling campaign will last…
French vessel operator Bourbon has commissioned three new next-generation heavy duty work ROVs (remote operated vehicles) designed by FMC Technologies Schilling Robotics. Capable of operating at depths of up to 3000m, the units will be deployed on multi-purpose support vessels (MPSV)…
Saipem received a 'notification of suspension of marine spread activities,' which covers all vessels currently engaged in activities related to Gazprom’s South Stream pipeline project, including the Saipem 7000 J-Lay vessel. Image…
Gazprom has agreed to buyout its South Stream Transport partners Eni, Wintershall and EDF just weeks after the project, which was already in construction phase, was cancelled. South Stream Transport was owned 50% by Gazprom, with Eni holding 20%…
As ROVs are given tasks in more and more challenging environments, there has been a call for the industry to develop a classification system. Meg Chesshyre reports. Saipem’s Innovator ROV. Image from Saipem…
Italian giant Eni released a statement regarding its stake in Saipem saying it’s no longer in line with Eni’s strategy. Eni says that its new organizational structure introduced last July involved a greater focus on the oil & gas business…
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) granted operator Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility to plug well 6406/2-R-4 BHT2 permanently and simultaneously drill a new production well, designated 6406/2-R-4-CH…
Norwegian subsea contractor Ocean Installer has opened an office in Brazil stating that the country represents significant growth opportunities in the years ahead. “We have seen the need to establish an office to serve the Brazilian oil and gas market…
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