One person is missing and another six were injured following the sinking of Saipem's Perro Negro 6 jackup rig off the coast of Angola. The incident began Monday night (July 1) following the collapse of seabed underneath one of the Perro Negro 6's three legs…
Saipem was awarded new contracts in Latin America worth about US$500 million. In Venezuela, Saipem signed with Cardon IV to develop the Perla EP Project, in the Gulf of Venezuela. In Brazil, Petrobras assigned an EPCI contract to Saipem…
This event aired on July 16, 2013 Click to AccessJoin marine meteorologists Eric Brozefsky and Francis Kredensor, of Wilkens Weather Technologies LP, a Rockwell Collins Company for a live presentation and Q&A session. Brozefsky and…
FMC Technologies, Inc. was awarded a US $1.2 billion contract from Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd. for subsea equipment for the Egina field, and Saipem won a $3 billion contract for the subsea development of the field. The Egina field is located in Block OML 130 offshore Nigeria…
Saipem is constructing a new fabrication yard in Brazil close to the Santos basin. Pier Alberto Viecelli and Andrea Intieri of Saipem share the details and scope of the investment. As the global offshore oil & gas industry makes giant steps towards ultra-deep waters…
Aker Solutions loaded out the 1800-tonne subsea gas compression station steel frame from its yard at Egersund. In the next two weeks it will be installed using the crane vessel Saipem 7000 in 300m water on the seabed at the Statoil-operated Åsgard field…
The world’s first subsea compression station is coming together in Norway— Elaine Maslin looks at the work ahead. Norway’s subsea laboratory is getting close to producing major results for Statoil and Aker Solutions. The two firms…
A project to create the world's first subsea gas compression facility is a step closer after the main subsea frame for the project set sail from a Norwegian yard. Aker Solutions loaded out the 1800-tonne gas compression station steel frame from its yard at Egersund…
Saipem announced that it has already exceeded 50% of its new contract acquisition target for 2013 in the Engineering & Construction (E&C) Business Unit. The total value of new contracts acquired from January 2013 to date in the E&C Business…
Saipem has been awarded new E&C Offshore contracts in Latin America with a total value of approximately $500 million. In Venezuela, Saipem signed with Cardon IV, a 50/50 joint-venture between Eni and Repsol, T&I contracts for the development of the Perla EP Project…
With the booming deep and ultra-deepwater field developments, the need for innovative riser technology to cover this market has increased very quickly. Saipem has worked to develop new concepts specifically adapted to operators’ needs. The…
Oceaneering International has been subcontracted by Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) Phase IXa development offshore Egypt. The order is for 10 subsea production control umbilicals totaling approximately 84 kilometers (52…
Trelleborg, has teamed with leading oil and gas industry contractor, Saipem, to develop a new LNG tandem offloading system. Derived from existing and proven technologies, the latest development in cryogenic LNG floating hoses is set to become…
Saipem has contracted BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, to provide riser monitoring systems for two Free Standing Risers (FSHRs) and four Steel Lazy Wave Risers (SLWRs) for the Sapinhoá Norte and Cernambi Sul pre-salt fields offshore Brazil…
Saudi Aramco awarded Saipem a lump sum contract extension for the development of the Arabiyah and Hasbah gas fields in the Persian Gulf. The project’s scope includes construction work on the fields’ trunklines.