The Go Electra, from M2 Subsea. M² Subsea secured its first contract award that will see the firm supply the Go Electra vessel, ROVs and personnel to support survey work on the world’s longest subsea pipeline system…
Russia's Gazprom began construction of the TurkStream pipeline’s offshore section. The Allseas Group, contractor for both strings of the gas pipeline's offshore section, started laying the pipes using the Audacia vessel. Construction…
Prospects are looking up in the US Gulf of Mexico as operators make final investment decisions. EIC’s Jake Gillian outlines activity in the area. The US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) has seen somewhat…
The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has appointed Dr. Pratima Rangarajan as the chief executive officer of its newly-formed investment company, OGCI Climate Investments (OGCI CI). Before joining OGCI CI, Rangarajan was the general…
Final preparations are being made for what will be the heaviest ever offshore lift and the first of the once prolific Brent field platforms removals using Allseas’ mega-vessel, the Pioneering Spirit. Elaine Maslin reports. Allseas’…
The world’s largest vessel has arrived at the Brent Delta facility in the UK North Sea ready to perform the heaviest offshore lift to date. The close to a million-tonne displacement Pioneering Spirit mega-vessel is set to remove a 24…
Just days after being lifted from the concrete legs it had stood on since 1976, Shell's Brent Delta platform arrived in one piece at Able Seaton Port, Hartlepool, on Tuesday. The journey followed the record-breaking, 24,200-tonne lift by Allseas' megavessel Pioneering Spirit…
Allseas’ dynamically positioned single-lift installation and decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit is on its way to northeast England after setting a world offshore heavy lifting record on Friday, with the removal of Shell’s 24…
Petrobras shared innovations and efficiency gains related to the Libra field at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. Petrobras says collaboration between Libra area partners has produced a US$13/bbl reduction to the project's breakeven price…
Wood Mackenzie’s Caitlin Shaw provides perspective on the subsea market and how the industry will redefine a “good” year. An illustration of the Mad Dog Phase 2 development in the Gulf of Mexico…
Australia's Woodside Energy says the Browse resources could double the life of the North West Shelf by tying into existing facilities, the firm's CEO said today. Woodside CEO Peter Coleman also said that, by coming on stream in the mid-2020s…
The world’s largest vessel has set sail today (25 April) to the UK North Sea Brent field, where it will perform the heaviest offshore lift to date. Having already broken the record with the 13,400-tonne Yme lift, offshore Norway, the…
A competition to develop an offshore autonomous robot has helped iron out some of the issues that will need resolving to take this technology offshore. Elaine Maslin reports. Foxiris in action…
AFGlobal sheds light on its launch of a key RGH component for deepwater MPD operations. For deepwater, subsea applications, the Active Control Device offers a significant departure from conventional RCDs with a purpose-built…
Oil major Shell has not provided enough information about its plans for decommissioning the massive Brent field structures, according to a joint statement by eight environmental groups. The statement was made at the end of a 60-day consultation…
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