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BHP Taps DORIS for Trion Work

Jan 27, 2020

BHP has hired engineering company DORIS for the engineering services for the SURF and export pipeline scopes of work of the Trion project located offshore Mexico.DORIS did not provide the financial details of the deal, nor the expected delivery timeline…

IOOC Launches First PIMS

Jan 26, 2020

Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC), a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company, has successfully launched its first offshore pipeline integrity management system (PIMS) in the Iranian oil industry.According to IOOC, the system was launched…

Raising the Pipeline Inspection Game

Jan 20, 2020

There’s a shake-up happening in the pipeline inspections business. More evolved remotely operated vehicles (ROV), digital aspirations and unmanned surface vessels (USV) are driving a new era of data acquisition and deliverables.It’s offering…

PSW Takes Over EMAS Spoolbase In Norway

Jan 16, 2020

Norway's PSW Group has taken over the operation of the former EMAS spoolbase located in Gulen Industrial Harbor, Western Norway. In a statement on Wednesday, PSW Group said the agreement to take over the spoolbase covered all activities related…

Gassco Urges Norway to Boost Arctic Gas Export Capacity

Jan 13, 2020

Norway should construct a new pipeline or a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit to boost its gas exports from the Arctic Barents Sea, pipeline system operator Gassco said on Monday.Natural gas represents about a quarter of Norway's overall exports…

Subsea 7 Wins 'Very Large' Sangomar Contract

Jan 10, 2020

Offshore installation and construction specialist Subsea 7 has said it has won a 'very large' subsea equipment contract from Woodside for the Sangomar project offshore Senegal.Subsea 7 has won a contract in cooperation with Schlumberger's One…

Energean, DEPA Pact for EastMed Pipeline

Jan 05, 2020

UK-based international oil and gas exploration and production company Energean Oil & Gas and the Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) have agreed to cooperate to further support the EastMed Pipeline Project.The have signed a Letter of Intent…

Iran Begins Gas Extraction from South Pars

Dec 31, 2019

Iran begins extraction of natural gas from an offshore rig at South Pars, the largest gas field in the world which is shared between Iran and Qatar, said the country's official media.The extraction of gas will add some 14.2 million cubic meters…

Comment: Hydrogen—Europe’s Pipe Dream

Dec 30, 2019

Europe — okay, Brussels — is keenly anticipating the day hydrogen begins supplanting the natural as in its pipeline net, as more explosive H could mean energy storage, motive power and, perhaps, heating.It wants more hydrogen from offshore platforms…

Allseas: No Plans to Resume Nord Stream 2 Work

Dec 30, 2019

Swiss-Dutch company Allseas Group said it has no plans to resume laying pipes for Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Monday.Russia said it has its own vessel to complete the construction of…

Allseas Suspends Nord Stream 2 Work

Dec 26, 2019

Swiss-Dutch company Allseas said last week it had suspended its pipe-laying activities in the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany natural gas pipeline in anticipation of U.S. President Donald Trump's signing of a defense policy bill.'In anticipation…

Boskalis Wins Two Offshore Projects

Dec 17, 2019

Dutch engineering company Royal Boskalis Westminster  has been awarded two offshore contracts with a combined value of approximately EUR 85 million.For a new offshore windfarm in Taiwan, Boskalis will carry out the scour protection of the turbine…

Johan Castberg Oil to Export Direct to Market

Dec 13, 2019

Norway's Equinor plans to export oil from its upcoming Johan Castberg field directly to the market, ditching the option of building an onshore reloading terminal, it said on Friday.'Johan Castberg partners ... have studied a possible development…

China to Launch State Pipeline Group

Dec 06, 2019

China plans to launch its long-awaited national oil and gas pipeline company on Monday, part of a sector-wide reform aimed at providing fair market access to infrastructure and boost investment in oil and gas production.Most of the country's…

Subsea Tieback Research Hub Opens in WA

Nov 29, 2019

A new research and technology center backed by Chevron and Woodside has been launched at The University of Western Australia (UWA) to study long subsea tiebacks.The Center for Long Subsea Tiebacks laboratory located at UWA will focus on long…

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