Technip is investing more than US$84.7 million and more than four years to modernize its flexible pipe manufacturing plant, Flexi France, in Le Trait, France. This plan focuses on the installation of new-generation machines and site optimization to fit 12m diameter reels…
MacKinnon Marine’s Alex Jackson discusses the merits of the company’s new spiral pre-lay system, which seeks to bring pipe construction closer to the lay site and eliminate the need for a spool base. Fig…
DeepFlex has signed an agreement with Offshore Inland Marine & Services, Inc. (OIMO) to set up a new unbonded flexible pipe manufacturing and qualification testing facility in the Port of Pensacola, Florida. The industrial complex will have direct access to the existing deep water quayside…
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd. announced it has developed a line of low-cost pipe weld purging systems for purging pipes and tubes that need to go through high temperature thermal cycles before, during and after the welding process. When…
The 2014-2018 Petrobras Business Plan foresees the allocation of US$10 billion in the oil and gas sector, including projects related to pipelines for gas transportation from the presalt area, such as Rota 3. Last week, Tenaris was awarded the supply in this important project and will provide…
Typical offshore deepwater field development. Image from INTECSEA. Abaqus FEA helps INTECSEA deliver durable pipe solutions for deepwater oil producers. Kip Hanson reports. It's not that the world is running out of oil…
Ceona Amazon (3D model) in full field development configuration with rigid and flexible pipe. A newbuild vessel, the Ceona Amazon, is due to enter the pipeline installation and construction market late in 2014…
Dresser-Rand Group recently performed a noise test for the largest pipe resonator array ever produced. The test, performed on a 30-in. pipe, was intended to validate and confirm the estimated noise attenuation on a compressor operated by Norwegian-based Statoil…
South Stream awarded a contract for three pipe mills to supply over 75,000 steel pipes for the first line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. Europipe from Germany will supply 50% of the pipes, Russia's OMK and Izhora Pipe Mill will supply 35% and 15%…
McDermott International’s director of global subsea engineering, Mark Dixon, made the case for pipe-in-pipe technology during at a presentation on Emerging Technologies in the Subsea Sector at SPE Offshore Europe 2013. While pipe-in-pipe is not a new technology…
McDermott International’s director of global subsea engineering, Mark Dixon, made the case for pipe-in-pipe technology during yesterday morning’s presentation Emerging Technologies in the Subsea Sector. While pipe-in-pipe is not a new technology…
Technip has been awarded a contract by Chevron North Sea for engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) on the Alder field, 200km north east of Aberdeen. Chevron is developing the central North Sea Alder field as a…
Technip has been awarded two contracts to supply flexible pipes for Total's Egina field offshore Nigeria. These contracts cover the qualification and supply of 12 dynamic flexible jumpers from 3.5' to 12.5' for oil production, gas lift…
Technip won a major contract for the supply of flexible pipes by Petrobras for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil at a water depth of up to 2,500 m. The contract covers the qualification…
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured its second North Sea duty-holder contract extension this year. Valued at about US$200 million (£140 million), the life-of-field contract from Ithaca Energy will see WGPSN operate and deliver managed services…
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