Subsea Boosting News

 

It’s all about the boost

May 01, 2016

Subsea boosting is coming under the spotlight, despite and also because of the current low oil price environment. Elaine Maslin reports from Subsea Expo and Subsea Valley. Omnirise ECM Subsea Boosting Pump System…

Single phase

May 01, 2016

Switzerland-headquartered Sulzer is promoting single-phase boosting supported by subsea separation. The industrial engineering and manufacturing firm launched itself into the subsea separation business in 2014, when it bought Ascom and ProLabNL…

OneSubsea in GoM subsea boosting systems start-up

Apr 04, 2016

OneSubsea has announced the successful commission and start-up of subsea boosting systems installed in ultra deepwaters, located in the Gulf of Mexico. Installed in depths of approximately 7000ft (2100m), the subsea boosting systems consist of three retrievable 3 MW single-phase pump modules…

BP picks Aker for subsea frame agreement

Mar 29, 2016

Aker Solutions secured a global framework agreement to deliver engineering and project management services at BP-operated subsea oil and gas fields. The contract has a fixed period of five years and may be extended by two years. It covers subsea engineering services…

DNV GL, majors in subsea standardization JIP

Mar 09, 2016

A joint industry project (JIP) to standardize subsea processing systems has been kick-started by DNV GL with industry partners Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Woodside. Subsea development projects have been under substantial pressure due to cost inflation and the low oil price…

When the forecasts are flawed

Mar 01, 2016

Subsea processing market projections have consistently overestimated the growth of the market – DNV GL looked into why. Elaine Maslin reports. For the last 15 years a number of market outlooks…

Aker, Total sign technology collaboration deal

Feb 16, 2016

Aker Solutions and Total agreed to collaborate on research and innovation to develop new cost-effective subsea field technology. The initial four-year technical collaboration agreement will build on earlier cooperation and bring both…

Subsea Expo: Small pools clock ticking

Feb 04, 2016

Unlocking small pools of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf could open up £20 billion capital investment – but the clock is ticking, Subsea Expo heard. Studies have shown there are some 210 so-called small pools in the UK North Sea…

GE Oil & Gas touts subsea boosting JIP

Feb 02, 2016

GE Oil & Gas has launched a subsea boosting joint industry project, among other new initiatives, at its annual meeting in Florence today. The subsea boosting JIP aims to develop a new and simplified subsea boosting system that has the…

Stockholders say yes to CAM-SLB merger

Dec 18, 2015

Cameron stockholders voted to approve the merger agreement between the equipment manufacturer and Schlumberger today (December 18) at a special meeting. In late August, oilfield services giant Schlumberger announced it would acquire Cameron in a deal worth US$14…

GE boosts well intervention capabilities with Advantec acquisition

Oct 30, 2015

GE Oil & Gas has agreed to acquire Norway's Advantec, a provider of subsea intervention equipment and services, to boost the company’s capabilities to offer cost-efficient products and services. Image from Advantec…

All subsea options

Oct 01, 2015

Most of the building blocks are in place for the all-subsea solution. But do they offer an attractive proposition? Elaine Maslin looks at DNV GL’s current thinking. Operations during the Åsgard…

Schlumberger to take Cameron for US$14.8 billion

Aug 26, 2015

Oil services giant Schlumberger (SLB) entered into a deal to acquire Cameron International in a US$14.8 billion stock and cash deal that will offer the industry’s first complete drilling and productions systems. Image from Schlumberger…

OceanWorks wins subsea contract

Aug 11, 2015

Safe Marine Transfer (SMT), under an initiative to develop a “Deepwater Permanent Subsea Pressure Compensated Chemical Storage and Injection System” has awarded OceanWorks a contract for a substantial engineering effort to define, engineer and quantify the equipment required…

Boosting in the deep

Aug 01, 2015

The rewards on offer from subsea boosting technology were spelled out at the MCE Deepwater Development Conference in London this spring by Arne B. Olsen, sales director, pumps and subsea processing at OneSubsea. Meg Chesshyre reports. Gullfaks…

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