Norway already has strong green credentials, with 98% of its electricity coming from renewable energy sources, primarily hydropower. Elaine Maslin looks at initiatives to harness the power of the ocean and to help reduce offshore wind costs…
Norway’s deepest yet oilfield development is bringing a string of firsts to the Norwegian Continental Shelf, not least when it comes to the field’s flowlines. Elaine Maslin reports. BuBi pipe fabrication at Vigra…
In January of this year, Dutch subsea technology company Seatools completed a research and development (R&D) program on a subsea liquid storage technology. During the program – a continuation of an earlier engineering study performed on behalf…
Lloyd’s Register (LR), a provider of integrity, compliance and specialist risk consulting services, has begun its Subsea Inspection Services to support underwater inspections of subsea pipelines, assets and facilities to energy companies operating offshore…
NEL, the flow measurement research and development specialist, has been selected to lead the development of a new multiphase flow measurement standard for the oil and gas industry. Despite the growing use of multiphase meters to cope…
GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract with Premier Oil Indonesia, for subsea trees and wellheads for the Bison, Iguana and Gajah Puteri (BIGP) fields, in the Natuna Sea. The scope covers subsea trees and wellheads, rental tools and…
Culzean. Image from Maersk Oil. IKM has secured a pre-commissioning contract, courtesy of Subsea 7, for the Culzean gas field, offshore the UK in the central North Sea. Subsea 7 has won the award from Maersk Oil for subsea…
Sumitomo Corp. and Dutch firm Airborne Oil & Gas have signed a worldwide commercial cooperation agreement for the sale and distribution of thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) products to the global oil and gas industry. The two firms will…
Victrex and Magma Global are continuing to build their strategic partnership targeted at the oil and gas industry. Following the joint development of Magma carbon composite m-pipe utilizing VICTREX PEEK, Victrex recently invested in a minority…
With UK subsea exports valued at almost US$6.31 billion (£5 billion), Subsea UK is encouraging British firms to set their sights on international expansion to sustain long-term growth. The industry body is urging companies to strengthen trade partnerships across the globe…
Norway-based subsea contractor Ocean Installer has been awarded its first contract offshore Australia. The firm work scope encompasses the installation of flexible risers and flowlines as well as options for additional support work. Ocean…
TechnipFMC inked an agreement with Japan's Inpex for riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services in the Ichthys field, about 220km offshore of Western Australia, for the Ichthys LNG Project. Under the agreement, the first the new firm has announced since launching last week…
McDermott International announced a double win in the Middle East today (25 January), including a contract for the largest offshore oil field in the world. Its first “substantial contract,” from Saudi Aramco, is for engineering, procurement…
Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of the Gavia autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), has released a side scan/bathymetry module that incorporates US-based Klein Marine Systems’ UUV-3500 high-resolution side scan sonar with optional bathymetry sonar…
Hydraulic cutting systems specialist, Webtool, announces a resettable emergency disconnect (ED) cutter for light and medium subsea well intervention. As an integral part of either a workover tool or dedicated emergency disconnect package…