J2 Subsea opened a new subsea tooling facility at sister Acteon company, Seatronics’, subsea electronics location in Houston. The new facility marks the next stage in J2 Subsea’s global expansion plan. North American customers can…
Another round of job cuts are on the way as Aker Solutions and FMC Technologies move to reduce their workforces in Norway. Norwegian-based Aker Solutions said on Thursday (11 June) that it notified employees at its subsea services center in Agotnes…
The global capital spending on newbuild and converted floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels could reach US$8.65 billion this year, according to consultancy firm Visiongain. The largest spend will be focused on offshore…
Delta SubSea signed a memorandum of understanding with Zerlux Hungary to intensify collaboration on laser based hydrate remediation technology. Laser based hydrate remediation technology uses “focused warming” to create a relief path…
Chevron awarded Technip a lump sum project for the decommissioning of the brownfield development and installation of new subsea equipment supporting a floating production system located in Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, in a water depth of approximately 2000m…
NorSea Group won northeast Scotland’s first major “small piece” decommissioning contract. Work has already begun on the six-month project which is being carried out at NorSea Group’s Peterhead facility on behalf of Endeavour Energy and…
There were many memorable presentations and product demonstrations at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference in Houston this past May. OE Staff reports on a few notable discussions. Safety post-Macondo This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster…
Maersk Training entered into an agreement with Seadrill to deliver its Well Control training globally under the accreditation of The International Well Control Forum. The agreement will cover more than 2000 assistant drillers, drillers…
Statoil started the installation of 22 Åsgard subsea gas compression modules in the Norwegian Sea. Åsgard subsea compressor. Images from Statoil. The Åsgard field lies on the Halten Bank…
Fugro completed a year-long wellhead monitoring project for BP Americas measuring BOP stack motions and calculating wellhead fatigue during a deployment in the Gulf of Mexico. The drilling campaign was conducted throughout 2014 in…
EMAS AMC’s subsea construction vessel, the Lewek Constellation, established an industry record for pipelay in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in 7368ft (2246m) of water during her sea trials. The Lewek Constellation…
Seanic Ocean Systems has successfully field tested its electric torque tool. The client, a major oil company in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, has reported highly accurate performance of the torque tool and innovative design features over the course of several jobs…
Construction of Subsea 7’s heavy construction vessel, the Seven Arctic, is proceeding on schedule with the vessel targeted for delivery in 2016. The vessel, which is in dry dock at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, is being readied…
In response to nine years of consistent growth, Subsea Solutions expanded Brazilian operations with the opening of a subsea well-control equipment training center in Barra da Tijuca. Classes are scheduled to start 30 June 2015. The…
The Underwater Technology Foundation (UTF) has picked Tracerco as the winner of its first UTF Subsea Project Award. The firm, which has developed the Discovery under water CT scanner, which recently performed its first commercial trials in deepwater Gulf of Mexico…
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