French engineering firm Technip has been awarded an engineering services contract by Australia's Woodside to provide multi-disciplinary engineering services as part of an engineering panel. This contract covers all Woodside operated onshore…
Software that enables acoustic data to be streamed in real-time from subsea structures as they are installed has helped to reduce non-production time (NPT) for independent oil and gas producer, INPEX, and its survey contractor, Neptune Geomatics…
The Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) has appointed Richard Luff to its board as a non-executive director. A chartered civil engineer, Luff has over 40 years’ experience in the oil and gas sector and currently serves as INTECSEA’s senior vice president for the Europe and Africa region…
Bibby Offshore has entered into a multimillion dollar agreement for two of its vessels to provide first gas and construction support on its assets in the Southern North Sea. The contract, with an unnamed global energy provider, is due to be executed between Q3 and Q4 2016…
Vessel builder Vard is looking at its options concerning a Harkand diving support and construction vessel that is under construction at its yard, after Harkand went into administration last week. Harkand has one diving support and construction…
In this illustrated video, Italian giant Eni give an overview of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project that is located offshore Ghana. The existing project involves the development of multiple subsea wells tied back to a FPSO…
A team led by AJ Jain, Harkand North America managing director, has agreed to a management buyout (MBO) of Harkand’s North American and African business. The subsea inspection, repair and maintenance firm went into administration on Wednesday this week…
McDermott International has been awarded three separate projects by a major national oil company for the integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) services in multiple fields in the Arabian Gulf. In addition to this…
UK-based subsea inspection, repair and maintenance firm Harkand has gone into administration. In a recorded message left by the firm on its phone line, the company said that on Wednesday, 4 May, staff from Deloitte had been appointed…
Norwegian yard Westcon has been picked by Statoil to maintain parts of the major's subsea equipment at all base locations in Norway under a new framework agreement. The scope of the agreement is maintenance and overhaul of defined parts of the subsea equipment Statoil has at its bases…
GE Oil & Gas is introducing a series of offshore solutions at this week's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, aimed at increasing efficiencies and reducing costs. These include the SeaPrime I Subsea BOP Control System, which has…
Interventek Subsea Engineering is launching its new shear-and-seal Revolution Valve at OTC in Houston this week. Interventek claims that the patented Revolution Valve is the only valve on the market that does not compromise its ability…
Oilfield services firm Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract from Apache Corp for work on the UK Continental Shelf. Proserv will supply a subsea control system and associated topside and subsea interface equipment for use on the new Callater wells south of the Beryl Alpha platform…
Deepwater subsea tiebacks conjure up all manner of technical innovation requirements, and/or the need for complex subsea processing technologies. Yet, it’s not always so. Elaine Maslin explores the particulars of Total’s Laggan Tormore development…
John Bradbury speaks with ExxonMobil’s Marilyn Tears ahead of her presentation at this year’s Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen, Norway. Tears. Marilyn Tears has already…
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