Scot McNeill and Kenneth Bhalla, of Stress Engineering Services, show how measured data coupled with engineering analysis can increase asset utilization. To date, the oil and gas industry has struggled to employ structural monitoring data in meaningful way…
In a short period of time, subsea laser scanning has sprung up as a new viable option for subsea imaging and measurement. Elaine Maslin takes a look. Buoyancy collar. Images from 2G Robotics. A number of firms appeared…
If topsides asset integrity management is a bane, imagine looking after subsea assets. Elaine Maslin reports on the challenges associated with keeping up with both older equipment and newer, more complex equipment. A subsea field layout…
The race is on to create an autonomous, resident underwater vehicle capable of long-term inspection operations and eventually a level of intervention. Elaine Maslin takes a look at BG Group’s version. FlatFish during shallow water seatrials…
Two components are failing 10 times more than they should in the subsea space, says Sture Angelsen, business development manager for certification and risk advisory firm DNV GL; mooring lines and flexible risers and umbilicals, particularly flexible lines under higher pressure…
Elaine Maslin takes a look at the Dan Bravo complex offshore Denmark, which, at 44 years old, has a new lease on life thanks to some serious steel reinforcement. Divers installing the conductor guide frame…
Japan's Chiyoda and Singapore-based Ezra's EPCIC service provider EMAS AMC officially launched a 50-50 joint venture called EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, which will begin operations on 1 April 2016. The companies signed a binding memorandum of…
Mermaid Maritime’s Thailand subsidiary has been awarded a US$10 million subsea remotely operated vehicle (ROV) service contract in the Gulf of Thailand. The scope of work includes, but is not limited to, structure and sea line inspection…
Vallourec, a provider of tubular solutions, has signed a contract with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) to supply oil country tubular goods (OCTG) during the 2016-2018 period to its three operating companies (ADMA-OPCO, ADCO, ZADCO)…
The Cross Group has completed the engineering and design phase of its 7-3/8in 15,000-psi live well intervention package. Utilizing technological advancements along with field-proven technology, the newly designed 15,000-psi subsea live…
The Subsea Services Alliance (Alliance), a joint collaboration between Helix Energy Solutions, OneSubsea, and Schlumberger, will introduce its first joint project to engineer and manufacture a 15,000psi intervention riser system that will be available in July 2017…
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…
Bibby Offshore has awarded a frame agreement for rigging equipment inspection and wire rope management to marine and subsea business IMES following a lengthy and competitive tender process. The agreement, potentially worth a seven-figure sum…
The government of Gabon has extended the deadline to submit bids for the country's 11th Licensing Round to 29 April 2016. Gabon is calling for international participation in the licensing round which will focus on five blocks, E-12, F-12…
Aberdeen-based well intervention specialist READ Cased Hole launched its latest logging technology, ZeroTime, at the 2016 SPE ICoTA Coiled Tubing and Well Intervention Conference and Exhibition in Houston. As a logging while working solution…