A seismic shift – pun intended – has been made in ocean bottom node technology. It is being made more efficient and cheaper to deploy, bringing it closer to challenging the high-end towed streamer market. Elaine Maslin reports. Miniaturization…
Interventek Subsea Engineering has signed a two-year exclusive deal with Louisiana-based Professional Rental Tools (PRT) to supply its in-riser Revolution valve for well intervention operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Interventek will supply its 6…
Forum Energy Technologies has delivered a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to new Norwegian firm ESEA Submarine for offshore work, including inspection, survey and salvage work. ESEA Submarine was established during 2016 by Georg Stranden…
Subsea 7 has won a contract on Cooper Energy's Sole gas field development, offshore Australia. The contract scope consists of the subsea tie- back of the Sole well to the Orbost Gas Plant, including the fabrication and installation of 64km of pipeline…
Dutch technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas has been awarded a qualification program from Shell for a high-pressure, deepwater thermocomposite pipe (TCP) jumper spool. Its first application is anticipated in the Gulf of Mexico region. The TCP jumper spool will be manufactured using carbon fibre…
Australia's Cooper Energy says project sanction on its A$355 million, Gippsland Basin, Sole gas project is set to be made next month (March). Cooper acquired the Sole field as part of a deal with Santos over assets in the Gippsland and Otway Basins…
Hydraulic systems specialist, Webtool, has developed a gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea umbilical and cable for offshore oil and gas and decommissioning projects. The Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted ExxonMobil consent to extend the lifetime of the facilities on the Sigyn field until 31 December 2022. The Sigyn field is a gas and condensate field in the Sleipner area of the North Sea…
Wood Group is starting the next phase of a collaborative industry effort, the Subsea Equipment Australian Reliability Joint Industry Project (SEAR JIP), to develop a better understanding of the reliability of subsea equipment for use in offshore Australia…
Noble Energy has sanctioned the US$3.75 billion phase one of the giant Leviathan project, as partners in the Israeli gas field have approved the final investment decision. Leviathan sits in1600m water depth, 130km offshore Israel, and is estimated to contain 22 Tcf of natural gas…
A multi-skilled team of north east-England based subsea engineering experts has made it to the semifinals of Shell's US$7 million Ocean Discovery XPrize. XPrize is an international competition which aims to create the next generation tools…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has granted Aker BP consent to connect the Oda field to the Ula field. The Centrica Resources-operated Oda field will be developed as a subsea facility tied back to the Ula field, where Aker BP is the operator…
Forum Energy Technologies has appointed Prady Iyyanki as president and CEO, effective 16 May 2017. Iyyanki currently serves as president and chief operating officer. Cris Gaut, the current CEO, will become executive chairman. Forum's…
Engie E&P Norge has awarded Rosenberg WorleyParsons a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for modifications at the Gjøa platform in the Norwegian North Sea as part of the Skarfjell subsea tieback project. Skarfjell is in license PL418…
Fugro announced a partnership with the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE to support the oil major's global, three-year ocean mapping competition. The competition is looking for rapid, unmanned and high resolution ocean mapping technologies…
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