Wintershall is to develop the Skarfjell field in the Norwegian North Sea via a subsea tieback to the nearby Engie-operated Gjøa platform. The Gjøa platform. Image from Engie/Jan Inge Haga. Skarfjell is in the northeastern North Sea…
Genesis has been awarded two frame agreement contracts by BP covering work in the conceptual, pre-front end engineering and design (FEED) and FEED stages of the project lifecycle. The firm, which is part of TechnipFMC, said these frame…
British subsea companies are expecting to increase overseas activity in the next 12 months, according to a survey conducted by industry body, Subsea UK. Of the 300 member companies surveyed, 27% are predicting increasing exports by 50% or more in 2017…
Newly formed subsea firm M² Subsea has opened its new office in Aberdeen and created 30 jobs. The business, which secured private equity investment towards the end of 2016, has moved people and equipment into premises in Arnhall Business Park at Westhill in Aberdeenshire…
Ocean Installer has recently completed the first permanent subsea installation at the Johan Sverdrup field, marking the kick-off of the Johan Sverdrup offshore work - see video below. The offshore campaign took place late January, in line with project plans and schedule…
Members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) with vessels active in US waters, together with their clients, have expressed serious concern over the hasty proposals by the Customs and Border Protection agency to revoke…
The Subsea UK awards winners have been officially announced, following an awards dinner at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, during Subsea Expo – Europe’s largest subsea focused exhibition and conference. Hydro Group won the Subsea Company of the Year award…
Costs have been cut in the industry, but has it been enough? Elaine Maslin looks at ongoing initiatives in the UK North Sea. Photo from iStock. The past two years of pain for the oil and gas industry is well known…
'2012-14 was very buoyant. 2015 was exceptionally hard and 2016 was painful,' and there's little by way of good news until 2018-19, Subsea Expo, being held in Aberdeen this week, was told this morning (1 February). Image…
Steve Dawson and Alex Karakassis have been appointed managing directors (MDs) of Hansa Heavy Lift, taking over for Roger Iliffe, the outgoing chief executive officer (CEO), with immediate effect. Iliffe has left in order to focus on independently pursuing other opportunities…
Subsea technology and innovation goes on show today at this week's Subsea Expo, in Aberdeen. More than 5000 delegates are expected from all over the world at the annual subsea conference and exhibition, running today to Friday, this year themed - Adapting to the New…
A bid to reduce costs to increase subsea processing deployments is bearing its first fruit. Elaine Maslin reports on the first phase of a subsea processing joint industry project. Subsea infrastructure…
Apache’s FNT development may appear a bit “vanilla” on the surface, but a fit-for purpose and fast-to-first-oil ethos under the Apache Projects Group Mission Command management system meant the difference between production and stranded reserves…
More than 100 companies and organizations form GCE Subsea: a cluster, representing a near complete cross-section of the subsea life of field supply chain. When coupled with the innovation ecosystem in the region of southwest Norway, it becomes even stronger…
Elaine Maslin reports on how technologies we’ve come to take for granted in the connected onshore world are making their impact offshore, reducing man hours and increasing insight. The AMOS concept…
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