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Erha North Phase 2 on track

Jun 23, 2015

Aveon Offshore has successfully completed fabrication, supported testing and load-out of subsea equipment for Esso's Erha North Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria. The load out and sail away of the five suction piles, production and…

FMC, OneSubsea win Shah Deniz work

Jun 22, 2015

Two additional contracts have been awarded for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 project, offshore Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, some 100km south of Baku, operator BP announced. FMC Kongsberg Subsea won a US$297 million contract for the supply of the subsea production system hardware…

Plexus to launch POS-GRIP Python

Jun 22, 2015

Plexus Holdings will launch its new POS-GRIP Python subsea wellhead during SPE Offshore Europe on 8 September 2015. The new Python subsea wellhead was designed to address key technical issues and requirements highlighted by regulators following…

Antrim to plug, abandon North Sea wells

Jun 22, 2015

Canada’s Antrim Energy entered into a contract with Offshore Installation Services (OIS) to permanently plug and abandon Antrim's four suspended subsea wells in the United Kingdom Central North Sea. United Kingdom Seaward Licenses require…

Aker, Baker Hughes unite on early phase studies

Jun 19, 2015

Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes are teaming up for their second alliance together for early-phase studies that will provide improvements to the overall economics and value of oil and gas field developments. Image from Aker…

UTC: DNV GL assess all-subsea solution viability

Jun 19, 2015

Norway-based technical adviser DNV GL launched a research paper exploring the viability of moving offshore oil and gas processing subsea, including the techno-economics of an 'all subsea' solution. The report, released during this week's Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen…

Harkand begins Maersk decommissioning work

Jun 18, 2015

Harkand began decommissioning work on the UK Continental Shelf at Maersk Oil UK’s Leadon field. The Harkand Da Vinci DSV. From Harkand. In March, the IRM firm secured a multi-million dollar…

ConocoPhillips to use Maersk Gallant at Eldfisk

Jun 18, 2015

The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has granted ConocoPhillips consent to use the Maersk Gallant mobile drilling facility for plugging and abandoning a production well at Eldfisk 2/7 A. Eldfisk is an oil field lying due south of Ekofisk in 70-75m of water in the southern North Sea…

UTC: Troll - looking back

Jun 18, 2015

Subsea challenges are in focus at this week’s Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen. While the conference examines future oilfield challenges, we take a look back at past innovations in the industry. In the final article in a three-part series…

Allspeeds invests in new facilities

Jun 17, 2015

Cutting tools specialist Allspeeds has invested over US$316,000 (£200,000) in new product development facilities at the company’s headquarters in Accrington, Lancashire to increase the competitiveness and applications for the company’s Webtool cutting tools in the subsea…

WGK secures KPOC work

Jun 17, 2015

Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will support the Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Co. (KPOC) in pipeline engineering and flow assurance engineering studies for the Kamansu East (KME) field offshore Sabah, Malaysia. The scope of work will include…

UTC: Job losses and the new norm

Jun 17, 2015

Globally, some 150,000 jobs have been let go in the oil and gas industry, some 20,000 of those in Norway, a conference in Bergen heard this morning. Statoil executive and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) 2015 President Helge Hove…

UTC: The evolution of the ROV

Jun 17, 2015

Subsea challenges are in focus at this week’s Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen. While the conference examines future oilfield challenges, we take a look back at past innovations in the industry. In the second of a three-part series…

Ceona appoints new CEO

Jun 16, 2015

Ceona appointed Mark Preece as the company’s chief executive officer (CEO). Previously, he served as executive vice president of commercial and business development for the company. Preece takes over from current CEO, Steve Preston…

UTC: The one-atmosphere experiment

Jun 16, 2015

Subsea challenges are in focus at this week’s Underwater Technology Conference (UTC) in Bergen. While the conference examines future oilfield challenges, we take a look back at past innovations in the industry. In a three-part series, Elaine Maslin looks at three past papers from UTC Bergen’s…

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