Statoil Petroleum and Gassco awarded the 2015 annual pipeline inspection contract to Fugro. The Geo Prospector. From Fugro. The contract covers inspection of defined sections of subsea…
Expro won the Innovator Award at this year’s SPE Offshore Achievement Awards for its pioneering wireless well solutions technology. Champion receiving the award. Image from Expro. The…
The Subsea Co. launched a blowout preventer (BOP) fluid conditioning & monitoring system. This system is primarily designed to improve fluid quality by reducing microbial activity with exposure to ultraviolet light, removing suspended particles…
Newcaslte, England-based valve manufacturer BEL Valves is looking to set up a new £10 million subsea engineering facility for Newcastle’s Quayside. Plans for the 20,000sq ft Neptune Test Centre on the now derelict Spillers Tyne Mill site…
Chevron Australia has awarded DOF Subsea Asia Pacific a three years master services agreement, IMR contract to work on projects on the Australian North West Shelf. DOF Subsea will deploy the DP vessel Skandi Protector to undertake this work supported by an extensive management…
While most oil and gas operators and service companies are reducing expenses to keep costs down, some companies are beginning to falter due to financial distress. This month alone, two Houston-based companies, BPZ Energy (which trades under the name BPZ Resources) and Cal Dive International…
Premier Oil’s Pelikan is onstream after gas production began from the field, offshore Indonesia. Map from Premier Oil. The Pelikan field is located in the Natuna Sea Block A and has 75 Bcf of reserves…
Susan Gourvenec outlines toolbox approach for optimizing geotechnical design of subsea foundations Fig. 1: Evolution of offshore architecture. Image created by M Cocjin, COFS, UWA. Subsea…
OceanWorks International designed and delivered the static mixer module (SMM) handling aid to Marine Well Containment Co. (MWCC) as part of the OceanWorks designed subsea dispersant fluid system (SDFS). The delivery of the SMM handling aid allows for the safe handling and storage of the SMM…
AWE Ltd. began the Pateke-4H subsea tieback and installation project offshore New Zealand. Map from AWE. Pateke-4H is located in the offshore Taranaki basin, in the PMP 38158 permit area…
Fugro took delivery of the Hugin 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the Echo Surveyor VII, in December 2014. Depth rated to 4500m, the new AUV now holds the record for the deepest Hugin AUV dive, surveying in water depths surpassing 4200m…
Solstad Offshore Asia Pacific awarded Norway-headquartered iSURVEY a marine construction support contract to provide positioning and survey support for its 2015 platform installation program in Thailand, on board the DLB Norce Endeavour. iSURVEY…
SURF contractor Ceona has secured a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the company’s newbuild flagship field development vessel, the Ceona Amazon in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will be the Ceona Amazon's first as well as Ceona’s first…
Axa Engenharia Submarina Ltda. (AXA), a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group, has been awarded a contract for the provision of geo-hazard surveys on the Libra Field from Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) led consortia, consisting of Shell Brasil Petróleo…
Chevron Brasil extended the contract for Skandi Salvador and IRM services for the remainder of 2015. The extension is a direct continuation of the current contract. The vessel has been operating for Chevron on the Frade oil field since delivery of the vessel in 2009…
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