GE Oil & Gas has unveiled its next-generation blowout preventer (BOP) program aimed at making 20,000psi (20ksi) subsea formations the next frontier in offshore oil and gas exploration. Current GE subsea BOPs are only rated for 15ksi. However…
Milton Roy, manufacturer of controlled volume pumps, and a brand of Accudyne Industries, is launching the industry’s most powerful API 675 pump yet, Primeroyal X, during OTC this year. The addition of the Primeroyal X pump to the company’s…
Brazil's Petrobras has awarded Saipem an EPCI contract for the Lula Norte, Lula Sul and Lula Extremo Sul Project, to be developed in the Santos Basin Pre-Salt region, about 300km off the coasts of the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo States. The work scope includes engineering…
Monday morning's 'New Deepwater Construction Equipment Update' highlighted multiple vessels that can be used for operational assistance. Saipem discussed the merits of theCasterone DP pipelay vessel, which has a stinger that is designed against 1500Te pipe pull…
The first meeting of a new knowledge-sharing forum on subsea integrity management practice will take place in Houston during OTC week. The SURF IM Network is being led by Wood Group Kenny with support from the Industry Technology Facilitator (ITF) and 13 operating companies…
Ocean Installer has been awarded its first subsea installation job in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The work will be on a large deepwater producing field, in more than 1800m water depth, and involves installting and testing umbilicals and associated equipment…
UTEC Survey has advanced its service offering by doubling its AUV fleet to 4 vehicles in response to increasing demand for its highly regarded AUV services, the company reports as it prepares to head to OTC (Houston). The firm now operates a fleet of four…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a three-year US$160 million contract extension by BP Exploration & Production for light subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance services in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract will run from the second quarter 2014 to the third quarter 2017…
Peter Wertheim discusses subsea technology woth Nelson Leite, president of FMC Technologies Brazil. Subsea processing and boosting are fundamental for developing challenging fields. Benefits increase with water depths, flow rates and stepout…
Stephen Whitfield takes a look at some of the major development projects now utilizing subsea separation and processing technology to increase field life. Several companies are looking at subsea processing and separation as they try to maximize production out of difficult projects…
RWE Innogy UK announced that it has successfully completed the installation of all 160 foundations at the world’s second largest wind farm, Gwynt y Môr, off of North Wales. Gwynt y Môr is a greater than US$3.36 billion offshore wind farm on schedule to become fully constructed this year…
Tonbridge based independent subsea engineering firm Jee Ltd. won a seven-year EPCI contract for work offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The client is unnamed. The contract’s scope encompasses the project’s offshore loading system (OLS)…
With the subsea construction vessel (SCV) associated with the Shah Deniz Phase 2 natural gas development expected to hit the waters in April 2017, contracting for the project is in full swing. Two more major contracts totaling nearly US$500 million announced 23 April…
UK-based subsea services firm Reef Subsea is to split up into three independent companies after its January buyout by Norwegian private equity outfit Hitecvision. The three new companies will be Reef Subsea, X-Subsea, and Technocean Subsea…
The Prelude FLNG subsea architecture, supported by traditional mudmats. image source: Shell. Mobile foundation technology could offer an economic solution to some stranded offshore hydrocarbon reserves…
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