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Tension legs for Sea Lion

Jan 16, 2014

London-based Premier Oil, and partner Salisbury-based Rockhopper Exploration Plc, selected a tension leg platform (TLP) with an integral drilling rig, to develop the Sea Lion project north of the Falkland Islands.  The company said that…

OneSubsea wins Congo project

Nov 19, 2013

OneSubsea is to provide pump systems for the Total Moho Phase 1bis development in the deep water Moho-Bilondo license offshore Congo.   The contract includes a multiphase pump station with two 3.5megawatt high-boost pumps, a power and control module…

IntecSea's FHSB semisub design accommodates dry trees

Oct 24, 2013

INTECSEA, a global company within the Worley Parsons Group, is featuring its new semisubmersible design at the Deep Offshore Technology (DOT) conference this week. The company says the new design enables dry tree applications in harsh environments…

Olympus TLP reaches Mars B

Aug 05, 2013

Shell Oil Co. reports that the Olympus tension leg platform reached the Mars B field on July 20th, following a 425-mi. tow from Ingleside, Texas. The location, in Mississippi Canyon Block 807, is about 130mi. south of New Orleans. The TLP was safely secured in place last week…

Technip bags Moho Nord work

Aug 05, 2013

Total E&P Congo awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, and supply contract for the Moho phase 1bis development as part of the Moho Nord project, off the Republic of Congo. Moho Phase 1bis development is a brownfield development…

Shell to shut-in Auger to tie into Cardamom

Jul 17, 2013

With the latest seismic and drilling technologies, the Cardamom development is expected to deliver new production from the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico to existing infrastructure. Nearly two decades after setting a world water-depth record for drilling and production…

Shell's Olympus TLP arrives in Texas

Jul 16, 2013

Shell's Olympus tension leg platform (TLP) left Ingleside, Texas, for the Mars field in the US Gulf of Mexico earlier this week (July 13). But before the 120,000-ton facility set sail to its new home, this video from Shell captures the…

Olympus TLP begins journey

Jul 15, 2013

Shell’s largest tension leg platform began its trek from the Kiewett Offshore Services yard in Ingleside, Texas to Shell’s Mars field in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend of July 13, 2013. The Olympus, a 120,000-ton, 406 ft-high platform is being transported by tugboats…

DNV awards FloaTEC ISO 9001 certification

Jul 09, 2013

FloaTEC has been awarded certification to ISO 9001-2008 for project management and engineering for the offshore industry. DNV Business Assurance, a division of the world-renowned Det Norske Veritas Certification B.V., and an internationally…

Strainstall supplys Total with mooring monitoring system

Jul 03, 2013

Strainstall, a James Fisher and Sons plc subsidiary, has been awarded a contract to provide Total with an integrated marine management system (IMMS) for the Moho Nord tension leg platform for installation off Congo, West Africa. Strainstall…

Aker wins Heidrun work

Jun 20, 2013

Statoil awarded Aker Solutions a four-year frame agreement to supply, refurbish and store compensation equipment used to stabilize and control the production risers on the Heidrun platform in the North Sea. The contract value is undisclosed…

Shell outlines deepwater Stones project

May 14, 2013

Royal Dutch Shell plc (Shell) has announced a final investment decision in the Stones ultra-deepwater project, a Gulf of Mexico oil and gas development expected to host the deepest production facility in the world. This decision sets…

Technip on Moho Nord subesa EPSCI

Apr 08, 2013

Technip was awarded by Total E&P Congo a major (more than $500million) lump-sum contract for the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation (EPSCI) and pre-commissioning for the Moho Nord development project.This project is…

HHI wins Moho Nord facilities contracts

Mar 28, 2013

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) received a letter of award for a US$1.3 billion order for a floating production unit (FPU) and a US$700 million order for a tension leg platform (TLP) from Total E&P Congo, the company announced on 26 March 2013…

Technip joins Cardamom

Nov 12, 2012

Technip's Deep BlueShell has chosen Technip to develop subsea infrastructure at Cardamom field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, the Paris-based engineering firm announced on 9 November 2012.Technip's lump sum contract covers project management…

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