West Africa focused African Petroleum has inked an agreement with Sierra Leone's Petroleum Directorate to enter a second extension periods on ultra-deepwater licenses SL-03 and SL-4A-10. The work programs for both licenses, in 3000-3600m water depth and containing the Leo and Vega prospects…
Young diving firm Ultra Deep Solutions has seen the keel laid at Chinese yard CMHI on its latest dive support construction vessel (DSCV), the Ultra Deep Matisse. This vessel will be the largest ship in the firm's fleet, at 145m-long with a 27m beam…
Study area, in red. Map from Total. Total and the National Office of Petroleum of Guinea (ONAP) signed a technical evaluation agreement to study deep and ultra deep offshore areas located off the coast of Guinea Conakry…
French major Total has signed two agreements with Senegal, allowing the firm to explore in Senegal’s deep and ultra-deep offshore. “These agreements are part of the company's strategy to carry out exploration activities in new deepwater…
Dutch vessel designer GustoMSC has unveiled a new mid-water drillship design, the Scylax. The 'fit-for-purpose' vessel is described as a compact deep water drilling unit based on a single derrick or drilling mast set up with off-line stand building…
Flash Tekk Engineering has chosen the Saab Seaeye Panther XT Plus ROV as a key diving support vessel resource. Flash Tekk is a major diving equipment supplier for the international offshore industry worldwide and supplies diving systems…
Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring signed a contract with Norwegian operator Det norske oljeselskap to support Prosafe’s semisubmersible Safe Zephyrus accommodation rig in the Ivar Aasen North Sea field. The contract also includes support to…
Saipem has been awarded new drilling contracts and extensions to existing contracts in Portugal, Norway, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan and Latin America, with a cumulative value of approximately Euro 150 million (US$170.48 million). Eni…
Offshore handling systems firm Caley Ocean Systems is supplying Singapore based, diving and subsea equipment company Flash Tekk Engineering with saturation dive bell handling systems for its client Ultra Deep Solutions’ vessels Deep Installer and Van Gogh dive support construction vessels (DSCV)…
Model testing of Norwegian ship designer Sevan Marine's cylindrical hull concept for use in the Gulf of Mexico's ultra deepwaters has shown positive results, the firm has reported. The hull design has been tested at the Offshore Technology…
UK-based oilfield services firm Expro has completed an ultra-deep water plug and abandonment (P&A) project on in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) for Apache. The work comprised the pre-abandonment and plugging of wells in the ultra-deep water Atwater Valley and Mississippi Canyon areas…
This year, the deepwater drilling record could be broken not just once, but twice, breaking the last record, set back in 2013. Elaine Maslin takes a look. Total’s Raya-1 well is due to be drilled offshore Uruguay using Maersk Oil’s ultra…
Mexico’s Ministry of Economy has opted to set a low local content requirement for the upcoming deepwater bid round in December. The new rule, announced in Mexico’s official journal of the federation (DOF), says oil and gas companies must…
Power and automation firm ABB is to provide software for three newbuild deepwater subsea construction vessels being built by new company Ultra Deep Solutions. Ultra Deep Solutions was set up in 2014, by industry veteran Sheldon Hutton…
Louisiana-based Bordelon Marine is using acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne for its new ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV), Brandon Bordelon. The dual Ranger 2 Pro DP-INS systems, the highest specification available…
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