Umbilical Systems News

 

Jumbo to Transport, Install FSRU Mooring System

Sep 25, 2018

Jumbo has been awarded the transportation and Installation of a FSRU Mooring System including riser and umbilical, off the coast of Aracaju, Sergipe.Jumbo’s Offshore division was awarded the contract by Sapura to perform the transportation and…

DeepOcean wins Snorre Expansion contract

Jan 04, 2018

Statoil has awarded DeepOcean a contract to provide project management, engineering, procurement of anchors for risers and umbilicals, and offshore installation activities on the Snorre Expansion Project in the North Sea.   The offshore…

Wood inks Julimar study with Woodside

Dec 19, 2017

Australia's Woodside Energy has awarded UK-based engineering house Wood a contract for a concept definition study for the Julimar Phase 2 project offshore Australia. Woodside has also awarded Wood a contract for engineering and rig modification services off Australia…

VIDEO: New umbilicals facility opens in Houston

Dec 05, 2017

Seanamic Group’s Umbilicals International has opened a new quayside manufacturing site in Channelview, Texas – just 30 minutes east of downtown Houston – today (5 December).  Umbilicals International's Channelview facility…

Aker inks longest ever umbilical contract

Oct 20, 2017

Aker Solutions says it has won a >US$200 million (NOK 1.6 billion) order to deliver the largest umbilicals system ever - without naming the client or project. The contract is for the delivery of 250km of steel-tube umbilicals linking a subsea development to an existing offshore platform…

TFKable to acquire JDR

Jul 17, 2017

TELE-FONIKA Kable (TFKable) is to acquire subsea umbilicals and power cables supplier JDR Cable Systems. TFKable is a global producer of wires and cables. Both companies have a long history of collaboration, with TFKable being JDR’s business…

Nexans inks BP frame agreement

Jul 10, 2017

French cable firm Nexans has signed a five-year global framework agreement with BP covering the engineering, procurement and construction of umbilical and direct electrical heating (DEH) systems and ancillary equipment. The agreement also covers the provision of aftermarket services…

Engaging with the subsea industry

Jun 01, 2017

Pat Oakley, of the Umbilical Manufacturers Federation, highlights initiatives brought forth from a recent workshop with operators. Umbilicals are an essential and critical link in subsea production systems. Over the past three decades’…

Improving umbilical design

May 01, 2017

Technip’s Maurice Anderson discusses the benefits of using new software for designing umbilicals. Design software and cross section design. Images from Technip. The design of…

Kongsberg, Stress Engineering form offshore alliance

Apr 28, 2017

Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…

Oceaneering grabs Constellation prize

Apr 06, 2017

Oceaneering International secured a contract from Anadarko Petroleum to supply the umbilical for Anadarko’s Constellation subsea tieback in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is for a dynamic and static electro-hydraulic steel tube control umbilical…

Webtool develops Cable Retrieval Tool

Feb 24, 2017

Hydraulic systems specialist, Webtool, has developed a gripping and lifting tool for recovering subsea umbilical and cable for offshore oil and gas and decommissioning projects. The Cable Retrieval Tool (CRT200), developed in consultation…

Technip inks Gulf of Mexico umbilical contract

Nov 10, 2016

Technip Umbilicals has been awarded a contract by a major operator to supply a subsea control umbilical in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract includes the project management and manufacture of 7km of a static and dynamic unarmored steel tube umbilical…

Cutting umbilical costs

Nov 01, 2016

Ian Probyn outlines measures taken by Technip Umbilicals to reduce the cost of long-length umbilical projects. A mid-line joint.  Despite the low oil price, a number of long-length…

E-volving umbilicals

Sep 01, 2016

The move towards all-electric subsea facilities will precipitate an evolution in umbilical design. Alan Dobson outlines the challenges and what is already available for the market. Technip Umbilicals R&D Center…

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