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Seatools adds to compensator range

Dec 21, 2016

Seatools, a Dutch subsea technology company, introduced their new subsea hydraulic compensator range: the Advanced series. This subsea compensator range, based on the preceding Hyco range, is designed for improved robustness, durability, and standardization…

Imenco launches corrosion business

Dec 21, 2016

In September 2016, privately owned Norwegian contractor Imenco launched a new division Imenco Corrosion Technology to concentrate on the promotion of its field proven anode systems globally to the offshore renewable energy sector and into late life assets in the oil and gas industry…

Petrobras starts at Lapa

Dec 20, 2016

Brazilian giant Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) started production at the Lapa field, in the Santos basin pre-salt layer offshore Brazil. Image of the Cidade de Caraguatatuba, from Sofec. Petrobras…

Benthic bags Libra geotechnical gig

Dec 20, 2016

Petrobras, on behalf of the Libra consortium, has awarded geosciences company Benthic a contract for an offshore geotechnical investigation in the Libra field area, some 140mi off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Benthic’s portable…

Eni to drill Barents Boné-Bigorna with Scarabeo 8

Dec 19, 2016

Eni Norge is planning to drill a well on the Bone-Bignorna prospects in production licence 716 in the Barents Sea.  Well 7318/12-11, in blocks 7318/11 and 7318/12, is about 320km north-west of Hammerfest in about 418m water depth…

Wärtsilä, Cassiopeia expand support contract

Dec 15, 2016

Wärtsilä will provide extensive technical support and advisory services for Singapore-based large cutter dredger Cassiopeia V. The five-year technical management agreement includes dynamic maintenance planning (DMP) and is complemented by…

Saipem 7000 to lift out Miller platform

Dec 15, 2016

Italy's Saipem is to use its Saipem 7000 heavy lift vessel to remove BP's Miller platform topsides and jacket in the UK North Sea. The Miller field, which is 270km north east of Aberdeen, in Blocks 16/7b and 16/8b, in the Central North Sea…

Chevron cancels Rosebank FPSO newbuild

Dec 14, 2016

Chevron has canceled a US$1.8 billion floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) newbuild order with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) that was destined for the supermajor’s Rosebank deepwater project in the North Sea. Illustration of the FPSO…

Wärtsilä, CSSC sign licensing agreement

Dec 13, 2016

Wärtsilä has signed a manufacturing license agreement with Jiujiang Precision Measuring Technology Research Institute, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp. (CSSC), based in Jiujiang, China. The two-way agreement provides CSSC with…

DeepOcean inks Statoil ROV gig

Dec 12, 2016

DeepOcean was awarded a contract from Statoil for survey and light construction services in 2017.  Image of the Superior ROV, from DeepOcean. Offshore work will be undertaken in 2017 with a vessel from DeepOcean’s in-house fleet…

Noble, Shell amend drillship trio deals

Dec 12, 2016

Noble Corp. and Shell have entered a deal to amend contracts for three ultra deepwater drillships, due to today's challenging environment, that will prove to be beneficial for both companies. Image of the Globetrotter I…

DSME, Kongsberg ink LNG FSRU development pact

Dec 09, 2016

DSME and Kongsberg Maritime entered into joint development agreement (JDA) to develop a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) control system Image of Wean…

Allseas inks Nord Stream 2 pipelay

Dec 09, 2016

Allseas and Nord Stream 2 signed a letter of intent (LOI) covering the offshore pipelay work for the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline through the Baltic Sea, marking the second major pipelay project that the Dutch heavy weight has entered this week…

SeaBird in South America deal

Dec 09, 2016

SeaBird Exploration has signed an agreement for the Northern Explorer vessel for an upcoming 2D seismic survey in South America. The project is anticipated to commence in late December 2016 and will have a duration of approximately 45 days.

Polarcus bags two South America projects

Dec 08, 2016

Polarcus received two letters of intent from two undisclosed clients for two additional marine seismic projects offshore South America. The projects, one 3D using Polarcus' RightBAND technique for broadband data acquisition and one 4D monitoring survey…

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