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Subsea 7 on BP's West Nile Delta

Jul 30, 2015

Subsea 7 has won a contract worth about US$500 million from BP for the development of the Taurus and Libra subsea fields offshore Alexandria, Egypt.  The contract is the first phase of Egypt's West Nile Delta project where field development will be at depths of approximately 800m…

Sea Trucks wins Pemex contract

Jul 29, 2015

Image: Jascon 31/Sea Truck Group Sea Trucks Group has won a charter for the Jascon 31 in the Gulf of Mexico. The DP3 accommodation construction vessel will start sailing soon from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico…

Subsea 7: Cuts will save $550 million

Jul 29, 2015

Subsea 7 expects to save US$550 million through its plans to cut 2500 jobs and 12 vessels from its fleet, the firm said today as the offshore industry continues to suffer from low oil prices. The firm, which had announced its staff and vessel reduction plans in May…

Freeport-McMoRan fails off Morocco

Jul 28, 2015

Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas failed to intersect secondary objectives at the MZ-1 exploration well offshore Morocco after reaching a depth of 4653m within the Lower Cretaceous, according to partner Pura Vida Energy.  Wireline logs have…

Dolphin begins East Campeche multi-client survey

Jul 28, 2015

Dolphin Geophysical has commenced the East Campeche 2D long offset multi-client survey in Mexico, utilizing the M/V Artemis Arctic. The licensed approved 19,597 line-km survey is well positioned towards the recent Mexican announced five-year…

Husky still assessing West White Rose

Jul 28, 2015

Husky Energy says it still continues to assess potential development options for its West White Rose extension in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin. The firm started production from the nearby South White Rose project, a subsea satellite tieback to the White Rose project's SeaRose FPSO…

Excelerate’s Aguirre gets FERC approval

Jul 27, 2015

Houston-based Excelerate Energy received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Aguirre Offshore GasPort project offshore Puerto Rico.Image from Excelerate. After nearly four years of environmental reviews…

SBM completes US$1.55 billion FPSO deal

Jul 27, 2015

SBM Offshore completed the project financing of the Cidade de Saquarema floating production and storage offloading vessel (FPSO) for a total of US$1.55 billion, which is the largest project financing in the company’s history. Modules…

Harkand in Mexico inertial metrology survey

Jul 27, 2015

Image: diver working/Harkand Harkand has carried out the first-ever free inertial metrology in Mexico's waters and at a new depth for this approach in the region. The global inspection…

STR expands ROV services range

Jul 27, 2015

Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR), a provider for the design, production and rental of advanced subsea technology for the offshore energy industry, is pleased to announce the addition of IKM Technique’s ROV gas sampling systems to their range of ROV sensors and tooling…

Red Emperor receives farm in approval

Jul 27, 2015

Red Emperor Resources NL announced that it has received formal notification from the Department of Energy of the Republic of the Philippines that approval of the assignment of the company’s 15% working interest in Block SC55 has been granted…

Damen launches Maersk Connector

Jul 24, 2015

Maersk Supply Service, DeepOcean UK and the Damen Shipyards Group gathered at Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, to witness the launch of subsea support vessel Maersk Connector. The vessel is owned and operated by Maersk Supply Service…

Caley completes IWOCS intervention runs

Jul 23, 2015

A portable Intervention Work Over Control System (IWOCS) deployment system developed by Caley Ocean Systems has been used to successfully test the manifold functions on four deepwater subsea manifolds post installation.     Image…

SMD delivers ROVs to COOEC

Jul 23, 2015

Image: Quantum Work Class ROV/SMD SMD announced the delivery of three Quantum Work Class remotely operated vehicle (WROV) systems to China’s largest offshore engineering construction company…

Global Marine wins Clair Ridge contract

Jul 23, 2015

Global Marine Systems has secured a contract that will see it provide personnel and equipment that will support the delivery of a submarine fiber optic link between platforms on behalf of client, Subsea 7, a provider of subsea engineering and construction…

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