Deepwater Installation
CRP Subsea delivers ultra-deepwater DBMs in Brazil
CRP Subsea has delivered distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs), said to be the biggest in the world, to be used in protecting steel pipelines.
USI rolls out high-density subsea equipment preservation fluid
Universal Subsea Inc. (USI) has developed and deployed what is said to be the industry’s first high-density subsea equipment preservation and hydrate prevention fluid. Defender Stasis HD was formulated specifically to protect subsea tree mandrels, tree access bores, tubing head spools and similar su
Hollandse Kust Zuid export cable in place
DEME Group’s cable-laying vessel Living Stone has completed the installation of the export cable for the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind project in the Netherlands. The cable will connect the HKZ Beta offshore platform to the Dutch mainland. According to DEME, the project included the crossing of
Inter-array cable installation begins at Saint-Nazaire OWF
Louis Dreyfus TravOcean has commenced the installation of the inter-array cables at the Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project in France. The inter-array cable installation is being carried out by cable-laying vessel Wind of Pride. Prysmian is in charge of the production and delivery of the inter-array
Perma-Pipe lands Gulf of Mexico contract with LLOG
Perma-Pipe has secured a contract from LLOG Exploration Offshore to supply 5 miles (some 8 kilometers) of subsea insulated pipeline for the Taggart project in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract scope covers overseeing engineering support, pipe coating, and supplying the FLOW-THERM pre-insulated pipe s
Expro completes plug and abandonment gig for Petronas off Mauritania
Oilfield services firm Expro has completed an integrated plug and abandonment (P&A) contract for PC Mauritania 1 Pty Ltd (PCMPL), a subsidiary of Petronas, in Mauritania. Completed in April, the well intervention scope used Expro’s integrated Open Water Intervention Riser System (OWIRS), deployed fr
CRA pipeline installed at Julimar phase 2 project
Subsea 7 has completed the installation and hydrotesting of the 22-kilometer Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) pipeline at Woodside Energy’s Julimar Development Phase 2 project in Australia. The company’s reel-lay vessel Seven Oceans was in charge of installing what is said to be Australia’s first ree
DOF Subsea gets more APAC work
DOF Subsea has secured multiple contracts in the Asia Pacific region for its vessels in the third and fourth quarters of 2021. Onshore works are underway for several offshore campaigns that will use the construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Hercules and the onshore and offshore teams from Q3 2021
Jadestone hands in revised Montara drilling plan
Jadestone Energy has submitted a revised plan for the WHP and subsea fields ACL7 ACL8 drilling program in the Timor Sea to Australian offshore regulator NOPSEMA. The Singaporean company plans to drill development well H6 in permit area AC/L7 in the Montara Field, with workovers of Skua-10 and Skua-1
ABB to provide power from shore for Jansz-Io field
A power and automation technology specialist ABB has been hired by Chevron and Aker Solutions to provide power from shore and subsea long step-out to Jansz-Io field offshore Australia.
Tekmar and DeepWater Buoyancy ink floating wind MoU
Tekmar Group and DeepWater Buoyancy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together in the floating offshore wind sector. The partnership will offer a collective package of geotechnical assessment and engineering analysis, cable, and mooring system design, cable protection and stabi
DOF, Aker Solutions net subsea decom contract in Norway
The joint venture of DOF Subsea and Aker Solutions, KDS JV AS, has secured a subsea decommissioning contract for DNO at the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The contract includes engineering, preparation, removal and disposal work (EPRD) of associated subsea hardware. Project scope covers the removal an
Advent Energy picks subsea equipment for Seablue-1 exploration well
Dril-Quip has secured a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Advent Energy for the provision of subsea equipment for the upcoming Seablue-1 exploration well at the Baleen prospect in Australia. Dril-Quip will provide subsea wellhead equipment, materials and associated services for the well located approximat
World’s first subsea DAS system installed in Gulf of Mexico
Silixa has completed the installation, validation, and operation of what is said to be the world’s first subsea Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) system. Silixa concluded the installation, validation, and borehole seismic acquisition from a permanently installed fiber-optic DAS system Carina Subsea