Deepwater Installation
TechnipFMC picks up Karish risers
TechnipFMC pipelay vessel Deep Blue has recently completed spooling of Energean’s Karish steel catenary risers at its spoolbase in Mobile, Alabama. The Deep Blue is currently transiting to Limassol, Cyprus where it will perform mobilisation of the riser end structures. TechnipFMC won an integrated e
Subsea tree orders hit 69 units in January
Subsea tree order intake in January 2021 has seen the awards totalling 69 units, getting off to a fast start, according to market research provider Westwood. Notable awards came for Petrobras’ Buzios development, Santos’ Bayu Undan Phase IIIc, Energean’s Karish North, as well as the North El Amriya
Trelleborg thermal insulation for Hod project
Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway has secured a contract from Randaberg Industries, to provide Vikotherm R3 thermal insulation for the 10 inch VFS-2 spool skid set for the Hod field development project, located on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in the North Sea. This collaboration between T
Offshore EPC awards set for rebound in 2021
Outlook for the offshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) market in 2021 looks promising, boosted by projects deferred from 2020, according to market research provider Westwood. With a forecast of $29 billion firm or already awarded contracts and a further $16 billion of probable and
Watch: MDL wraps up SURF lay project offshore China
MDL horizontal lay system was used for the overside installation of power cables in the Liuhua field, South China Sea. The MDL HLS mobilised with TTS-4/310 series tensioner, complete with steel pads for safe and controlled handling of the umbilical. Prior to the APAC mission the vessel had travelled
Perma-Pipe bags subsea insulated pipe deal in GoM
Perma-Pipe has won a contract from LLOG Exploration Offshore to supply over eight kilometres of subsea insulation for tiebacks in the Dome Patrol field in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract scope awarded to Perma-Pipe covers overseeing engineering support, pipe coating, and supplying insulation for th
Strohm wins TCP jumpers deal in Malaysia
Thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) specialist Strohm has secured a contract to deliver two gas lift jumpers for an offshore project Deepwater Sabah, Malaysia. This is the second time the firm’s technology has become a permanent application in the region. Strohm saw a TCP flowline previously installe
AGR inks strategic framework deal with dCarbonX
Energy consultancy AGR said that its Well Management business unit has entered into a strategic framework agreement for decarbonisation exploration with UK-based dCarbonX. The Scope covers supporting dCarbonX in the development of GeoEnergy resources. This includes carbon capture, use and storage (C
Subsea 7 and Aibel score Northern Lights contracts
Subsea 7 and Aibel have secured contracts from Equinor for the Northern Lights project. Subsea 7’s scope includes engineering, fabrication and installation of a 100 kilometres CO2 pipeline that will run from Øygarden to the CO2 storage complex, as well as installation of umbilicals, tie-in and pre-c
Dana to withdraw from North Sea gas project
Following a review, oil and gas company Dana Petroleum is abandoning an offshore gas project located in the UK sector of the North Sea.
Subsea 7 picks Tenaris for Bacalhau project off Brazil
Pipe producer Tenaris and Subsea 7 have signed an agreement for the supply of pipes and coating services for Bacalhau project offshore Brazil. Equinor is the operator of Bacalhau project, located 185 kilometres off the coast of São Paulo in Brazil. Discovered in 2012, the Bacalhau oilfield sits in t
Pipelayer resumes work on Nord Stream 2 in Danish waters
A pipelayer vessel has started work in Danish waters ahead of the resumption of construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline regardless of the pressure from the United States and European Union to stop it.
Heerema developing silent foundations
Heerema has received Statements of Feasibility from DNV GL for two of its “silent foundations” concepts, on which the company has been working together with the University of Dundee. The concepts include helical or screw piles and so-called push-in piles, which could be installed without loud hammer
Solstad secures work for subsea trio
Oslo-listed shipowner Solstad Offshore has secured four contract awards for three of its subsea construction vessels (SCVs). Normand Energy will support a project for a client in the Pacific Ocean with an estimated duration of 5 months, including mobilisation and de-mobilisation. Solstad said, the c