Deepwater Installation
OceanTools to provide subsea housings to Proeon
OceanTools has secured an order with Proeon Systems, worth around £400,000, to design and manufacture highly specialised deepwater subsea housings. The housings are to be manufactured from super duplex – a type of stainless steel – and form part of a package Proeon is delivering to its client, an oi
Hellenic Cables on course for Crete – Peloponnese project
Hellenic Cables is on track to deliver the 135 kilometres long submarine cable for the electrical interconnection Crete – Peloponnese. The management of ADMIE recently visited the company’s plant in Corinth to check on the project’s progress. The project, with a total budget of 365 million euros, sh
Oceaneering connectors for offshore Western Australia project
Oceaneering has won a contract to provide a number of monobore diverless connectors for an offshore Western Australia project. Specifically, the company will supply 3-inch M5 connectors for monoethylene glycol (MEG) and chemical inhibitor (CI) service on the field subsea distribution system. The 3-i
Watch complex subsea operation of installing Dvalin Xmas trees
Wintershall Dea last December installed three Xmas trees on its Dvalin gas development, which has now moved from the drilling phase to the completion phase.
Denmark OKs ships with anchors to lay Nord Stream 2
The Danish Energy Agency has approved the use of pipelaying vessels with anchors for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipelines. On 5 June 2020, Nord Stream 2 AG submitted a request to use pipelayers with anchors for the construction. Previously, the agency approved only the DP pipelaying vesse
Optime Subsea delivers NUI pressure chambers
Optime Subsea has delivered two ultra-deep pressure chambers to NUI, the Bergen-based Norwegian independent hyperbaric research and test facility. As subsea tools and equipment testing and verification expert, NUI made an investment in these pressure chambers last year. The chambers have a working p
Saipem bags $325 million through new pre-salt job with Petrobras
Saipem has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the installation of a rigid riser-based subsea system to serve the Búzios pre-salt project offshore Brazil.
Aker Solutions completes its largest subsea trees project in Brazil
Norway’s Aker Solutions has delivered the last of 60 sets of subsea trees for pre-salt exploration for Petrobras. This marks the conclusion of the company’s biggest project in Brazil. Aker Solutions landed a deal with Petrobras to provide subsea equipment for deepwater pre-salt field developments in
Subsea 7 scores Gulf of Mexico job
Subsea 7 said it has secured a ‘sizeable’ contract with an undisclosed client for work in the Gulf of Mexico. For the company, a sizeable contract is between $50 million and $150 million. The work scope includes engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea pipelines. It also inc
Aker Solutions to deliver subsea production system for Equinor’s Askeladd
Aker Solutions has received a letter of intent from Equinor to deliver the subsea production system for the next phase of the Askeladd natural gas development in the Barents Sea in northern Norway.
Subsea 7 scoops up Aker BP Hod contract
Subsea 7 has won a contract from Aker BP for the Hod field development project, in the North Sea. The Hod development locates 12 kilometres from the Valhall area. The re-development includes a new wellhead platform (Hod B) linked to Valhall field centre with rigid pipelines and an umbilical. The con
Subsea 7 picks Trendsetter connectors for King’s Quay
Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract from Subsea 7 for Murphy’s King’s Quay Development. The Houston-based subsea specialist said it landed the contract in the second quarter of 2020. The scope of supply comprises more than 40 connectors spanning Trendsetter’s TC2, TC7, and TC16 products.
TechnipFMC delivers Peregrino II installation campaign
TechnipFMC vessel Skandi Niterói recently wrapped up the installation campaign of Peregrino Phase II for Equinor in Brazil. It is part of the company’s engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract secured in September 2017. The offshore campaign was carried out efficiently
MDL backs Ocean Installer on Balder decom job
MDL has completed a double decommissioning scope providing support to Ocean Installer on the Balder X field. MDL SURF equipment, project engineering team as well as offshore personnel facilitated the recovery of risers and umbilicals on the Balder FPSO, as part of the redevelopment programme on the