Equipment
Technip Scores Bangka Deal with Chevron
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Chevron Indonesia for the Bangka Development, located in Rapak PSC area, approximately 70km offshore the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and pre commissioning
‘Polarcus Asima’ in Otway seismic shoot for 3D Oil
3D Oil Limited (TDO) has contracted a research/survey vessel Polarcus Asima to acquire the Flanagan 3D seismic survey in its T/49P Permit in the Otway Basin, offshore eastern Australia. The Flanagan survey is designed to mature a number of leads in northern part of the block, 3D Oil says. These are
BOEM, Florida Ink Agreement to Evaluate Sand Resources
As a part of President Obama’s continuing commitment to help coastal communities recover from Hurricane Sandy and promote resilient coastal systems, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the state of Florida signed a two-year cooperative agreement totaling $200,000 to evaluate sand resour
Kleven in Aker Wayfarer Conversion
Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway, has signed a contract for modification of the Aker Wayfarer vessel to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV). The contract is entered into with Ocean Yield ASA, a ship owning company with investments within oil-service and industrial sh
Cap Energy plans 3D survey off Guinea-Bissau
Cap Energy has informed that it is working to progress its interests offshore Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, by conducting a 3D survey scheduled for November, 2014. Sitting in the same basin as the Company’s Senegal assets, the prospective leads are distributed across a carbonate shelf that passes abru
STATS Performs Forties Pipeline Isolation
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has successfully completed a complex isolation of the Forties Pipeline System in the North Sea. STATS was contracted by Apache North Sea Ltd to safely isolate the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) so that subsea isolation valves (SSIV) and piping spools coul
Subsea Vision expands ROV fleet with Cougar XT Compact
Aiming at the global FPSO market, Subsea Vision has added another Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. The compact concept is especially suited for working in strong currents and where the spread of equipment is small enough to need little deck space. The addition to their fleet follows e
Statoil in Final Trials of Gullfaks Subsea Wet Gas Compressor
The world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015. By adding 22 million extra barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir the compressor will h
Statoil preps ‘world’s first subsea wet gas compressor’ for Gullfaks
Statoil has informed that the “world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station” is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015. By adding 22 million extra barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent res
Subsea Vision Expands ROV Fleet
Subsea Vision has added another Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact to its ROV fleet. The compact concept is especially suited for working in strong currents and where the spread of equipment is small enough to need little deck space. The addition to their fleet follows expanded opportunities coming to th
Eco Atlantic gets seismic data on Sharon block off Namibia
Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas Ltd. has acquired two previously shot 2D seismic surveys totaling 2,922 line km on its Sharon Block 2213 A&B, Walvis Basin, offshore Namibia. The company is the operator of the block. These Surveys provide extensive coverage in one of the company’s focus areas. Eco Atlantic
Aker Wayfarer to Get Rolls-Royce Handling System
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply a complete module handling system to the subsea construction vessel Aker Wayfarer. The $38.7 million (£24 million) contract marks the largest single subsea vessel project ever undertaken by Rolls-Royce. The Rolls-Royce automated handling system consists of
ABB Bags Butendiek OWF – SylWin Alpha Subsea Cabling
ABB has won an order from TenneT to design, engineer, supply and install an Alternating Current (AC) power transmission cable system that will connect Butendiek, an offshore wind farm in the German North Sea, to the HVDC converter platform SylWin alpha. The cable will link the AC platform of the But
Petrofac Scores Nova Scotia Deepwater Study
Petrofac has been awarded a contract to work with the Government of Nova Scotia to help it identify the best way forward to exploit its ultra-deepwater oil potential. Under the terms of the contract, Petrofac has been tasked with delivering a development study for a prospective oil reservoir 3,000 m