Equipment
GE Oil & Gas in Cheviot Subsea Deal with Alpha Petroleum
Alpha Petroleum has partnered with GE Oil & Gas to advance the subsea infrastructure for the Cheviot oil field in the UK North Sea with 55 mmbbls of oil and 20 mmboe of future gas production. The company, backed by upstream oil and gas investment firm Petroleum Equity, has named GE Oil & Gas as the
GE’s subsea systems, financing for Alpha’s Cheviot field
Alpha Petroleum is partnering up with GE Oil & Gas on the advancement of the subsea infrastructure for the Cheviot oil field, in the UK North Sea. The field, described by Alpha Petroleum as one of the largest undeveloped fields in the UK North Sea, is estimated to hold 55 mmbbls of oil and 20 mmboe
Oceanteam Gets LoI to Supply Equipment for Cable Transport
Oceanteam Solutions has received a letter of intent (LoI) from an unnamed cable producer in Europe for the supply of a vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. The contract is planned to be executed in summer 2017, the company said. Ocea
Kongsberg Launches New Compact Survey Vessel
Kongsberg GeoAcoustics has recently launched their new Compact Survey Vessel (CSV), specifically designed to survey shallow coastal and inland waterways quickly, using a powerful and manoeuvrable two-person catamaran equipped with the latest GeoSwath 4R shallow water simultaneous swath bathymetry an
Wärtsilä to install hybrid system on Eidesvik’s OSV
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Eidesvik Offshore to install a hybrid system with batteries on board the offshore supply vessel (OSV) Viking Princess. Wärtsilä said on Friday that the vessel would become the first OSV in which batteries reduce the number of generators on board. The new hybrid
JFSE Wraps up Trenching in Kandla Gujarat
James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) recently completed a challenging project for underwater services company Seatek in the Kandla Gujarat region of North-west India. Experts deployed its shallow water Twin R2000 tool for post-lay trenching and backfilling of an HDPE pipeline with concrete sinker b
Smulders Assembles First Beatrice Jacket
The foundations project for the Beatrice offshore wind farm has moved forward as Smulders placed the first upper jacket on top of the first lower jacket at its UK yard in Newcastle upon Tyne. The complete jacket now has a height of approximately 70 meters. The upper jacket parts are produced at the
STATS Group Invests in New Equipment and Facilities
STATS Group has invested more than £3 million in developing a range of hot tapping machines, expanding their fleet of pipeline intervention service equipment, and opening a new 15,000 sq ft workshop and office facility. The SureTap range of hot tapping machines have been designed and built at the co
VIDEO: NOV Subsea Oil Storage System
The animation shows a subsea storage unit (SSU) solution, patented by National Oilwell Varco, which enables storage of crude oil, chemicals and produced water on the subsea floor. The SSU is a gravity based storage unit that employs the new concept of a flexible bag protected by a dome. According to
Italian Maritime Robotics Expert Scoops DNV GL COMPIT Award
Marco Bibuli was announced as the winner of the DNV GL COMPIT Award 2017, which took place in Cardiff this year. This is the tenth time that a scientist has been presented with the DNV GL COMPIT Award at this conference. The Italian maritime robotics expert, working at the Italian research centre CN
ACE Winches Supplies Equipment for DolWin Installation Project
ACE Winches mobilized and installed a winch package for use on the jacket installation and float-over of the DolWin topside platform. The DolWin HVDC converter platform is located in the German Bight of the North Sea. It measures 100 meters in length, 70 meters in width, stands 90 meters and weighs
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 15– May 21). Eni has started gas production from the Jangkrik Development Project, offshore Indonesia. Production from ten deepwater subsea wells, connected to the newly built Floating Production
Plexus Nets Aker BP Order
Plexus Holdings has received an initial purchase order from Aker BP for the supply of surface exploration wellhead equipment for the Hyrokkin and Nordfjellet standard pressure exploration wells, offshore Norway. The initial value of of the contract is estimated at circa £0.7 million with revenues ex
Aker BP orders wellhead equipment from Plexus
Plexus Holdings, an oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has received an initial purchase order from Aker BP. Plexus said on Friday that the purchase order is for the supply of surface exploration wellhead equipment for the