Equipment
Statoil Makes ‘Minor’ Gas Discovery in North Sea
Statoil, operator of production licence 272, has encountered gas and condensate after the completion of the drilling of wildcat well 30/11-13. The well was drilled eight kilometres southeast of the 30/11-8 S (Krafla) discovery, and about 27 kilometres south of the Oseberg South facility in the North
Siemens’ New Product Improves Subsea Ethernet Communication
Siemens has developed and tested a new product for better subsea Ethernet communication. The Advanced Converter & Switch (ACS) is making it possible to communicate at higher data rates and over longer lengths, the company explained. This communication solution can be used for connecting to existing
Tekmar Tests Its Products at The Underwater Centre
Tekmar Energy has carried out a full-scale demonstration of its products at The Underwater Centre, based in Fort William. The objective of the demonstration was to prove the ability to rapidly and reliably remove a cable protection systems (CPS) without the need for divers, the company explained. Te
Wood Group Mustang Teams Up with Grupo Diavaz (Mexico)
Wood Group Mustang and Grupo Diavaz, a Mexican oil & gas operator and services company, have created a joint venture engineering business Mustang Diavaz. Mustang Diavaz is based in Mexico City and will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to onshore and offshore faci
IADC Young Author Award Presentation at WODCON 2016
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) Young Author Award will be presented at the World Dredging Congress and Exposition (WODCON) in June in Miami, Florida. The annual Award is given to stimulate the promotion of new ideas and to encourage young people working in the dredging in
InterMoor completes work on Shell’s new FPSO in Gulf of Mexico
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the FPSO Turritella for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. InterMoor stated in a press release on Wednesday that the FPSO Turritella will c
Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 Land Alvheim Prize
During Aker companies investor day 2016 at Fornebu on Tuesday, Det norske CEO Karl Johnny Hersvik revealed that the oil company has awarded a subsea contract for christmas trees to Aker Solutions for Alvheim field, Det norske’s core area of production. In addition, Subsea 7 has been awarded a contra
InterMoor Completes FPSO Turritella Job
InterMoor, an Acteon company, has completed the final tensioning and chain cutting operations on the FPSO Turritella for the Shell Stones project, located in the Walker Ridge protraction area in the Gulf of Mexico. The FPSO Turritella will connect to subsea infrastructure located beneath approximate
Premier’s Catcher field gets fourth subsea tree
Dril-Quip, a Houston-based designer and manufacturer of offshore drilling and production equipment, has completed a fourth subsea tree installation on Premier Oil’s Catcher field development, in the UK part of the North Sea. The company said on Tuesday that the installation was done at a depth of 29
Siem Begins Nordsee One Cable Laying
Siem Offshore Contractors has started laying the first inter-array cable in the construction area of the Nordsee One offshore wind farm. The fifty-four turbines will be connected to the offshore substation by ten strings of cables with an overall length of approximately 70 kilometres. Tim Kittelhake
Dril-Quip Places Fourth Subsea Tree on Premier’s Catcher Field
Dril-Quip has completed a fourth subsea tree installation on Premier’s Catcher field development located in the Central North Sea in a water depth of 299 feet (91 meters), offshore UK. The company has been manufacturing the subsea trees and controls for Premier Oil since it was awarded the contract
GE Oil & Gas Introduces New Subsea Connector
GE Oil & Gas has completed the qualification of its upgraded 36 kV high voltage wet mate connector. Mecon WM 36/500 can be used with equipment such as transformers, switchgears, variable speed drives and motor loads. “Our Mecon Wet Mate 36/500 connector is designed to provide highly reliable connect
Trident Subsea Cable in PoP Deal with Global Switch
Global Switch has informed that Trident Subsea Cable (Trident) is to locate Points of Presence (PoPs) within Global Switch’s data centres in Sydney and Singapore when it builds its cable network in the Asian region. Trident’s cable network, anticipated to be ‘ready for service’ in mid-2018, will con
Materia Launches New Thermoset Resins for Subsea Applications
Materia Inc., catalysts and advanced polymers manufacturer, has developed ‘Proxima’ thermoset resins as its new solution for the oil and gas industry. According to the company, Proxima resins provide solutions that could solve major technology challenges in subsea thermal insulation, subsea buoyancy