Equipment
Vallourec Supplies OCTG and Line Pipe for Stampede Project
Vallourec delivers 14,000 tons of premium tubes in the scope of a contract with Hess Corporation for the Stampede project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Stampede is a deepwater subsea development which is located in the Green Canyon Block area, approximately 115 miles south of Fourchon, Louisiana. Vallou
FMC Technologies wins Appomattox deal from Shell
FMC Technologies, Inc., a provider of technologies and services to the oil and gas industry, has received an award from Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) for its Appomattox deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the agreement, FMC Technologies will provide enhanced vertical deepwater trees, s
GTT Mark V tech wins DNV GL’s approval
GTT, the designer of membrane containment systems for the maritime transportation and storage of LNG said that its new containment system Mark V has been granted general approval for ship application by the classification society DNV-GL.
FMC Technologies Scoops Appomattox Contract
FMC Technologies, has received an award from Shell for its Appomattox deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico. FMC Technologies will provide Enhanced Vertical Deepwater Trees, subsea manifolds, topside controls, a control system, and a distribution system for the field, which lies in the Mississ
Vallourec’s tubes for Stampede project
Vallourec, a tubular solutions provider, is delivering 14,000 tons of tubes in the scope of a contract with Hess Corporation for the Stampede project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Vallourec is providing over 5,000 tons in various sizes of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) for the critical deepwater devel
OneSubsea to design subsea system for Woodside’s Greater Enfield
OneSubsea, a Cameron and Schlumberger company, has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Greater Enfield Area Development offshore northwest Australia. According to OneSubsea’s press release, the FEED study, which will be conducted by OneSubsea’s local team in Perth
ABB Sheds Up to 260 Jobs in Norway
ABB Norway has informed the employees that it will implement capacity adjustments as a result of prolonged failure in particular oil and gas related industries. “This is a day we have feared would come, but as we have hoped in hard to avoid. We have followed the market closely and examined possible
FORCE Keeping Busy
Canada’s test center for tidal energy technology, FORCE, said it expects periods of marine activity to continue until mid October, including barge anchoring, cable recovery, and test mooring trials. Marine operations will be performed at Parrsboro wharf, West Bay, and the FORCE site in the Minas Pas
VIDEO: Whatcom Dredging Underway
A $30.6 million project on Bellingham’s downtown waterfront to cleanup historic contamination in the Whatcom Waterway is in full swing. Large floating cranes, barges and other marine construction equipment are being involved in the task to remove 159,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment, as well
Swire to Expand ROV Fleet
Swire Seabed, a fully owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO), has placed an order for the acquisition of two Kystdesign Supporter Work-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (WROVs) with Lidan Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS), for delivery in February 2016. Headquartered in Bergen, Norway, Swi
Claxton Installs Riser for Premier Oil Catcher Field
Claxton, an Acteon company, has installed a high-pressure drilling riser system as part of a contract for the Catcher area field development in the Central North Sea. Owen Lewis, project engineer, Claxton, said, “Claxton was the only company to offer Premier Oil a fully-forged riser design option in
Survitec FPSO Mooring Hawser for Exxonmobil Field in Angola
Survitec, a supplier of mooring systems to the offshore market, has provided an Exxonmobil oil field in Angola with a 180-meter single leg mooring hawser. Weighing in at just under nine tonnes, and with a diameter of over 150mm, the rope provides a Minimum Breaking Load (MBL) of 924 tonnes. It will
Claxton installs drilling riser system for Catcher development
Claxton, an Acteon company, has installed a high-pressure drilling riser system as part of a multi-million-pound contract for the Catcher area field development in the Central North Sea. Owen Lewis, project engineer, Claxton, said, “Claxton was the only company to offer Premier Oil a fully-forged ri
2015 Great Year for ECTMarine
ECTMarine – a Dutch supplier of dredging components, services and design, from a single spare part to a complete dredging vessel – began the year with great momentum, enthusiasm and energy. Development of “yard packages” for the Prime Dredge Line, Quick Dredge Technology and presentation of the ‘Cor