Xodus Group has won several vibration contracts bringing the total value for this year to £5 million (approx. $7.5 million). Managed through its vibration specialists in the UK and the UAE, the projects involve identifying and reducing vibration in global oil and gas assets, a significant challenge
International oilfield services company, Expro, has entered Qatar market for the first time and expanded its Middle Eastern presence with a five-year contract win. The contract will see Expro provide its range of well intervention and slickline services including high deviation and heavy-duty fishin
Azerbaijani branch of GAS has completed an ROV visual inspection of wellhead in the Absheron field. The company secured the contract from the field’s operator, Total, in October this year. The Absheron field was discovered in 2011, and it is located in the southern Caspian Sea at the water depth of
Wave Electricity Renewable Power Ocean (WERPO) has entered into a new agreement with Sunbelt Israel, part of the Sunbelt Business Network capital group, to secure funding for the outstanding projects. WERPO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Israeli sea wave energy technology developer Blackbird Inte
Wood Group has secured a new contract to provide engineering services to BP’s existing subsea infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico, UK and Norwegian continental shelves and offshore Azerbaijan. Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will deliver programme, project and integrity management and operational support fo
Saipem has been awarded two new E&C offshore contracts cumulatively valued at more than EUR 600 million (USD 680 million). The first EPCI contract, awarded by Saudi Aramco, involves the engineering, procurement, transportation and installation of offshore structures including observation platform, w
McDermott has been awarded a sizeable brownfield project by Qatar Petroleum for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) of four wellhead jackets. Installation of two jackets in the Bul-Hanine field offshore east of Doha has been scheduled to be completed by December 2016 w
Fugro Scout, the new 83-metre geotechnical drilling vessel, has completed its maiden project in the Middle East. Since its maiden project in the Persian Gulf it has been successfully deployed in the Arabian Sea and the Red Sea, completing several geotechnical and geophysical surveys. The vessel is c
Blue Water and Baku Shipyard signed a logistics contract, earlier this year, covering the transport of two hull sections for “Khankendi” Subsea Construction Vessel (SCV). Now, the two sections weighing a total of 10,800 tons have left Singapore heading for the Caspian Sea. The route goes through the
Gardline CGG has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman for the Oman continental shelf extension survey. The agreement aims to prepare a comprehensive file to complete the extension of the limits of the continental shelf. The project will consist of 3 con
Subsea World News has gathered all the highlights to bring you a summarized version of the most popular articles from the previous month. The month of August has seen companies adjusting to tough market environment with further workforce reductions, shipowners laying-up vessels and some major deals
Nexans’ subsea cables will power the new super complex at the heart of the future development of the Nasr oil field, offshore from Abu Dhabi in the UAE. This follows the award of a contract worth around € 90 millions by the EPC contractor, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), for Nexans to supply high vo
CGG announced that, with the support of its Seabed Geosolutions joint venture with Fugro, it has completed the acquisition of a 3D seismic survey over the Hail and Shuweihat oil and gas fields in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The survey is part of an integrated project, including data processing and res
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (August 24 – August 30). Schlumberger and Cameron have signed a definitive merger agreement in which the companies will combine in a stock and cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Camero
