Operations & Maintenance
SAL Fit to Challenge Offshore Installation Market
Germany’s SAL Heavy Lift is a well known specialist in sea transport of heavy lift and project cargo. Not too long ago the company launched a subsidiary SAL Offshore B.V. to focus on developing and delivering offshore installation solutions for the oil & gas and renewables sectors. By adding MV Sven
Statoil: Åsgard Subsea Gas Compression Plant Online (VIDEO)
Statoil and its partners this week put the first subsea gas compression facility online at Åsgard in the Norwegian Sea. Subsea compression will add some 306 million barrels of oil equivalent to total output over the field’s life. “This is one of the most demanding technology projects aimed at improv
Aquatic Gears for Power Cable Project Off Canada
Aquatic Engineering and Construction has been awarded a contract to lay power cables for the main provider of electricity in British Columbia, Canada. The shallow water project will start later this week in the tidal estuary of the Strait of Georgia and it will see Aquatic deliver its multi-reel sol
Deep Down in $2.5 Mln GoM Deal
Deep Down, a subsea oilfield services company, has secured a large order from an undisclosed client for patented flying leads and UTA (Umbilical Termination Assembly). According to Houston-based firm, the order is valued at approximately $2.5 million. The flying leads and UTA will be delivered and d
Exxon Mobil: Erha North Phase 2 Production Starts Off Nigeria
Exxon Mobil announced that its subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited, has started oil production ahead of schedule at the Erha North Phase 2 project offshore Nigeria. The Erha North Phase 2 project is a deepwater subsea development located 60 miles offshore Nigeria in 3,300 fee
WATCH: Pioneering Spirit Drone Video
The video above shows Allseas’ giant, the 382 meters long and 124 meters wide, DP platform installation/decommissioning and pipelay vessel Pioneering Spirit. In June 2010, the Swiss-based offshore company awarded the contract for building Pioneering Spirit, to the South Korean shipyard Daewoo. When
Dong Completes Gode Wind Foundation Setup
Dong Energy informed that the last of 97 foundations at the two offshore wind farms Gode Wind 1 and 2 has been installed. Altogether, the installation of the 97 monopiles and transition pieces took five months and it was delivered ahead of schedule. Trine Borum Bojsen, Managing Director of DONG Ener
Viking SeaTech Bags Woodside Award
Specialist Marine Services provider Viking SeaTech has secured a three-year contract with oil and gas company Woodside. Viking SeaTech will provide bespoke pre-laid mooring systems and project management for multiple rig moves. The schedule includes engineering, scope of works, system design, deploy
Tower Plans Thali 3D Shoot in 2016 (Cameroon)
Tower Resources, the AIM-listed Africa-focussed oil and gas exploration company, has signed the shallow water Thali (formerly known as Dissoni) Production Sharing Contract (PSC), offshore Cameroon. Tower has a 100% interest in the Thali PSC, and the terms of the PSC include three exploration phases,
Bergen Group Skarveland Goes Under
Bergen Group Skarveland AS has filed for bankruptcy due to lack of new orders and failing results. The company’s business has been related to pipe installations towards building of ships and deliveries for the offshore and onshore industry. According to the company, both the shipbuilding and offshor
Hibernia Express Subsea Cable Launched
Hibernia Networks announces that Hibernia Express, its new 4,600km ultra low latency submarine cable connecting Halifax, Nova Scotia to Slough, England and Cork, Ireland, is ready for service (RFS). The first transatlantic cable built in over 12 years, the Hibernia Express launch marks a milestone f
ABB Cables to Power Johan Sverdrup
ABB has won an order worth around $90 million from Statoil, for a high-voltage cable system to supply power from shore to the Johan Sverdrup offshore oil field. Located 155 kilometers west of Stavanger in the North Sea, Johan Sverdrup is considered one of the largest offshore oil fields on the Norwe
Aibel Scoops Greater Enfield FEED Gig for Woodside
Australian company Woodside has awarded Aibel a FEED contract in connection with the subsea tie back to the Ngujima-Yin FPSO. The Greater Enfield Development comprises the subsea tie back of the Ngujima-Yin FPSO. The FPSO will undergo modifications to the topsides, hull and turret. Aibel’s scope of
DNV GL Initiates Two JIPs with Cost Saving Potential
DNV GL is launching two joint industry projects (JIPs) to investigate affordable composite components for the subsea sector and qualify technology for more efficient linepipe production processes. It is estimated that the JIPs could deliver a combined saving of £6.75 million. The DNV GL Affordable C