Production & Processing
‘Advanced’ imaging centers launch in Brazil to boost offshore energy exploration
Norway-based energy data and intelligence company TGS has launched advanced imaging centers in collaboration with Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras to improve subsurface data interpretation for the Campos and Santos basins offshore Brazil. TGS noted that these centers, based at Petrobras
UK firm secures its largest ever deal for Petrobras field
UK-based Tracerco has secured multi-million-pound worth of contracts in Brazil, including the largest project the company has ever undertaken. According to Tracerco, the deal, secured with TechnipFMC, involves delivering Tracerco Profiler measurement and control solutions for Petrobras’ Mero 3 High-
BP eyes first gas months earlier with subsea ops already underway, as Valaris rig moves to next well
UK-headquartered energy giant BP has wrapped up drilling activities at two wells, targeting to bring them on stream next month.
Subsea7 takes on FEED work to help unlock North Sea field’s oil & gas
Subsea7 has secured a contract with Norway’s state-owned energy company Equinor to deliver a study that will finalize the technical definition of the proposed subsea development at a field off Norway before the final investment decision (FID) is reached. Subsea 7 has been appointed to deliver a fron
Allseas delivers 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline off Mexico
Allseas has completed its offshore pipelay commitments for a 700-kilometer-long natural gas pipeline in Mexico ahead of schedule, for its client TC Energy. The Southeast Gateway 36-inch natural gas pipeline runs south along the coast from Tuxpan through the Gulf of Mexico to Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bo
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Saipem’s Castorone en route to Türkiye’s largest natural gas field for pipeline installation
Saipem’s pipelay vessel Castorone is on its way to the Black Sea where it will perform offshore pipeline installation for the second phase of Türkiye’s largest natural gas field. On its way to the Sakarya project, Castorone crossed the Dardanelles Strait early on December 26, covering a distance of
Jan De Nul, Hellenic Cables sign cable framework deal with French TSO
Jan De Nul, in partnership with Hellenic Cables, has been awarded a framework agreement from France’s transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau Transport d’Electricité (RTE) to supply and install the export cables for two floating wind farms off the coast of Southern Brittany, totaling 750 MW. Jan D
$900M contract win lands on Saipem’s desk for Shell’s project in Nigeria
Saipem, in a consortium with two Nigerian companies, has secured an offshore contract worth around $1 billion with Shell for a deepwater oil and gas project off the coast of Nigeria. As part of the contract with Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo), Saipem will deliver t
Contract with ‘prominent’ oil & gas company takes US subsea firm to West Africa
Houston-based subsea energy equipment and services specialist KOIL Energy Solutions, formerly Deep Down, is set to deliver subsea distribution manifolds to what it says is a prominent oil and gas company, for a project in West Africa. The scope of work includes engineering, procurement, fabrication,
Prysmian inks €700 million framework agreement for offshore links in France
Italy’s Prysmian has signed a framework agreement with the French transmission system operator (TSO) Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) to provide submarine power cable links that will connect two offshore wind farms to the French transmission grid. Under the contract, Prysmian will be responsi
TechnipFMC to deliver subsea production systems for Shell’s oil & gas project off Nigeria
UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has secured a contract with Shell to deliver subsea production systems for a deepwater oil and gas project off the coast of Nigeria for which the final investment decision (FID) was reported earlier today. As part of the contract with Shell Nige
50Hertz awards contract for Ostwind 4 offshore grid connection in Germany
UAE-based Drydocks World, in partnership with GE Vernova, has secured a contract to build and install Ostwind 4, a 2 GW offshore wind grid connection in Germany. Ostwind 4 will connect Baltic Sea offshore wind farms to the national grid using high-voltage direct current (HVDC) technology. This will
Vestas, TKF secure contracts for 1.1 GW Inch Cape offshore wind farm
Inch Cape Offshore Limited, a joint venture between Red Rock Power Limited and ESB, has awarded TKF with a turnkey contract to supply and install inter-array cables at the Inch Cape offshore wind farm. Additionally, Vestas has secured a firm order to deliver its V236-15.0 MW wind turbines to the 1.1