Production & Processing

Tracerco secures million-dollar contract in Gulf of Mexico
Tracerco has secured a million-dollar contract in the Gulf of Mexico, under which the company will deploy its pipeline inspection technology, Discovery, across a number of oil and gas platforms in the region. This new technology will be utilized by three leading U.S. energy companies, all of whom op

FID taken for innovative subsea tech to boost production capacity of Brazilian field
A final investment decision (FID) has been taken to develop an innovative natural gas and CO2 separation and reinjection facility for the Mero field offshore Brazil, developed by the Libra Consortium and operated by Petrobras. The pilot unit, using a pioneer high-pressure subsea separation technolog

TechnipFMC wins contract with Petrobras worth over $1 billion
TechnipFMC has secured a “major” integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract with Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for a project offshore Brazil. TechnipFMC reported it had won the contract to deliver the Mero 3 HISEP project which uses subse

Contract with TotalEnergies marks Ocean Installer’s second-largest in history
Norway’s Ocean Installer has secured what it says is its second-largest contract in company history thanks to a deal with TotalEnergies in Angola. Ocean Installer, in consortium with Oceaneering, has secured a “significant” contract from TotalEnergies EP Angola and its partners of Block 17 to execut

Enauta buys two Petrobras fields and associated infrastructure
Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has signed a contract with compatriot oil and gas giant Petrobras for the acquisition of oil and gas fields in the Santos Basin off Brazil and natural gas pipeline infrastructure. The company is also set to acquire the FPSO operating in the fields. Enauta is acqui

Following Gulf of Mexico project delivery, Trendsetter working for Woodside again
Almost two months after the delivery of subsea equipment for Woodside Energy in the Gulf of Mexico, Texas-based oil and gas services company Trendsetter Engineering has begun work on another Woodside project. Trendsetter Engineering (TEI) has won a contract with Woodside Energy to provide several su

‘Major’ oil & gas OEM taps CRP Subsea for project in Angola
England-based CRP Subsea has secured multiple contracts with a “major oil and gas original equipment manufacturer (OEM)” to deliver equipment for a deepwater project in Africa. CRP Subsea will deliver integral buoyancy modules, hold back clamps, Uraduct and bend stiffeners for the umbilical project

Baker Hughes and Chevron enter 20-year framework agreement
Baker Hughes has entered into a 20-year framework agreement with Chevron Australia for the supply of subsea production systems. Baker Hughes will offer its Aptara subsea production systems for Chevron Australia’s future offshore developments. According to the company, the Aptara suite is an array of

TotalEnergies dishes out millions for stake in huge renewable Morocco-UK power project
TotalEnergies has expanded its portfolio by acquiring a minority stake in Xlinks First Limited, a company founded in 2019 in the UK.

Countdown begins: Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 opens in one week
Industry giants, experts, policymakers, innovators and start-ups from the offshore energy sector will meet at the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2023 (OEEC 2023) in Amsterdam one week from now. The backdrop to two full days of discussions, insights and updates is the exhibition floor that w

Expro wraps up well cementing gig for ‘large operator’
Energy services provider Expro has completed a well cementing project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for what it describes as a “large international operator”. Expro delivered an inner-string cementing on a subsea well’s 22″ surface casing in a water depth of approximately 2,000 meters in the Mississipp

Nokia firm delivers subsea tech for Equinor’s oil project
Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), part of Nokia, has delivered subsea control cable infrastructure for an Equinor-operated field recently brought on stream. ASN has supplied, installed, and pre-commissioned DC/FO subsea control cable infrastructure, which provides high electrical power and fiber con

Subsea7 wins ‘major’ contract offshore Brazil
Subsea7 has secured a contract with Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras for a development located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation (EPCI) and pre-commissioning of 76 kilometers of rigid risers and flowlines for the

Shell’s Norwegian gas field pioneers remote data harvesting
Sonardyne, working with XOCEAN’s uncrewed surface vehicles (USV), has delivered remote acoustic data harvesting services to Shell at its Ormen Lange gas field in the Norwegian Sea that does not have conventional surface operation platforms. Without surface platforms, acoustic data from the subsea se