Sonardyne International Ltd has received a major order for 6G acoustic positioning equipment worth £1m from Forum Energy Technologies, Inc’s equipment rental business, DPS Offshore. The is the second order placed by DPS Offshore in as many months for Sonardyne’s sixth generation hardware platform an
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed two five-year contracts with Island Offshore Management AS to supply Light Well Intervention (LWI) services for use by Statoil in the North Sea, contingent on approval from Statoil’s partners. Each contract contains options for two, two-year extens
Ocean Installer has started building a VLS and carousel for the laying of umbilicals and flexible flowlines. The lay spread will be installed on the long-term chartered subsea construction vessel (SCV) “Normand Clipper” and be operational in Q1 2013. “This investment is in line with our strategy of
Statoil has awarded contracts for new light well intervention (LWI) vessels. These “category A” units will contribute to increased recovery from Statoil’s approximately 500 operated subsea wells on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Statoil has on behalf of relevant licensees awarded a contract
In Russia, Saipem signed a lump sum EPCI contract with LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft (a wholly-owned LUKOIL subsidiary), for two export pipelines connecting the riser block in the Vladimir Filanovsky offshore field, in the Northern Caspian Sea, to the onshore shut-off valves, located approximately 10 to
Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has been contracted to supply a complete Back Deck handling system for ‘Sanco Sword’, Sanco Shipping’s second 16 streamer vessel under construction at the Kleven Maritime Myklebust Shipyard. The vessel will be operated by Dolphin Geo
Höegh LNG of Norway said it has entered into an agreement with a confidential client to initiate a project specific engineering and cost study for an LNG FPSO solution. The study is estimated to take 3 to 4 months, at which point a decision shall be made as to whether or not a full FEED […]
Emerson Process Management has won a multi-million dollar contact to deliver its Roxar subsea instrumentation to Lundin Petroleum’s Brynhild field in the North Sea. The contract was awarded by Aker Solutions, one of the world’s leading providers of oilfield products, systems and services, and covers
Scana Industrier ASA has through its subsidiary Scana Propulsion AS signed new contracts with Kleven Maritime AS, Norway ad Rong Ta Trading Co. Ltd., Taiwan, for delivery of propulsion equipment at a total value of NOK 35 million. The contract with Kleven Maritime AS is for delivery of a gear ad cp
Orkney Islands Council has announced tender for tidal energy consultancy services worth approximately between £275,000 and £300,000. The services included in the tender are the investigation and detailed solutions for the wave overtopping problem generated from the East at No 2 Churchill barrier, Ho
JP Kenny Norway has signed a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) contract with Norske Shell for the high temperature, high pressure Linnorm project in Norway. Valued at approximately US$9 million (NOK 55 million), this contract forms part of a global Enterprise Frame Agreement awarded to Wood Group
TGS has entered into new data release agreements with the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the British Geological Survey (BGS). These agreements permit TGS to release new and historical data for all onshore and offshore wells in the UK. The well data, once captured and quality c
Nautronix have secured another order for the supply of their NASDrill RS925 deepwater acoustic positioning system for Noble Corporation’s fourth new ultra-deepwater drillship. In 2011, Nautronix was awarded the contracts for supplying their NASDrill RS925 system for Noble’s first three new drill shi
Aquaterra Energy has been awarded a contract to supply 12 centralisers for a platform in the North Sea. The existing centralisers had reached their design life and will be replaced with new centralisers designed by Aquaterra. The centralisers, which will be optimised for the customer’s requirements,
