Ashtead Technology, an international subsea equipment specialist, has announced a distributor agreement with SeaBotix Inc for the sale and exclusive global rental of its miniROV systems at OTC in Houston. The agreement with SeaBotix, the world-leading manufacturer of miniROV systems, was announced a
Siemens Energy has received an order to deliver customized direct electrical heating (DEH) power supply systems for ten subsea flow lines, with an option for two additional systems. Customer is BP Exploration Limited and all the systems are to be deployed on BP-operated Shah Deniz gas field in the A
During the last five years Statoil and its partners have invested as much as NOK 46 billion on the Troll field, which came on stream in 1995. The investment level will remain high for many years to come. Troll is the story of achieving the impossible. The oil proven in connection with the largest ga
Apache Corporation informed that its Gulf of Mexico subsidiary will sell non-operated interests in the Lucius and Heidelberg development projects and 11 primary term deepwater exploration blocks to a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. for $1.4 billion. The effective date of the transa
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark and Woodfibre LNG Lead Director, Imelda Tanoto, signed a Letter of Intent to further the growth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the province. This is the second agreement of its kind signed during the international trade mission underway. “Woodfibre LNG is mo
Through water technology and survey company, Nautronix, has been awarded a 5 year frame contract – based on a non-exclusive agreement – by SURF and subsea contractor Ceona with an initial 1 year call-off for the supply of survey services to support their new build DP3 subsea construction vessel, the
From 31 March to 2 April 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of Statoil and emergency preparedness management of the Norne FPSO. Objective The objective of the activity was to gain an overview of processes and systems that contribute to ensuring comprehensive emergency p
Emerson Process Management has announced the successful first deployment of its Roxar Downhole Wireless PT Sensor System. The new instrument has been deployed as part of the completion on Statoil’s Skuld field in the Norwegian North Sea, where it is measuring online and in real-time pressure and tem
From 18 to 24 March 2014, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway carried out an audit of integrity management of flexible risers and associated safety equipment and barrier management at Troll B. Objective The objective of the audit was to verify that integrity and barrier management for flexible ris
Ocean Yield ASA has entered into newbuilding contracts for three LEG (Liquefied Ethylene Gas) carriers of 36,000 cbm capacity, to be built at Sinopacific Offshore & Engineering, China. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in August, October and December 2016 respectively, and will after delivery b
GE Oil & Gas announced it has secured the first two orders for its new SeaLyticsTM BOP (blowout preventer) Advisor software system with U.S.-based drilling contractor Atwood Oceanics and Brazilian drilling contractor Queiroz Galvão Óleo e Gás (QGOG). The milestone contracts were announced during the
Petrobras has announced that the company’s Campos Basin Operational Unit reached 80.6% efficiency in April, while the Rio de Janeiro Operational Unit, which manages the platforms with the largest production capacity in the same basin, achieved 96.2% efficiency in March – the best operational efficie
NYK concluded a time-charter contract for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with LNG Marine Transport Ltd., which is a subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company Incorporated. NYK also concluded a contract with MI LNG Company Limited for the construction of the LNG carrier with a gross tonna
Polarcus Limited has announced that Polarcus Naila started full seismic production on Wednesday, 07 May, only three days after start of mobilization. Related: ‘Polarcus Naila’ prepares for ‘UK Breagh’ survey Polarcus Naila is acquiring the “UK Breagh” RightBand(TM) multi-client project. The survey i
