Subsea
Deepsea Metro I Gears for Philippines Job
Deepsea Metro I has started mobilisation from Labuan, Malaysia for the drilling campaign offshore the Philippines. A contract, signed by Odfjell Drilling, on behalf of Golden Close Maritime, with Galoc Production Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nido Petroleum, is for the Galoc-7/7ST well locat
TE SubCom Achieves Transmission Capacity Record
TE SubCom, a TE Connectivity company, has achieved a new transmission record of 70.4 Tb/s capacity over 7,600 km utilizing its newly available C+L technology. The C+L technology includes amplifiers with nearly 10THz of usable optical bandwidth, a transmission line designed to minimize noise accumula
L&N Scotland Launches Synthesis System
L&N Scotland has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of the Synthesis system. Synthesis system compromises of a full turnkey support package complete with all small-bored tubing lines staged in reverse fitment order. Synthesis can be deployed across a full breadth of subsea applications r
OGIC Backs More Offshore Solution Projects
The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre has signed its thirty-first project agreement, which will see the development of a system which will allow heat from subsea pipelines to be converted to DC electrical power. The project is one of four that have recently been agreed, signalling a £230,000 investment fr
Kongsberg AUVs for Norwegian Navy
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for delivery of four complete HUGIN AUV systems (autonomous underwater vehicles) for detection, classification and identification of mines. Under the NOK 155 million contract, the HUGIN AUV’s will have a depth
Globe Lands SEA-US Subsea Cable System in Philippines
Globe Telecom has landed the Southeast Asia-United States (SEA-US) submarine cable system in Davao, the Philippines. The SEA-US cable was connected to the Globe cable landing station in Brgy, Talomo, Davao City that also houses the power feed equipment necessary to run the system. “We are excited ov
BP Makes Another Gas Discovery Off Egypt
BP has made another gas discovery in the North Damietta offshore concession in the East Nile Delta, Egypt. The Qattameya Shallow-1 exploration well was drilled to a total depth of 1,961 metres in water depth of approximately 108 metres using the El Qaher II jack-up rig. The wireline logs, pressure d
Nord Stream 2: Wasco Starts Concrete Pipe Coating in Finland Base
Nord Stream 2 AG’s contractor Wasco has started concrete weight coating of the pipes needed for the natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea in its pipe coating plant in Kotka, Finland. Almost half of the 200,000 pipes needed for the entire project will be concrete weight coated in Wasco’s plant
Statoil Invests in Njord and Bauge Development
Statoil has, on behalf of its partners, submitted plans for development of the Njord and Bauge fields to the Norwegian minister of petroleum and energy, Terje Søviknes. The company submitted a revised plan for development and operation of the Njord field and a plan for development and operation of t
Eidesvik and CGG Form New Seismic Fleet Pact
French seismic survey player CGG and Norwegian vessel owner Eidesvik have agreed to establish a new shipowning company. This new unit will possess the five vessels currently owned by CGG and cold-stacked (Geo Coral, Geo Caribbean, Geo Celtic, CGG Alize and Oceanic Challenger), as well as the two ves
TechnipFMC Bags Kaikias Award
TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract by Shell for the delivery, integration, and installation of the subsea production system (SPS) and subsea riser, jumper and flowline (SURF) equipment for phase one of the Kaikias deep water project in the Gulf of Mexico. “TechnipFMC has a proven track record of
Maersk Oil in Flyndre Start-Up
Production has begun from the Maersk Oil-operated Flyndre field in the UK and Norwegian North Sea. First oil began to flow on Sunday, March 26, travelling 25 kilometers via pipeline to the Repsol Sinopec-operated Clyde platform. Production from the Flyndre field is expected to peak at around 10,000
Hydratight Launches New Tools for Well Completion Activities
Hydratight has unveiled its External Casing Cutter (ECC) and Internal-External Casing Cutter (IECC) tools to allow customers to work above and below wellheads. The tools will be used in well completion activities by drilling contractors, decommissioning specialists, valve OEMs and service providers.
Offshore Achievement Awards Winners Revealed
Twelve companies and individuals were revealed as the winners at the Offshore Achievement Awards 2017 (OAA) on Thursday at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC). The winners included JDR Cable Systems, which collected two awards for Export Achievement and Great Large Company, whilst E