Subsea
Ennsub Names New Sales and Marketing Manager
Subsea products and equipment manufacturer Ennsub has appointed a new sales and marketing manager to drive sales activities within the company’s expanding commercial function. Peter Farthing joins Ennsub from Cortland, where he was international ROV/defence business development manager for three yea
Proserv Invests in Its North Lanarkshire Building
Global-leading energy services group Proserv is investing almost half a million pounds into a landmark North Lanarkshire building to meet growing international demand for its products and services. The B-listed facility, commonly known as Lamberton’s, in Coatbridge, was home to KRG Industries prior
Offshore Energy 2014: Highlights of the day one (VIDEO)
The following video shows the highlights from the first day of the Offshore Energy 2014 event that opened its doors to visitors yesterday (October 28) at Amsterdam RAI, the Netherlands. Offshore Energy 2014 was opened by Dr. María de Lourdes Melgar Palacios, Under Secretary of Hydrocarbons of Mexico
Unique Wellube’s Seal Plugs for ADMA-OPCO
A division of Unique Maritime Group (UMG), Unique Wellube, has provided mechanical seal plugs for Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company’s (ADMA-OPCO) significant pipeline isolation project. ADMA-OPCO’s 8” subsea riser was found to have some damages which would require a weld repair at the splash zone o
Statoil Suffers Loss in Q3
Statoil’s third quarter 2014 net operating income was NOK 17.0 billion, a decrease from NOK 39.3 billion in the third quarter of 2013. Net income was negative NOK 4.8 billion mainly due to impairments. Adjusted earnings were NOK 30.9 billion, a decrease from NOK 40.4 billion in the third quarter of
Technip Scores Bangka Deal with Chevron
Technip has been awarded a subsea contract by Chevron Indonesia for the Bangka Development, located in Rapak PSC area, approximately 70km offshore the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and pre commissioning
Polarcus in Flanagan Shoot for 3D Oil
3D Oil has contracted the Polarcus Asima to acquire the Flanagan 3D seismic survey in the T/49P Permit offshore in the Otway Basin. The acquisition is expected to start during November 2014. The mobilisation cost of the Asima will be shared with Origin Energy who will record a separate survey with t
Hess Gives Green Light for Stampede Field
Hess Corporation, together with its project co-owners will proceed with the development of Stampede, an oil and gas project operated by Hess in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Discovered in 2005, the Stampede Field is located approximately 115 miles south of Fourchon, La., in the Gulf of Mexico (Green
Kleven in Aker Wayfarer Conversion
Kleven’s Myklebust Verft in Gursken, Norway, has signed a contract for modification of the Aker Wayfarer vessel to become a deepwater subsea equipment support vessel (SESV). The contract is entered into with Ocean Yield ASA, a ship owning company with investments within oil-service and industrial sh
Fugro Studies AAE-1 Subsea Cable Route
Fugro has started a cable route survey for AAE-1, one of the largest submarine cable systems to be constructed in the last decade. Fugro is providing offshore geophysical and geotechnical operations, charting and reporting to support the design and installation of the telecommunications cable. The w
Cap to Start Guinea-Bissau Seismic in November
Cap Energy is working to progress its interests in Guinea-Bissau. Sitting in the same basin as the Senegal assets, the prospective leads are distributed across a carbonate shelf that passes abruptly to deeper water to the west. As the deepwater geology of Cap’s Block 5B (BECUDA) is analogous to that
N-Sea Secures $161 Mln in Global Contracts
N-Sea Offshore has been awarded major contracts to the value of over £100 million, since the beginning of the year. N-Sea is known for its innovative work in the North Sea as an independent offshore subsea contractor. The company has secured a significant number of major, long-term contracts in the
STATS Performs Forties Pipeline Isolation
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has successfully completed a complex isolation of the Forties Pipeline System in the North Sea. STATS was contracted by Apache North Sea Ltd to safely isolate the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) so that subsea isolation valves (SSIV) and piping spools coul
Statoil in Final Trials of Gullfaks Subsea Wet Gas Compressor
The world’s first subsea wet gas compressor station is now ready for the final testing at Horsøy outside Bergen before being prepared for installation and hook-up to Gullfaks C in 2015. By adding 22 million extra barrels of oil equivalent from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir the compressor will h