Technip announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary DUCO Ltd was awarded an important contract by Total Upstream Nigeria Ltd to supply umbilicals to the Egina field offshore Nigeria. This field is situated within the Oil Mining Lease 130, approximately 200 kilometers from Port Harcourt, at water dept
Subsea 7 has extended the contract for Skandi Neptune with one year from March 2014. Skandi Neptune is a contruction support vessel, capable of operating in water depths up to 3,000 meters. The vessel is equipped with a 250 mt crane and 2 ROVs. Press Release, July 04, 2013; Image: Subsea 7
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract with a value (at the time of contract signature) of approximately U$400 million from Petrobras. The contract is for the operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV) Normand Seven on a day rate basis for around five years, with operations starting in
Chiyoda Corporation (“Chiyoda”) and Xodus Group (Holdings) Limited (“Xodus Group”) announce that they have formed a strategic capital alliance, with Chiyoda having acquired the majority of shares in Xodus Group from the previous investors, Sunrise Xodus B.V. and Simmons Parallel Private L.P. The inc
Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) has secured its sixth major North Sea contract extension this year. The latest award comes in the form of a three-year contract from Nexen Petroleum UK Limited to deliver operations, maintenance and technical support services to the Scott and Buzzard platforms. The contract al
Aker Solutions’ subsidiary Managed Pressure Operations will deliver managed pressure drilling (MPD) systems and riser gas handling services to Repsol Sinopec Brazil. The parties agreed not to disclose the value of the order. The three-year contract comes with an option for an additional two years of
The German power company E.ON is pulling out from its joint project with Pelamis Wave Energy to test one of the company’s wave energy converters at the European Marine Energy Centre. The main reason for E.ON’s pulling out from the project is delays in wave technology progress, as BBC reports. Pelami
The design of a demonstration vehicle that meets the challenges of cable laying for the development of offshore wind farms is being developed by IHC Engineering Business. The Hi-Traq vehicle is backed by a history of innovation. It is the result of investment in focused research and development by t
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has received an order from Petrobras, Brazil’s national oil company, for the supply of subsea trees for its pre-salt fields, located offshore Brazil. The value of the award is estimated at $500 million and represents the call-off of the remaining value
Rialto Energy Limited has released an update on the Ophir Energy-operated Starfish-1 oil exploration well in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, Ghana. During the period from 1400 hours (AWST) on 25 June 2013 to 1400 hours (AWST) on 2 July 2013 the 17½” (444.5mm) hole section was drilled to final tota
Offshore Marine Management (OMM), a specialist contractor in the offshore renewables industry, recently conducted a cross discipline workshop in Cable Installation to over 30 delegates with Repower in Hamburg. In order to promote knowledge transfer between disciplines, Repower’s offshore division in
SPEX Group, an Aberdeen-headquartered provider of innovative technology solutions and services to the global oil and gas industry, has secured a further multi-million dollar contract with Shell for the development of a subsea tool. The revolutionary Emergency Severance Tool (EST) is due to undergo f
Deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea has been awarded a contract by LLOG Exploration to supply the subsea mooring connectors for the Delta House semi-submersible floating production system (FPS) in the Gulf of Mexico. The FPS will be located in Mississippi Canyon 254 in 4,500ft (1,373 m) water
Through a partnership with the New York District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE), an Army Corp dredged rock is now deployed on one of New York’s reef sites providing benefits to habitat, the environment, divers and fishermen, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissi
