Subsea
GE Oil & Gas in Cheviot Subsea Deal with Alpha Petroleum
Alpha Petroleum has partnered with GE Oil & Gas to advance the subsea infrastructure for the Cheviot oil field in the UK North Sea with 55 mmbbls of oil and 20 mmboe of future gas production. The company, backed by upstream oil and gas investment firm Petroleum Equity, has named GE Oil & Gas as the
SeaBird Presents Debt Solution
SeaBird Exploration, a seismic data acquisition company, said it will propose to its bondholders and certain of its other creditors a debt restructuring of the SeaBird group. Following the restructuring the debt in Seabird should be reduced by USD 22 million and lease obligations would be reduced by
Oceanteam Gets LoI to Supply Equipment for Cable Transport
Oceanteam Solutions has received a letter of intent (LoI) from an unnamed cable producer in Europe for the supply of a vessel, turntable and auxiliary equipment for the transport of cables from South Europe to Scandinavia. The contract is planned to be executed in summer 2017, the company said. Ocea
Wood Group Inks 10-Year Hess Deal
Hess Corporation has signed a non-exclusive 10-year global agreement with Wood Group to provide engineering, project management, construction, commissioning, operations & maintenance, integrity management, subsea, and decommissioning services. The two companies have worked together for more than 25
Enquest: Kraken on Target for June Launch
Enquest has informed that the Kraken development is on track to deliver first oil before the end of June 2017, with further progress on drilling. All drilling is now complete on drill centre 1 (DC1) and DC2 and the rig has moved to DC3. DC1 and DC2 subsea commissioning is complete and ready for oper
Smulders Assembles First Beatrice Jacket
The foundations project for the Beatrice offshore wind farm has moved forward as Smulders placed the first upper jacket on top of the first lower jacket at its UK yard in Newcastle upon Tyne. The complete jacket now has a height of approximately 70 meters. The upper jacket parts are produced at the
STATS Group Invests in New Equipment and Facilities
STATS Group has invested more than £3 million in developing a range of hot tapping machines, expanding their fleet of pipeline intervention service equipment, and opening a new 15,000 sq ft workshop and office facility. The SureTap range of hot tapping machines have been designed and built at the co
VIDEO: NOV Subsea Oil Storage System
The animation shows a subsea storage unit (SSU) solution, patented by National Oilwell Varco, which enables storage of crude oil, chemicals and produced water on the subsea floor. The SSU is a gravity based storage unit that employs the new concept of a flexible bag protected by a dome. According to
Italian Maritime Robotics Expert Scoops DNV GL COMPIT Award
Marco Bibuli was announced as the winner of the DNV GL COMPIT Award 2017, which took place in Cardiff this year. This is the tenth time that a scientist has been presented with the DNV GL COMPIT Award at this conference. The Italian maritime robotics expert, working at the Italian research centre CN
ACE Winches Supplies Equipment for DolWin Installation Project
ACE Winches mobilized and installed a winch package for use on the jacket installation and float-over of the DolWin topside platform. The DolWin HVDC converter platform is located in the German Bight of the North Sea. It measures 100 meters in length, 70 meters in width, stands 90 meters and weighs
Vigdis Sidetrack Nod for Statoil
Statoil has received consent to use the Bideford Dolphin mobile drilling rig for production drilling at Vigdis oil field located in the Tampen area in the northern part of the North Sea. Statoil is to plug the B-1 AH production well on the Vigdis field. Using a sidetrack from this well, a new well i
BP Starts Quad 204 Project in UK
BP has informed that the production has started from Quad 204 project in the west of Shetland region, offshore UK. BP announced the first oil from the redeveloped Schiehallion Area on behalf of co-venturers Shell and Siccar Point Energy. Schiehallion and the adjacent Loyal fields were first develope
Wood Group Lands Sakhalin Technical Support Services Contract
Wood Group has secured a technical support services (TSS) contract with Sakhalin Energy, an operator of Sakhalin-2; one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas projects, that includes Russia’s first offshore gas production platform and liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The contract extends Wo
Highlights of the Week
Subsea World News has put together a recap of the most interesting articles from the previous week (May 15– May 21). Eni has started gas production from the Jangkrik Development Project, offshore Indonesia. Production from ten deepwater subsea wells, connected to the newly built Floating Production