The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has cited the French company Technip for an innovative technology that allows pipeline operators to transfer liquified natural gas over long distances. ASME presented the 2010 Global Pipeline Award to Technip at the recent International Pipeline Co
Mercon Steel Structures B.V. has signed a framework agreement with Shell U.K. Limited and the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. (NAM) for the construction and installation of Riser Access Towers (RAT). The framework agreement encompasses the call off of one and possibly up to nine RAT’s. These
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has been awarded a contract worth in excess of 14 million euros by BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd of Aberdeen to deliver a subsea umbilical system for the Devenick gas field in the North Sea. Nexans wins major subsea umbilicals contract from
EnerMech has been awarded a contract to provide offshore crane maintenance services for Esso Australia. The five year multi-million dollar contract, with options, covers Esso assets in Bass Strait, Australia, and includes the provision of offshore crane maintenance personnel for the ExxonMobil subsi
AWE Limited reports that the recommencement of production from the Pateke-3H well has been delayed due to further technical issues. A clean up flow of the well was undertaken prior to the Kan Tan IV rig being released from site on October 15, 2010, with the well repair activities having been success
Dril-Quip, Inc. (NYSE: DRQ) today announced that Dril-Quip do Brasil LTDA, its wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $28 million for the supply of subsea wellhead systems to Petrobras for the Papa Terra field located in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Equipme
OSPRAG, the UK’s Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group, has agreed to move ahead to commissioning detailed designs for a full/partial pressure capping device which has the potential to become a key element of the UK offshore oil and gas industry’s oil spill response contingency plans. OSP
Technip has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil, on behalf of the Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC), to design an emergency response system that will be available to contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well incident in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers fr
FG International Holland BV, the Dutch special lifting company, in close cooperation with local partner CR Asia, has replaced the riser hose that forms the centre piece of the Arthit/Bongkot development. After meticulous planning triple redundancy was applied to make sure the replacement would be pe
KBR announced that it has been awarded a contract to execute the topsides detailed design for TOTAL’s CLOV floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. This project is the fourth development pole in Angola’s deep offshore Block 17, after Girassol, Dalia and Pazflor. Located approximately
Federal investigators probing the cause of the biggest U.S. offshore oil spill in history said it will take more than a month of tests to determine why a key device failed to prevent the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. The 50-foot-tall stack of valves known as a blowout preventer (BOP) that sat atop
Baker Hughes announced today it was awarded a $137-million, eight-year contract extension from Repsol for the exclusive supply and maintenance of electrical submersible pumping (ESP) systems in Ecuador’s Block 16 and Tivacuna production areas. The award covers 200 wells in which Repsol requires ESP
Dril-Quip, Inc.today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $27 million by Shell Offshore Inc. to supply drilling and production equipment for the Olympus Tension Leg Platform (TLP) to be installed in the Mars field located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the Gulf of
The Board of Directors of Kencana Petroleum Berhad (“Kencana Petroleum”)announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Kencana HL Sdn. Bhd. has secured a contract from PETRONAS Carigali Sdn. Bhd. (“PETRONAS Carigali”) for the provision of single buoy mooring overhaul for PETRONAS Carigali’s Sarawak Ope
