NorSea Group (UK) Limited has won North-east Scotland’s first major “small piece” decommissioning contract. Work has already begun on the six-month project which is being carried out at NorSea Group’s Peterhead facility on behalf of Endeavour Energy and involves safe disposal of subsea manifolds and
Russia is looking to cut its dependence on foreign technologies used for development of its offshore oil and gas fields. In a statement issued June 9, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation said it developed a plan in an effort to reduce the Russian fuel and energy sect
Norway-based Badger Explorer ASA (BXPL) has signed an agreement with Norwegian oil major Statoil according to which the oil company will sponsor the first phase of the Badger Explorer Development Program. The objective of the Development Program is to further develop, design and qualify technologies
About 214 million cubic meters of water-saturated sand have been removed so far from the New Suez Canal project, according to the head of the Suez Canal Authority, Mohab Mamish. This figure represents almost 82.7 pct of the targeted 258 million cubic meters, Mamish said. The executive director of dr
ALE, a global heavylift specialist, has informed it is halfway through the Malikai project in Malaysia, which is expected to include the world’s highest jack-up and skidding operation. ALE was awarded the contracts for the Malikai project on behalf of Technip and Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineerin
The Marginal Field Initiative by ABT Oil and Gas Ltd. (‘ABTOG’), has signed collaboration agreements with AGR Well Management Ltd. (‘AGR’) and Frames, who become the latest members in the Marginal Field Delivery Consortium. AGR and Frames join ABTOG, Kongsberg Maritime, Apollo and Braemar ACM in the
ShawCor Ltd. announced today that its Bredero Shaw pipe coating division has received notification from Europipe GmbH that the suspension of the work on its contract with Europipe for the concrete weight coating of Line 1 of the South Stream Pipeline has been lifted with immediate effect and that wo
Statoil informed that installation of the modules, that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression, has started on the Åsgard field. According to Statoil, this innovative technology, at a depth of 300 metres, will create 282 million extra barrels from the Åsgard field. A total of 22 modul
Ziebel, a Stavanger-based provider of specialist well intervention services for the oil and gas industry, has successfully completed a distributed fiber optic (DFO) sensing campaign for Statoil. Ziebel used the Z-Line, its new gravity-deployed carbon composite cable, to gather Distributed Temperatur
Exova, the global testing, calibration and advisory services provider, has been awarded a £2.5 million contract by CRC–Evans Offshore to provide pipeline material, welding and AUT qualification testing for the Kaombo project offshore Luanda in Angola. Pipelaying is expected to begin early 2016 on th
Lakelands Concrete Products, located in Livingston County (Lima, NY), is in the midst of a high profile project producing almost 1,000 precast concrete dolosse to be used for the Port of Oswego breakwater/shoreline protection program. These 32,000 pound a piece concrete structures were designed by t
Statoil has informed that the installation of the modules that collectively constitute Åsgard subsea gas compression has started on the Åsgard field located in the Norwegian Sea. Statoil says that this technology at a depth of 300 metres will create 282 million extra barrels from the Åsgard field. A
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel, Stornes, has recently been in Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam for a scope of work which allows the vessel to operate at greater water depths in future. Stornes is a 175 meters long, 26.24 meters wide, DP2 vessel used for subsea rock installation to protec
Van Oord’s flexible fallpipe vessel Stornes has recently been in Damen Shiprepair & Conversion Rotterdam for a scope of work which allows the vessel to operate at greater water depths in future. Stornes is a 175m long, 26.24m wide, DP2 vessel, used for subsea rock installation to protect piping. Sin
