Italy’s energy giant Eni has continued its contract awards spree for the third phase of its oil & gas development project off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire, with Saipem having been selected for the delivery of rigid pipelines and associated subsea structures. Baleine Phase 3 will increase total field p
Allseas’ Solitaire, one of the world’s largest pipelay vessels, is heading back to sea following a ten-month renewal and upgrade program that further advances its installation capabilities and production efficiency. It was announced last year that the 397-meter-long vessel, operational since 1998, w
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has secured a new contract for the Atapu-2 project in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, this time with Allseas for the supply of carbon steel seamless line pipes and thermal insulation coating. Allseas is in charge of the design, procurement, constructi
Member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) union have signed an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) for a pipeline that would span nearly 6,900 kilometers along the West African Atlantic coast, connecting Nigerian gas fields to Morocco. Jointly led by Nigerian National Pet
Following the completion of pre-engineering studies (pre-FEED), the BarMar hydrogen pipeline project, which will connect Spain and France, is entering the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase, set to confirm the technical viability and final design of the subsea infrastructure. BarMar is a 400-
JDR Cable Systems has delivered an electrical umbilical for installation at a gas field located off the northwest coast of Ireland, in waters 350 meters deep. JDR’s Littleport team was in charge of the design, manufacture and supply of the electrical umbilical for the Corrib gas field, located appro
OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, has secured a contract which it says is one of the largest umbilical contracts awarded in the industry to date, for a field development project in Indonesian waters. The contract, awarded by Eni North Ganal Limited, a subsidiary o
Dutch Fugro has been selected to deliver integrated marine survey and inspection services for Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), the UK’s first offshore carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. Developed some 75 kilometers east of Flamborough Head, the NEP project will comprise an onshore CO2 ga
Italy’s energy giant Eni has awarded another contract for the third phase of its oil & gas development project off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire, with TechnipFMC put in charge of flexible flowlines and risers. Alongside the existing Baleine developments, Phase 3 will increase total field production fro
French provider of tubular solutions Vallourec has won a contract with Azule Energy, a joint venture between Italy’s Eni and the UK’s BP, to deliver pipes for an ultra-deepwater development in Angola. Vallourec will supply over 26,000 tons of seamless carbon steel line pipes, representing approximat
West Natuna Exploration Limited (WNEL), a majority-owned subsidiary of Singapore-headquartered natural gas firm Conrad Asia Energy, has awarded PT PAL Indonesia with an engineering, procurement, construction and transport contract for the conductor support frame (CSF) for its natural gas field in th
Aberdeen-headquartered integrated solutions specialist EnerMech has completed a cleaning and preparation scope on an offshore pipeline on behalf of Esso Australia Resources, a wholly-owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil Australia. EnerMech performed the scope on the Bass Strait pipeline system in the Gipp
Worley’s Rosenberg engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) center of excellence in Norway has secured a new contract with Subsea7 to fabricate subsea structures for Equinor’s oil & gas development in the northern North Sea. Worley Rosenberg will fabricate 34 subsea structures, mainly compris
ABL, part of Oslo-listed global consultancy group ABL Group, has been hired to support Esso Australia Resources (Esso), a subsidiary of U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, during an offshore removal campaign of multiple platforms, hundreds of wells, and subsea infrastructure off the coast of
