Subsea 7 has appointed MeteoGroup as its offshore weather forecasting provider for UKCS and Canada operations. MeteoGroup should provide meteorological and metocean consultancy and services to help maximise operational efficiency. The contract includes forecasting for fixed locations, specific sites
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas companies, has completed half of its Gigante 2D seismic project offshore Mexico. TGS said it acquired 93,000 kilometers (50%) of the 186,000 km 2D seismic project, Gigante. Gigante covers the entire offshore sector of Mexico and ties int
McDermott has been awarded a subsea umbilical and flowline installation contract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in support of its Phase II development of the Caesar/Tonga field located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Caesar/Tonga Phase II is being developed as a subsea tieback to the Anadarko-operate
MMT has been awarded a contract for the OTEC (Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion) NEMO project by DCNS. The project is jointly developed by DCNS and its partners with purpose to characterize the geophysical and geotechnical context of the area of an offshore power plant with a floating platform and a p
CNOOC Limited announced on Wednesday that the Kenli 10-4 oilfield, offshore China, has started production. The Kenli 10-4 oilfield is located in the South of Bohai with an average water depth of approximately 15 meters. In addition to fully utilizing the existing facilities of Kenli 10-1 oilfield, t
Clough has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for hook-up services on the Ichthys LNG Project Central Processing Facility (CPF). The Ichthys CPF will become the world’s largest semi-submersible platform with a topsides weight of 70,000 tonnes. The scope of work includes the pr
Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply its 100th and 101st Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) to DOF Subsea, to be installed aboard the Skandi Neptune. Rolls-Royce Launch and Recovery Systems allow the deployment and recovery of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to a depth of 3,000m plus. Ingve Os
IKM Subsea Singapore has been awarded two contracts for the provision of ROV services to two unnamed clients. The first is a subcontract for a repeat customer for ROV services onboard a derrick lay barge. The duration of the contract is approximately 200 days, starting January 2016. IKM has mobilize
JDR has been awarded a contract by Marathon Oil for the design and manufacture of 11.3 kilometers of power and static subsea umbilicals with accompanying termination hardware for the West Brae field. The full scope of the award will be manufactured and deployed from JDR’s Hartlepool, UK facility whe
Bordelon Marine has selected acoustically-aided inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne Inc., Houston, for its new ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV), Brandon Bordelon. The dual Ranger 2 Pro DP-INS systems will be used to track ROVs during inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) activitie
Aker Solutions has secured an order from Statoil to provide a concept study for a floating production, storage and offloading facility for the Johan Castberg oil field development in the Barents Sea. The order is a call-off by Statoil on an engineering contract for Johan Castberg won by Aker Solutio
FMC Technologies said on Monday it has been awarded a contract by Woodside to design, manufacture and supply subsea production systems for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 project in Western Australia.
FMC Technologies has signed an agreement with Woodside for the design, manufacture and supply of subsea production systems for the Greater Western Flank Phase 2 (GWF-2) Project as part of the North West Shelf (NWS) Project in Western Australia. The contract is valued at approximately $180 million fo
Plexus Holdings has entered into a license agreement with Russian Gusar and Konar for the rental, manufacture and servicing of Plexus’ jack-up drilling wellhead exploration equipment into the Russian Federation and the other CIS states oil and gas markets. Entry into the Russian Federation and other
