Aker Solutions has secured a contract with Aker BP to provide the subsea production system for the Trell & Trine field development, located in the Alvheim area of the North Sea. With a planned investment of about $700 million, the project involves a subsea tie-back of approximately 21 kilometres to
Aker BP has submitted a PDO for the Trell & Trine project in the North Sea to the country’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (MPE).
McDermott has secured a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract with state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy for the North Field South (NFS) expansion project. Under the contract, McDermott will be in charge of developing FEED studies for offshore and onshore pipelines, cables, and associat
AKOFS Offshore has ordered a bespoke active heave compensated (AHC) launch and recovery system (LARS) from Hydramec and Scantrol to be used for subsea basket deployment. Working directly alongside AKOFS for the first time, Hydramec and Scantrol have teamed up to deliver the LARS which required some
Texas-based data acquisition services company TDI-Brooks has added new tools to its shallow water geotechnical kit to supplement its electric vibracore options. Specifically, the company has brought online a shallow water (<75-metre) pneumatic vibracore to build up other electric vibracore options s
Starting on 11 August, oil and gas exploration services provider Perenco Gas UK Ltd. is planning to cut and remove decommissioned pipeline ends from the Pickerill gas field in the North Sea. As part of the decommissioning project, Perenco will undertake all pipeline operations at Pickerill A and Pic
Strohm has been contracted to manufacture and deliver two thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) flowlines as part of the relief well emergency response plans for the well construction phase of Woodside Energy’s Scarborough field development. The emergency response system, with two 600-metre long TCP fl
Scana-owned Subseatec has secured a contract with an “international energy company” for the delivery of riser joints for an offshore field development. Under the “sizeable” contract, Subseatec will deliver ready-to-use riser joints in low alloyed steel, as well as provide engineering, manufacturing,
Logan Industries, a designer, manufacturer, field service and repair company, has delivered a space-saving coiled tubing (CT) reeler suite for OneSubsea, designed to maximize profitability. As explained, Logan’s CT reelers are coiled tubing winches, where the reelers provide full torque control for
Fugro has secured a contract with ScottishPower Renewables to carry out UXO geophysical surveys within the East Anglia Hub offshore wind area in the southern North Sea. The start of the activities is 20 July, with all operations expected to be concluded by 31 October at the site offshore Lowestoft t
Following a recent new contract award, Aberdeen-headquartered subsea specialist ROVOP has been supporting survey and trenching operations for Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group. According to ROVOP’s social media update, the company is deploying its remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to support Prys
Vermilion Exploration & Production Ireland is about to commence pipeline and subsea structure inspection at the Corrib gas field. The works are part of a maintenance campaign and are expected to begin in field on approximately 14 August and take up to 21 days, weather dependent. The vessel EDT Jane,
Seaway 7 has signed a Letter of Award with Moray Offshore Windfarm (West) Limited to start early works on the Engineering, Procurement, Installation and Commissioning (EPIC) of inter-array grid cables for the Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. Seaway 7’s scope is under final negotiation and
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has issued guidance looking at different methods of measuring the depth of burial of subsea cables and pipelines together with factors influencing the depth of burial. Named ‘Guidelines for the Measurement of Depth of Burial’, the guidance is a
