Drilling & production

The company will supply subsea manifolds for Petrobras’ pre-salt fields.

Statoil has reported that due to overcapacity in the rig portfolio, the COSL Pioneer rig will be temporarily suspended in Q4, 2014.

Unique Hydra has been selected by Ultra Deep Solutions to design, build and integrate the dive system for a multipurpose Diving Support Construction Vessel.

Aqualis Offshore, part of Aqualis ASA, has signed a rig moving services contract with Saudi Aramco.

Total has reported that the first appraisal well was spudded on Libra field off the coast of Brazil in early August.

Brazilian subsea engineering company Oceanica has ordered two Saab Seaeye Falcon ROVs for its expanding operations with Petrobras.

Greene’s Energy Group has introduced Mission Zero as a company-wide safety process with a key focus of eliminating at-risk behaviours.

BWA Water Additives will showcase biocide for use in shale formations at Shale Insight 2014.

InterMoor UK Operations has completed more than 2300 projects over seven years without a single lost-time incident.

The new pump extents the operating range of an ESP system.

Weatherford has been awarded an exclusive contract with Statoil Petroleum AS valued at US$ 400 million for the delivery of Tubular Running Services on 19 drilling units.

Technip has signed an agreement to sell 100% of its North American diving assets to Ranger Offshore Inc.

According to the US Energy Information Administration, the Powder River Basin is experiencing a turnaround in oil production.

Caterpillar Oil & Gas has announced the successful delivery of the 100th offshore generator set to offshore Brazil.

Wärtsilä has expanded its offering in propulsion monitoring services.