Offshore & subsea - 10 March 2016

The commercial satellite communication division of Airbus Defence and Space is re-branded as Marlink.

Chariot Oil & Gas has commenced a 3D seismic acquisition survey in the Barreirinhas basin, offshore Brazil.

The company is to supply umbilicals to Shell to support a production platform line control system.

Production sharing contract (PSC) between Africa Petroleum and Ophir Energy plc covering the CI-513 licence area in Côte d’Ivoire is now effective.

PetroMaroc Corp. plc has announced that it has signed a binding sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Sound Energy plc on the Sidi Moktar Licences, located in Morocco.

This contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia and CLOV FPSO units and associated subsea field development.

A joint industry project (JIP) to standardise subsea processing systems has been kickstarted by DNV GL with industry partners Petrobras, Shell, Statoil and Woodside.

Seatronics and RTS have achieved 100 successful global installations with its industry leading SDM system.