Offshore & subsea

Danielle Wills, Caterpillar, USA, explains how the company is responding to the industry's desire for advanced well service technology that also promotes a cleaner environment.

Harish Patel and Sameer Kalghatgi, ABS, USA, explain how 'barrier management' is being used to reduce the risk of high consequence hazards and accidents offshore.

Petrofac has been awarded a three-year extension to its existing maintenance contract with BP and a new four-year metering contract.

The project is taking place in the Viking Graben.

The WilPhoenix semi-submersible will be used for a one well workover on the Rhum gas field in the UK North Sea.

Well 30/2-5 S will be drilled from the West Hercules drilling facility.

TMC has secured a contract from Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding Co., Ltd to supply the marine compressed air system to a newbuild FPSO the yard is constructing for SBM Offshore.

Petrobras has discovered oil in the southeast area of the Búzios field and in the pre-salt of the Albacora field.

The contracts cover the engineering, procurement and construction of seven modules for the gas treatment, gas compression, utilities and flare systems for the FPSO Anna Nery.

The world’s largest crane vessel, Heerema Marine Contractors’ Sleipnir, safely transported the topside module onto the Neptune-operated Gjøa platform in a three-hour operation.

The increase in demand has been triggered by the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The solution will aim to minimise safety risks, enhance asset integrity and create potential savings of AUS$$2.8 billion per year for the Australian offshore energy industry.

The letter from Ghana's Energy Minister instructs the companies to begin talks to combine the Sankofa and Afina offshore fields.

Solstad Offshore's CSV, Far Saga, has been awarded a contract with Petrobras for a period of 3 years firm.

WFS won the Small Business Spotlight on New Technology® Award for both its Seatooth SmartClamp and its Subsea Cloud Computing Network innovations.