Offshore & subsea

An Ampelmann A-type system has been mobilised on the Harvey Blue Sea vessel, owned by Harvey Gulf, and will operate for 120 days.

The two companies' joint venture covers two shallow water offshore Petroleum Prospecting Licenses in Guyana, the Corentyne and Demerara blocks.

New awards and escalations totalled US$1.1 billion, raising order backlog to US$5.2 billion.

One of the oldest platforms on the Norwegian continental shelf, Statfjord A, operated by Equinor, was originally scheduled to be shut down in 1999.

Under the terms of the agreement, Eni will pursue exploration activities in the offshore area of over 2800 km2, located in the northern territorial waters of the Kingdom of Bahrain, with water depth ranging from 10 up to 70 m.

Contracts for six of the eight rigs were awarded to Gulf Drilling International (GDI), while the contracts for the remaining two rigs were awarded to Northern Offshore Drilling Operations Ltd.

Oceaneering International Inc. has secured a new drilling and completion support contract for integrated services with Wintershall Norge AS.

Craig International will source and supply products for maintenance, repair and operations at Spirit Energy’s onshore and offshore sites in the UK.

The JIP will deliver a new set of regulatory requirements for subsea produced water discharges, as well as guidance for the acceptance of using online oil-in-water analysers for unmanned and subsea applications.

A new technique to monitor the long-term integrity of suspended or decommissioned oil and gas wells in the North Sea is in development via a collaborative project involving Sentinel Subsea, Heriot-Watt University and the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre.

The robotics software platform has welcomed Tom Boyer to spearhead its new business development across core verticals.

The new Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone Observatory (NCSZO) will use a “seafloor GPS” network to monitor long-term movements of the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and overriding North American tectonic plate.

QuietSea reduces the risk of accidents during deployment, retrieval and operation, thus significantly reducing operational downtime and possible equipment replacement costs.

The expansion follows the awarding of a contract to lay the first ever subsea pipeline using mechanical connectors offshore Malaysia.

Equinor has strengthened its operated position in the Njord area as a result of the transactions.