Offshore & subsea

Polarcus Limited has announced that the Company has received a Letter of Award for an XArray 3D marine seismic acquisition project in Asia Pacific.

PetroMarker announces that it has obtained industry support to acquire a 3D vertical multi-client EM project in the Northern North Sea.

Up to 2400 Statoil workers are starting to mobilise for the hook-up and completion of the Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.

In this opinion piece, Azeez Mohammed, President and CEO of GE's Power Conversion business, discusses the vision of a digitalised offshore future.

TMC Compressors of the Seas (TMC) has signed two contracts to supply a total of five marine compressors to a FSRU that Hyundai Heavy Industries is building for Swan Energy Ltd.

Combi Lift has been contracted by the Linde Group as a logistics partner for oversized and heavy cargo for the Gazprom Amur Gas Processing Plant project.

Aker BP ASA, operator of production licence 790, has concluded the drilling of wildcat well 34/2-5 S. The well is dry.

Total operates five blocks in the Foz do Amazonas basin (referenced as FZA-M-57, FZA-M-86, FZA-M-88, FZA-M-125 and FZA-M-127) located around 120 km offshore Brazil. 

EM&I's ODIN access ports for valve inspections and repairs have rapidly become the preferred method of carrying out this activity, as divers are not required, and all the work can be carried out while the vessel is on station, on hire, and in operation.

A subsea technology specialist that has deployed revolutionary products for the global oil and gas industry says the sector needs to address the growing urgency for high-pressure connectors – as deepwater field developments are on the rise once again.

The current tailwind in the oil market is likely to propel 100 new offshore projects to be sanctioned in 2018, according to Rystad Energy.

MODEC’s Floating Storage, Regasification, Water-Desalination and Power Generation vessel can provide clean energy faster and cheaper than present solutions.

Flexlife will use RIO Analytics’ Artificial Neural Network Solutions in the Gulf of Mexico and further afield.

According to the oil and gas market researcher, three high impact wells have been drilled so far this year, with a further 13 planned.

Construction of the units is scheduled to start later this year.