Offshore & subsea

Working for multi-client geoscience data company, TGS, Fugro continues the hunt for hydrocarbon seeps, this time offshore Brazil.

BP has ordered Nexans’ static and dynamic umbilicals and accessories that will be deployed in water depths from approximately 1280 m to 2160 m (4200 ft to 7100 ft) to connect the field to the Floating Production Unit (FPU).

The contracts are with Anglo-French independent operator Perenco and its Congolese subsidiary Perenco Congo SA, Maersk Drilling in Trinidad, and international EPC contactor CNGS Group.

Over 140 senior executives from the oil majors, operators, class societies, service companies, academic & research establishments and regulators, met in Cumbria this month for the 40th anniversary of the FPSO Forum, held for the first time in the UK.

The Aberdeen-based company will provide propelled and non-propelled accommodation jack up rigs to operators until the end of 2018.

Cabot Energy announces that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which was submitted to the Italian Ministry of the Environment for the drilling of an exploration well on the Vesta prospect, offshore Sicily, has been approved by the Italian regulatory authorities.

Jersey Oil & Gas, an independent upstream oil and gas company ?focused on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) region of the North Sea, has announced that the co-venturers in respect of UKCS Licence P.2170 (Blocks 20/5b & 21/1d) (P.2170).

Stewart Maxwell, Aquaterra Energy, UK, discusses how the fabrication and installation of conductor supported platforms is tackling new depths to improve existing field infrastructure in West Africa.

Jon Robertson, managing director of Saab Seaeye, the world’s largest electric underwater robotic systems manufacturer, shares an inside view of new ways to create robotics for task resolution.

Saipem has been awarded new contracts in Offshore Drilling involving the sixth-generation semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 8, suitable for harsh environments.

Santos announced that agreement has been reached with their joint venture partners to enter the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the development of the Barossa project to backfill Darwin LNG (DLNG).

Providers of anti-corrosion and contamination solutions, Oxifree Metal Protection offers TM198 – a thermoplastic coating for the protection of metal assets.

Under the deal, which is part of a global frame agreement with Statoil, BHGE will provide an integrated technology configuration tailored to the project’s specific needs.

UK subsea companies will learn how the world's largest offshore operator plans to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) develop new technologies in a bid to become the world’s most carbon-efficient oil and gas producer at an event in Aberdeen tomorrow (24 April).

The contract, which runs until 2022, includes supporting BSP with inspection, repair and maintenance services to be carried out on offshore oil and gas structures in Negara Brunei Darussalam's territorial waters.