Offshore & subsea

The rationale behind Dubai Petroleum’s use of UAVs was to quickly complete detailed inspections of all their risers.

According to the MOU, the parties agreed to collaborate internationally on natural gas projects, including LNG supplies, development of LNG markets, gas exploration and production projects, as well as research and technology development.

ECA Group and Petrus have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for subsea robotics services to oil companies.

ProSep, an industry-leading technology and service provider for integrated process solutions, announced today it will supply three ProSalt™ units to Statoil Petroleum (Statoil) for the Johan Castberg field development project, located on the Norwegian continental shelf in the Barents Sea.

The agreement will see the two companies focus sharing of technical expertise in relation to spill preparedness and response.

Shallow water projects will be responsible for over 92% of upstream CAPEX.

The project represents the first offshore application for the SGT-750 gas turbine. Equipment delivery is anticipated mid-2019 with first oil planned for 2022.

The contract covers four cranes utilised on two Floating Production Offloading and Storage (FPSO) vessels, the Greater Plutonio and the PSVM, located in Blocks 18 and 31 respectively, which are situated 160 km north-west of Angola’s capital Luanda.

Heerema Fabrication Group awarded DGI Doedijns, specialist in engineered hydraulic solutions, to design and deliver the Flooding System Upend Control System for the ‘Peregrino II Jacket’.

Royal IHC has signed up TMC Compressors of the seas (TMC) to deliver a complete marine compressed air system to the integrated reel lay vessel the Dutch shipbuilder is constructing for Subsea 7.

Carnarvon aims to mature the identified leads to prospects within the block, with a number of geoscience work-flows as part of the work programme, including a satellite seep survey, petrophysical reviews, burial modelling, fault seal analysis, rock physics analysis and seismic inversion of the Cygnus MC3D.

The contract includes the construction and installation of the topside structure for the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to be located on the Johan Castberg field in the Barents Sea.

Held during Subsea Expo, Europe’s largest subsea-focused exhibition and conference, the ceremony brought together more than 600 industry professionals to recognise the finest talent, leadership and contributions across the sector.

The Concession award by the Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC), on behalf of the Abu Dhabi government, to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Indian Consortium, is the first time that Indian oil and gas companies have been given a stake in the development of Abu Dhabi’s hydrocarbon resources.

The release of Searcher’s technical dataset comes in preparation for the highly-anticipated Argentina Offshore Bidding Round 1, which is expected to be announced later this year.