Offshore & subsea

Douglas-Westwood (DW) forecasts subsea hardware expenditure to total US$94.3 billion between 2016 and 2020.

The contract, which has a fixed period of two years, covers early-phase studies, pre-engineering (FEED) work, verifications and follow-on engineering for Lundin Norway.

The vertical sump pump that will mounted on the bow of the FPSO Pioneiro de Libra and is IP66 rated to protect against heavy seas washing over it.

At the Barents Sea Conference in Hammerfest today, Statoil presented a new subsea concept that is designed to reduce cost and increase efficiency. The concept is called Cap-X.

Sealing materials proven and traditionally used with HLP fluids do not necessarily provide effective performance or length of life in HFC media.

The well encountered a hydrocarbon column of 175 m in a good-quality reservoir of silicified carbonates of the Macabu formation.

Drive launched to increase viability of subsea factories.

The submersible vehicle will be developed to remove sludge, residuals and debris from storage ponds at nuclear power stations.

Trelleborg has signed a framework agreement with Statoil for the supply of Elastopipe, corrosion protection, Passive Fire Protection (PFP) and Thermal Insulation.

Aker Solutions has secured an agreement to provide maintenance and other services for subsea facilities at Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil.

The workshop event, on Tuesday 26th April at the Hilton Treetops in Aberdeen, will use state of the art simulators to run a series of pressure control exercises.

McDermott’s flagship derrick lay vessel formally named in Keppel Singmarine Shipyard Ceremony.

IMCA’S Contracts and Insurance seminar will explore a ‘dark period in contracting terms’ in the marine sector.

The Huldra field is a gas and condensate field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, North East of Bergen.

The workscope for the contract with ConocoPhillips Skandinavia covers maintenance activities on the Norpipe Oil pipeline.