Offshore & subsea

Statoil has awarded Tenaris the contract for the supply of casing, tubing and all related services for the Mariner Project.

Independent Oilfield Services is set to make an investment of up to £10 million in order to develop its site at Peterhead.

Baoham Offshore is set to become the first privately owned offshore vessel owner in China, with Global Maritime Group as design partner.

Whilst the Kashagan field in Kazakhstan remains strong, Azerbaijan’s ACG project has achieved its peak, according to GlobalData.

A few recent appointments in the upstream oil and gas industry including news from Total, TGS, Ceona, AFGlobal, FairfieldNodal, Sparrows Group, Wellesley Petroleum, Statoil, IWCF and Flotek.

A contract renewal for operations and maintenance work, worth approximately US$400 million on the UK Continental Shelf has been secured by Petrofac.

Data processing will be performed by TGS using its proven proprietary broadband technology.

The International Marine Contractors Association is advertising for a Chief Executive Officer and a Technical Director.

The crash in oil prices has led to a dramatic decline in the number and value of awards for FPSO units.

Harkand will deliver project management and engineering services to Maersk around their drill rig programme.

GE Oil & Gas is seeking to increase the competitiveness of the solutions for the Nigerian oil and gas industry.

A new DNV GL research paper outlines highs and lows of an ‘all subsea’ solution.

Independent upstream oil and gas company, KrisEnergy Ltd., has recently announced that oil production from the Nong Yao field has commenced.

“Solstad Offshore is a repeat customer that we hold in very high regard and we were delighted to welcome them back again.”

Wintershall is selling selected assets, such as its share in the Maria Development, to prioritise its own-operated assets.