Offshore & subsea

A risk-based approach to valve testing in wells could save US$10 million annually per asset, according to DNV GL and ExproSoft.

The US Energy Information Administration has said that oil and natural gas production job declines tend to lag oil price declines.

BP and its co-venturers, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell, are pleased to confirm the safe installation of the new Clair Ridge platform’s QU topside modules.

McDermott International Inc. has been awarded a sizeable contract for LLOG’s Otis field.

Parker Autoclave Engineers has introduced new flared cone tube connection technology for deepwater offshore instrumentation.

Collaborating with Cummins, ATR Group has unveiled two exclusively designed ‘whisper quiet’ type Zone II compressors.

Corrosion monitoring company to extend global reach with new partnership.

Expro has secured new contracts from Tullow Oil plc, worth in excess of US$100 million.

Permasense appoints local agents for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.

New Kongsberg Maritime dynamic positioning course reduces sea time training requirement.

Designed to bring new, advanced technologies to the global energy sector, GE has opened a new innovation centre in Newcastle, UK.

A paper demonstrating how Assystem can drive value for the oil and gas industry was presented by the company at the NAFEMS seminar.

MP Holland, a freight forwarder based in the Netherlands, needed to move over 100 tons of cargo to Penglai Jutal Offshore Engineering Heavy Ind., Co. Ltd.

GE reports that it has not had any incidents resulting in lost work time at its Onne facility.

Antrim Energy and Centrica Energy have awarded a North Sea decommissioning contract to OIS.