Offshore news

The Norwegian operation of an undisclosed international oil company has awarded HydraWell a long-term contract for plug & abandonment (P&A) and slot recovery operations on a major field on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS).

The joint venture between local businessmen Robbie Gray and Robbie Garden with Norwegian JB Well Solutions AS, predominately supports well service activity in hazardous Zone 2 classification areas of the UK Continental Shelf.

Hurricane Energy plc, the UK based oil and gas company focused on hydrocarbon resources in naturally fractured basement reservoirs, has provided an operational update in relation to the EPS development of the Lancaster Field.

Martin Shaw will be joining the global offshore container and service company as new Chief Financial Officer.

McDermott International, Inc. have announced a sizeable contract award by PEMEX Exploración y Producción for subsea pipeline flowline installation in support of its Ayatsil field, located 50 miles northwest of Ciudad del Carmen in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico.

David Hutchinson takes over from Martin Barnes as CEO of the international engineering group.

MEC Combi Crawler Robot will be deployed externally to the hull of Shell-operated and non-operated FPSOs worldwide.

Subsea Engineering Associates Pty Ltd (SEA) has been awarded the contract for Define Phase engineering services for the Scarborough Development Export Trunkline from Woodside Energy Limited. This will enable SEA to utilise the award-winning ICE Platform, and enable rapid delivery of engineering and a mature digital basis of design to be carried into FEED.

A total of 48 bearings and bushings were supplied in 2014 for installation to the chain stoppers of Monobuoy’s innovative 400 t turntable Calm Buoys.

PAO NOVATEK announced that its subsidiary OOO Arctic LNG 3 commenced drilling of the first well at the North-Obskiy license area located in the shallow waters of the Ob Bay. The initial well is drilled using a jack-up floating drilling rig “Amazon” leased from “Gazprom flot”. The drilling process is based on zero discharge principle, whereby all of the waste products are collected and transported 125 km to Sabetta onshore base.