Offshore news

Nexans has been awarded a major contract to provide complex umbilicals with power, fibre-optic and hydraulic elements for the next stage of the multi-phased Snøhvit development.

AKOFS, a company owned by Akastor ASA, was recently awarded a five year light well intervention (LWI) services contract on the Norwegian continental shelf with Equinor.

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wells 6608/10-18, 6608/10-18 A and 6608/10-18 B, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Serica Energy plc has announced the submission of a Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Columbus Development.

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a substantial contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of the subsea flowlines and umbilicals for the Zinia Phase 2 project, 150 km offshore Angola in water depths from 800 to 1000 m. 

The McDermott-led consortium took part in a FEED competition in 2017. The successful execution of the FEED followed by the EPCIC tender led to the award of this project.

The integrated engineering services specialist will provide crane maintenance and crane management to three North Sea platforms on behalf of the new client.

The contract is for the provision of platform drilling services and has an initial term of 3 years with an option to extend by a further two years.

Equinor Energy AS, operator of production licence 120, has completed the drilling of wildcat well 34/8-19 S.

Oilfield technology firm Airborne Oil & Gas has commenced a qualification of a TCP Riser for deepwater and dynamic applications for a major operator in South America in collaboration with Subsea 7, effective 26 June 2018.