Offshore news

JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the leading supplier of subsea umbilicals and power cables to the offshore energy industry owned by the TFKable Group, has been selected by Jan De Nul Group to manufacture and supply inter-array, export and land cables for Taiwan’s Formosa 1 development. 

Diamond Offshore Drilling have extended the exclusive license for Trelleborg’s offshore operation to this patented technology until 2029.

Graham Mackrell, managing director of Harmonic Drive UK, looks at the technological challenges and how high precision gearing is being increasingly used to drill deeper.

As part of the agreement, Equinor will provide industry knowledge and business needs to support Microsoft in developing new solutions for the industry.

Lundin Petroleum AB has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS has been awarded three exploration licences in the 24th licensing round in Norway. All of the licences are located in the southern Barents Sea with one of the licences operated by Lundin Norway.

Akofs Offshore has been awarded a contract for light well intervention services using the Akofs Seafarer vessel for all Equinor-operated licences in the period 2020 to 2025.

‘Our license to operate: breaking through to excellence’ will form the theme of the biennial conference and exhibition which will take place in Aberdeen from 3 - 6 September 2019.

Providence Resources P.l.c., the Irish based Oil & Gas Exploration Company, has provided an update on Frontier Exploration Licence (FEL) 6/14 that contains the Newgrange Prospect.

EM&I - the international asset integrity specialists - have just achieved ‘top marks’ (10/10) from a major client in an FPAL (client assessment) report for their annual Piping& Pressure Vessel inspections on an FPSO offshore Malaysia.

The study was supported by geoscientists from CNOOC (Shenzhen branch) who shared the comprehensive viewpoints of their previous study in this area.