Offshore news

Subsea 7 S.A. has announced the award of a contract by Statoil for the provision of subsea inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. 

Integrity assurance specialist Hydratight has announced a three-year contract with a major North Sea operator to support flange management and end-to-end process services.

Reach Subsea has been awarded a Frame Agreement for Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) services to Statoil Petroleum.

MODEC, Mitsui, MOL, Marubeni and Mitsui E&S are all involved in the project.

A report into UK oil and gas workforce dynamics launched today indicates that more than 40 000 new people will need to be recruited into the industry over the next 20 years.

Maritime Developments has won a flex lay contract on a major gas field in the Mediterranean Sea.

New clamp technology has been developed by RED Engineering to improve subsea well intervention operations.

The vessel will be deployed at the deepwater Karish-Tanin development, offshore Israel.

The two-year agreement will see Bibby Offshore carry out inspection repair and maintenance (IRM) works, ROV inspection and subsea survey operations across a number of North Sea structures and pipelines.

EM&I's  'NoMan' remote camera technology was recently used for tank inspections on an FPSO in the North Sea.