Offshore news
BP selects Nexans to supply umbilicals for Mad Dog project
BP has ordered Nexans’ static and dynamic umbilicals and accessories that will be deployed in water depths from approximately 1280 m to 2160 m (4200 ft to 7100 ft) to connect the field to the Floating Production Unit (FPU).
Vryhof announces key contracts for STEVSHARK®REX anchoring solution
The contracts are with Anglo-French independent operator Perenco and its Congolese subsidiary Perenco Congo SA, Maersk Drilling in Trinidad, and international EPC contactor CNGS Group.
EM&I attract the largest ever attendance at the first FPSO Research Forum to be held in the UK
Over 140 senior executives from the oil majors, operators, class societies, service companies, academic & research establishments and regulators, met in Cumbria this month for the 40th anniversary of the FPSO Forum, held for the first time in the UK.
Attollo secures jack up contracts
The Aberdeen-based company will provide propelled and non-propelled accommodation jack up rigs to operators until the end of 2018.
Cabot gains Italian EIA approval
Cabot Energy announces that the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which was submitted to the Italian Ministry of the Environment for the drilling of an exploration well on the Vesta prospect, offshore Sicily, has been approved by the Italian regulatory authorities.
Jersey Oil and Gas plc provide an update on 3D Seismic Survey
Jersey Oil & Gas, an independent upstream oil and gas company ?focused on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) region of the North Sea, has announced that the co-venturers in respect of UKCS Licence P.2170 (Blocks 20/5b & 21/1d) (P.2170).
A deeper look at existing field infrastructure
Stewart Maxwell, Aquaterra Energy, UK, discusses how the fabrication and installation of conductor supported platforms is tackling new depths to improve existing field infrastructure in West Africa.
Advancing the intelligent control of robotics
Jon Robertson, managing director of Saab Seaeye, the world’s largest electric underwater robotic systems manufacturer, shares an inside view of new ways to create robotics for task resolution.
Saipem awarded new contracts in Offshore Drilling and Offshore E&C
Saipem has been awarded new contracts in Offshore Drilling involving the sixth-generation semi-submersible rig Scarabeo 8, suitable for harsh environments.
Barossa enters FEED providing pathway to more than double Santos’ Northern Australia production
Santos announced that agreement has been reached with their joint venture partners to enter the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase for the development of the Barossa project to backfill Darwin LNG (DLNG).