Offshore news

With a maiden voyage that takes her to the deep waters of Ireland’s Atlantic margin and the far North of the Barents Sea, Fugro Venturer is the newest of Fugro’s purpose-designed, standardised survey vessels, originally formulated in 2013.

McDermott International, Inc. has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning (EPCIC) contract from BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC (bpTT) for the Angelin gas field, located 25 miles (40 km) off the east coast of Trinidad and Tobago.

The integrated team will work alongside clients to increase assurance of successful projects in regards to health, safety and environment (HSE), reliability and efficiency.

The DAV MX™ circulating sub from Churchill Drilling Tools, an oilfield service company specialising in drilling innovation, has been used to significantly cut process time and costs for two challenging deepwater cementing operations, without compromising string functionality.

Mokveld’s low shear Typhoon System has been installed on the Statoil-operated Troll C platform controlling well fluids from the Fram Vest field.

The contract covers the supply of digital well products to the OGA, the UK Government industry regulator, as part of a wider tender for comprehensive subsurface databases and information sources to encourage further exploration in underexplored areas of the UKCS.

Trelleborg’s offshore operation recently developed a new Standardized Buoyancy Module system to reduce lead times for customers. The ‘off the shelf’ solution offers a viable alternative to custom options for some projects.

Claxton, has deployed its new WellRaizer modular conductor recovery system to support the rigless recovery of seven abandoned wells on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

In recent months there have been several second-hand rig transactions in the offshore drilling space with a number rigs changing hands such as Borr Drilling’s acquisition of Transocean’s jackup fleet and Shelf Drilling’s acquisition of three Seadrill jackups.

Husky Energy is moving forward with the West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.