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This year’s Subsea Forum Rio 2018, taking place from 5 - 7 June, is set under the theme of ‘Underwater for longer: Subsea 4.0’.
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This year’s Subsea Forum Rio 2018, taking place from 5 - 7 June, is set under the theme of ‘Underwater for longer: Subsea 4.0’.

Operators are often faced with the decision of extending or concluding offshore production asset life — and pre-decommissioning planning has emerged as a key challenge for the industry. This article from Tracerco looks at a variety of diagnostics services and discuss whether lengthening or stopping asset life is the way to go…

The major Class Societies have already approved a number of new innovations, including the 'ODIN' diverless UWILD (Under Water Inspection in Lieu of Drydocking), and the NoMan™ remote camera technologies for non-intrusive tank inspections.

Repsol Norge AS (Repsol) has awarded a frame agreement to HydraWell to provide technology and services for the operator’s plug and abandonment on the Norwegian continental shelf.

Modulift recently refurbished two subsea spreader beams for a major subsea installation contractor before they were used to lift 260 t and 280 t manifolds for a field development offshore Libya.

Aker Solutions secured a contract valued at over NOK 1 billion from Equinor to deliver a module for the Troll A platform that will help increase output at one of Norway's largest natural gas fields.

JDR Cable Systems, the leading supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the global offshore energy industry owned by TFKable Group, has been awarded a contract by McDermott for the Safaniya project. Owned and operated by Saudi Aramco, Safaniya is the world’s largest offshore oilfield located in the Persian Gulf.

Owned and operated by Saudi Aramco, Safaniya is the world’s largest offshore oilfield located in the Persian Gulf.

The Oil & Gas Innovation Centre has reported that more than 500 jobs will be sustained or created in Scotland over the next six years as a direct result of its support for research and development.

Wood has announced the next phase of a collaborative industry effort to develop a better understanding of the reliability of subsea equipment for use offshore Australia.

The company has attracted backing from three UK-based investment houses, Green Angel Syndicate, Cambridge Angels and Bristol Private Equity Club.

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