Subsea news

Julie Thomson has ben appointed as the Group's Chief Financial Officer.

The contract covers the development of the Platina field, located offshore Angola in Block 18.

The project will be Shearwater’s first OBS remotely operated vehicle survey.

WFS has appointed Peter Sharpe as interim CEO, taking over from Brendan Hyland who is stepping down after founding the firm more than 17 years ago in 2003.

The company has been awarded contracts by ConocoPhillips Australia Barossa and Murphy Exploration and Production for work at the Barossa project and at the Samurai, Khaleesi, and Mormont developments respectively.

The project, offshore Western Australia, will involve the drilling and completing of three new horizontal, dual-lateral production wells and subsea tieback into existing infrastructure.

Chris Thompson, chairman of engineering firm Express Engineering, considers leveraging the supply chain to drive competitiveness in the subsea oil and gas equipment market.

Subsea Engineering and Technical Services provides subsea engineering services to the offshore oil and gas industry in the UK and internationally.

The subsea equipment market has gradually recovered since 2016, reaching over 300 awards of subsea trees in both 2018 and 2019 – three times more than in 2016, according to Rystad Energy.

The order includes the design, engineering and manufacturing of a riser isolation valve control system as well as other subsea production equipment.