Subsea news

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a technology development contract by Statoil Petroleum AS.

The Subsea Inspection Services will support underwater inspections of subsea pipelines, assets and facilities to energy companies operating offshore.

A new on-demand wireless ribbon lighting system has been launched following a collaboration between award-winning Scottish technology companies WFS Technologies Ltd and PhotoSynergy Ltd (PSL).

For the first time, test certification for almost 30 of Trelleborg Sealing Solutions best-in-class materials for the oil and gas market is made available online.

Statoil is the operator of the Norne field in the Norwegian Sea, west of Mo i Rana in Nordland county. The field has been developed using a floating production and storage unit, tied to the well templates on the seabed. Water depth at the Norne field is 380 m.

With UK subsea exports valued at almost £5 billion, Subsea UK is encouraging British firms to set their sights on international expansion to sustain long term growth.

Energy services company Proserv has secured contracts valued at more than $12 million so far this year and has revealed plans for further international growth with new bases in Saudi Arabia and India.

Enpro Subsea has announced a research and development grant from Scottish Enterprise which will see the firm investing £1.5 million to develop its flow assurance technology further to address emerging markets in deeper waters.

Danos has secured a contract to perform mechanical hook-up and commissioning (HUC) support services for the Hess Stampede tension leg platform (TLP) in the Gulf of Mexico.

OneSubsea has announced that it has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by Statoil to supply the subsea production system for the Utgard gas and condensate discovery in the North Sea.