Companies in the news

Global Maritime Deep Sea Mooring has entered a contract with Det norske oljeselskap for support of Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus semisubmersible accommodation vessel, situated in Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The contract also includes support of the Maersk Interceptor jackup (pictured), also situated in Ivar Aasen, about 175 km offshore Norway. The company will supply mooring and pre-lay equipment, as well as offshore personnel, mobilization and demobilization services, and operational planning for the Safe Zephyrus. Deep Sea Mooring also will provide its radio frequency identification system, making certain that all delivered equipment is documented. 

Statoil has awarded a contract for training and emergency response services to Petrofac Training Services. The five-year partnership will see the supply of HSE, survival, fire, and marine training services in support of Statoil’s Mariner field—as well as wind power projects, Hywind and Dudgeon—on the UKCS. Additionally, the contract includes a full training and support program for Statoil’s incident management and wider emergency response teams.

CGG has completed Phase One of its Davros 3D BroadSeis and BroadSource multi-client survey in the northern Carnarvon basin, on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. This is the largest multi-client seismic program ever to be processed by the company in the Asia-Pacific region—with more than 6,400 km² already acquired. The survey was processed, using the company’s latest imaging technology, which includes pre-stack depth migration and advanced demultiple algorithms. Processing of Phase Two was expected to be complete by fourth-quarter 2016.

Maersk Supply Service has been awarded a contract for the decommissioning of Maersk Oil UK’s Janice field in the North Sea. The contract includes engineering, project planning and management of the subsea decommissioning. The service company already has enlisted three sub-contractors to execute a planned deconstruction of the subsea facilities. Completion of the project is planned for mid-2018. 

Aker Solutions has secured two contracts from DEA Norge for delivery of a subsea production system, maintenance and services at the Dvalin natural gas development offshore Norway. The contracts are reportedly worth at least NOK 900 million. The first order is for a production system, encompassing a manifold, four subsea trees and a 15-km umbilical that will connect to the adjacent Heidrun platform. Additionally, it covers wellheads, controls, tie-ins and workover systems, as well as options for further subsea production tie-back connections to Heidrun. A five-year framework contract for maintenance and servicing of all subsea production systems also was agreed upon. This includes installation and commissioning services. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the first half of 2018.

Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair has finished construction of the ALP Striker, the first of four ultra-long-distance towing and anchor handling vessels for ALP Maritime Services. The vessel—measuring 88.9 m long by 21 m wide—is part of a series of stronger and larger towing vessels employed to support larger FPSOs, FLNGs and other floating installations. The series of vessels was designed to execute hauling of any distance for 45 days, in addition to positioning and hook-up of floating installations to pre-laid mooring systems; anchoring of installations and floating objects; and disconnecting and mooring retrieval during repositioning or decommissioning operations. 

Danos’ custom fabrication yard—based in Amelia, La.—has completed the interconnect piping and production deck extension for a deepwater platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Installation of the deck extension was the result of a two-year process, during which Danos worked closely with the client to design and fabricate the 165-t production deck extension. Along with the deck structure, there were 550 pipe spools fabricated, with more than 100 installed on the extension. Danos was recognized for achieving “Quad Zero,” following the completion of the project. This represents zero recordable safety incidents, zero lost time, zero work days and zero motor vehicle accidents during the course of the project.

Aberdeen Drilling Consultants has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) accreditation for its quality management systems. This reportedly is the first and only rig inspection company to be awarded the accreditation worldwide. The ISO 9001:2015 standard certifies that the company is operating a formalized management system, capable of providing high-quality rig inspection and training services. The certification spans areas of operation, including QAMS manual control, context of the organization, leadership, planning, support, operations, performance evaluation and improvement.

GE Oil & Gas has officially opened the doors to its new Oil & Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma City. The R&D center is expected to become a central hub, where GE scientists and engineers can collaborate with other industry professionals to develop new digital and hardware solutions. The five-story technology center contains 125,000 ft² of office and lab space, which includes deep test wells and two 30-t overhead cranes.

Topaz Energy and Marine has secured two new contracts for Tengiz field in Kazakhstan. The contracts, reportedly worth more than $500 million, were awarded by Tengizchevroil (TCO) and will see Topaz commission the construction of 15 module carrying vessels (MCVs). The vessels will be owned and operated by Topaz, and will begin working in second-quarter 2018 for a minimum of three years. Additionally, Topaz has been named the technical manager of three more MCVs by a consortium that consists of of Blue Water Shipping A/S and Kazmortransflot.

Teekay Offshore Partners has been awarded several three-year shuttle tanker contracts of affreightment (COA) with BP, Royal Dutch Shell and OMV Group. The awarded contracts include extension options, as well. Teekay will transport oil produced from the new Glen Lyon FPSO at the Quad204 development, west of Shetland in the North Sea. With a requirement for approximately two shuttle tankers, the COA will begin during the first half of 2017.