Subsea
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November 2024
Subsea choke valve failures can be costly, with component costs, subsea replacement logistics and lost production time. ClampOn’s Choke Condition Monitor (CCM) can help reduce choke failures by monitoring vibration and acoustic levels, offering operators necessary information to change choke flow and plan maintenance intervals.
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December 03, 2024
McDermott has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Repsol Exploración México S.A. for the Polok and Chinwol field development project in the Gulf of Mexico. The project's engineering delivery will be led from McDermott's Houston office.
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November 27, 2024
Norway's Shearwater Geoservices has received a letter of award from India's state-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for a large 3D seismic survey off the east coast of India.
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November 22, 2024
Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) announced they have signed a contract with an undisclosed client for a controlled source electro-magnetic (CSEM) survey in India. The survey is expected to have a contract value of approximately USD 10 million, including mobilization fee.
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November 22, 2024
An influential forum of oil and gas operators with a vested interest in subsea operations is tackling the challenges of ageing offshore infrastructure through cross-industry collaboration.
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November 21, 2024
Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded its largest contract on record, a long-term subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) contract by Equinor. The eight-year contract will set a new benchmark for digitalized and environmentally friendly IMR operations.
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November 20, 2024
Awards for excellence in decommissioning were presented to CNOOC International and J+S Subsea at a celebratory dinner for more than 500 leaders of the North Sea specialist industry organised by OEUK as part of its annual Decommissioning Conference held in St Andrews, Scotland.
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November 12, 2024
Ocean services provider DeepOcean and well management and reservoir specialist EXCEED have entered into a collaboration agreement to supply vessel-based well plug and abandonment (P&A) services to the global decommissioning market.
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November 05, 2024
Nauticus Robotics, a developer of autonomous subsea robotics and software, has successfully completed its initial 2024 Gulf of Mexico (GOM) survey scope for Shell Exploration and Production.
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October 30, 2024
(WO) — Ocean services provider DeepOcean has been awarded an inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) campaign by Vår Energi for 2025. The scope also includes additional light construction work to be completed within the same year.
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October 29, 2024
SLB today announced the award of a contract by bp to its OneSubsea joint venture for a subsea boosting system in the greenfield development of the Kaskida project in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
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October 28, 2024
Baker Hughes has won contracts with Petrobras to provide flexible pipe systems in Brazil’s pre-salt fields. The multi-year project includes risers and flowlines for hydrocarbon production and associated gas and water injection with support for equipment storage, maintenance and installation.
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October 24, 2024
The history behind CEM (Corrosion-Erosion Monitor) is a story of how failures can lead to success. Acoustic guided waves were the solution necessary to achieve reliable wall thickness monitoring of pipes.
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October 23, 2024
(WO) — C-Kore Systems has announced the successful deployment of their 900th subsea testing tool. This significant milestone was reached with a mobilization for a major operator in Brazil, monitoring umbilical installations during a large-scale campaign.
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October 09, 2024
Subsea7 has secured a contract for a subsea tieback development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company will be responsible for transporting and installing the flowline, umbilical, and other subsea components required for the project.
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October 08, 2024
TechnipFMC has secured an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract from bp for its greenfield Kaskida development in the Gulf of Mexico.
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September 25, 2024
A UK-based operator has awarded ocean services provider DeepOcean a long-term frame agreement for provision of diverless subsea inspection, maintenance and repair (IMR) services on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). Two call-offs have now been executed for offshore work in 2024.
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September 19, 2024
The first award is a “substantial” contract to design, engineer, and manufacture riser flexible pipe. The second award involves work to design, engineer, and manufacture subsea production systems to be deployed on the Atapu 2, Sepia 2, and Roncador projects.
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September 03, 2024
The Tyrving development leverages the planned extended lifetime for the Alvheim field and will increase production while reducing both unit costs and CO2 emissions per barrel. The field consists of three wells and two new subsea installations tied back to existing infrastructure at East Kameleon and further to the Alvheim FPSO.
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August 20, 2024
Arbol Grande is a construction and subsea vessel, delivered in 2003 with specifications tailor made for the Mexican market. The vessel has been used as an accommodation and topside maintenance support vessel for several IMR contracts involving saturation- and air diving, as well as other light construction support operations.
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August 19, 2024
Argo Cassiopea plays a central role in Eni's strategy to increase the use of domestic natural gas for energy security and as a low-emission source. Argo Cassiopea's reserves are estimated at around 10 Bcmg, with peak annual production expected to 1.5 Bcmg.