Equinor Aims to Extend Platform Electrification from Land
Equinor and partners are looking at the possibility of supplying power from land to three platforms that are currently powered by gas turbines. The transition may cut CO2 emissions from Troll C and the Sleipner area by more than 600,000 tonnes per year. The platforms that may be powered from land are Troll C and […]
Bibby Offshore CEO Leaves after 25 Years
Bibby Offshore’s chief executive officer has decided to leave the business and pursue new challenges. The company on Monday confirmed that its CEO Howard Woodcock will leave the company after 25 years with Bibby. Howard Woodcock said: “After 25 years with Bibby, more than half of which has been with Bibby Offshore, I […]
Forum Adds Seascape as Its European Distributor
Forum Energy Technologies has appointed Seascape Subsea Technology as a new single distributor for its fleet of subsea vehicles across The Netherlands and Belgium. Seascape Subsea Technology will represent Forum Energy Technologies for the sale of the company’s range of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) in the two countries, including its recently launched […]
Corinth Pipeworks to Supply Steel Pipes for Karish Field
Cenergy Holdings’ subsidiary, Corinth Pipeworks, has signed an agreement with TechnipFMC for the manufacture and supply of the steel pipes for Energean’s Karish gas field development in the South Eastern Mediterranean. The agreement covers 90km, of 24” and 30” LSAW pipe material for the offshore gas pipeline which connects the subsea manifold at a […]
Xodus Appoints Renewables Director | Subsea World News
Xodus has appointed Peter Tipler as its Renewables director to help drive growth across the sector. Having been with Xodus for almost ten years, Tipler has worked across several roles in the company’s renewable energy, environment and decommissioning divisions. Peter Tipler said: “I’m honoured to take on the role and hope my […]
Prysmian Implements New Organisation for Integration with General Cable
Prysmian Group has launched its new organisation and began the integration with General Cable. The newly created group has a global headquarters located in Milan, sales of over €11 billion and approximately 30,000 employees at 112 plants and 25 R&D centres in over 50 countries. The integration with General Cable enables further expansion of the […]
Saab Seaeye Boosts ROV Satellite Control
Saab Seaeye has enhanced the system for global remote control of its electric underwater robotic vehicles via satellite link and 4G networks. Remote control of its Leopard electric robotic work vehicle has now been upgraded to include control of the TMS. Such remote operations should bring savings to the oil and gas industry by reducing […]
Subsea 7 Lands Penguins Job
Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract by Shell for the Penguins redevelopment project, located approximately 150 miles north-east of the Shetland Islands. The engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract incorporates the fabrication of two pipeline bundles containing pipe-in-pipe production flowlines, gas lift flowlines and control systems. Additionally, this award includes […]
Nautilus Formalizes Loan Deal with Deep Sea Mining Finance
Nautilus Minerals has entered into a loan agreement with Deep Sea Mining Finance formalizing the previously disclosed secured structured credit facility of up to USD 34 million. Nautilus Minerals entered into the loan agreement with the lender to enable the continuation of the Solwara 1 project offshore Papua New Guinea. In addition, […]
PGS – TGS Expand Canada Survey
PGS – TGS partnership will allocate a second vessel, the Ramform Sterling, to the 2018 East Canada acquisition program. Earlier this month, TGS and Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) announced a 3D multi-client project covering approximately 8,000 km² in an active Newfoundland area of the Flemish Pass and Orphan Basins. For this new survey, Ramfor […]