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TechnipFMC has been awarded a significant integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) contract from BP Angola for the Platina field development, located offshore Angola. The Platina field is located in Block 18 at water depths ranging from 1,200 to 1,500 meters. TechnipFMC said on Tuesday that the contract covers the manufacture, delivery and installation... Continue Reading →
Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) and Barge Master have completed what the companies claim to be "a world first" - drilling from a diving support and construction vessel (DSCV) in water deeper than 270 meters. The two companies deployed LDD’s reverse circulation LD2500 drill rig with Barge Master’s motion compensation platform (BM-T700) aboard the SBM Installer... Continue Reading →
Mar 4, 2020 Claudio MakarovskyThe executive Claudio Makarovsky left Siemens and will take over the Manufacturing Industries division of Microsoft. In the new role, he will be responsible for the area that serves companies that seek digitalization, including oil and gas. Makarovsky had been with Siemens for five years. Currently, the executive occupied the position... Continue Reading →
Oilfield engineering and construction company Global E&C has said it has acquired 100% share capital in commissioning specialists Magma. Global E&C was formed in March 2019, following the majority acquisition of Apollo by Global Energy Group (GEG) and the subsequent amalgamation of GEG’s brownfield EPC business with Apollo’s brownfield modifications engineering team. Continue reading
Ocean Infinity, a marine robotics company, has completed its project with Total in Angola. The project was the first time that geophysical, geotechnical, and seismic data has been gathered at the same time, Ocean Infinity said in a statement on Wednesday. This was achieved through simultaneous operations of Ocean Infinity’s autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) with... Continue Reading →
Seismic services provider PGS is back in Brazil in 2020 with a Ramform Titan-class vessel to acquire the first GeoStreamer X MultiClient 3D seismic survey in the region. The Campos Deepwater GeoStreamer X project will deliver high-quality, long offset, multi-azimuth seismic data over the deepwater portion of northern Campos Basin and the first data will... Continue Reading →
Sandvik reports it has won the first large-scale stainless steel umbilical tube order in Brazil’s pre-salt Mero oilfield. Mero is an expansive pre-salt oilfield in the Santos Basin offshore Rio de Janeiro with immense oil production potential. The Mero oilfield is being managed by the Libra Consortium, made up of a partnership between Petrobras, Total,... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services company Wood is delivering a multimillion-dollar engineering design project for Chevron’s Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico. The scope of the project included the preliminary, front end engineering and design (Pre-FEED), FEED and now entails detailed design of Anchor, a wet tree development that will employ a semi-submersible floating production unit... Continue Reading →
Dutch offshore service provider Ampelmann said it has added Guyana as a new market to its global portfolio following a contract award from compatriot floating production and mooring systems firm SBM Offshore. Ampelmann said it assisted the hook-up and commissioning of the SBM floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) Liza Destiny, which came on stream for... Continue Reading →
As New Year 2020 unfolds, there are 21 floating production, storage and offloading units (FPSO) on order, and unlike a year ago, these — and not floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) — are the unheralded story. Driven by a decent price for oil, this buoyant market is kept strong by new players, new business models... Continue Reading →
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