2014 News ... December back to January
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Brazilian MV24 project:
MAN: Successful commissioning of MAN compression
modules
Units have taken up activity in the Brazilian Santos Basin
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2014, Dec 22 + + + The two
compression modules on board of FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24 have been
successfully commissioned for MODEC, the EPC contractor specialized in
engineering, procurement, construction and installation of FPSOs. After a
design, engineering and manufacturing period of only 18 months, the high
pressure modules by MAN Diesel &Turbo in Switzerland will be deployed on
the FPSO operated by MODEC for Brazilian oil multi Petrobras, maintaining
the field pressure thus maximizing oil product ... moreion. |
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Statoil awards Mariner drilling and well services contract
to
Schlumberger Oilfield UK
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Dec. 19, 2014 - Statoil has on behalf of the Mariner
co-venturers awarded the contract for integrated drilling and well
services on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) to
Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc ... more |
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Aker Solutions Wins Hook-Up and Commissioning Contract
for Mariner
Development
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Dec 15, 2014 + + + Aker Solutions secured a contract
from Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to provide engineering,
construction and commissioning services for the hook-up phase of the
Mariner oilfield development in the UK North Sea. Aker Solutions
Wins Hook-Up and Commissioning Contract for Mariner DevelopmentThe
agreement is worth more than GBP 120 million. It comes in addition to a
five-year maintenance and modifications services contract awarded in June
by Statoil for the Mariner field, which is set to start production in
2017 ... more |
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Nexans’ deepest power umbilicals installed in the
Gulf of Mexico
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Dec 11, 2014 + + + At a
water depth of 2,100 meters, the Chevron-operated Jack and St. Malo oil
and gas fields are the deepest installation to date for Nexans’ innovative
power umbilicals that integrate HV power supply and umbilical functions
within a single cable cross-section. The Jack and St. Malo fields are
located within 25 miles (40 km) of each other approximately 280 miles (450
km) south of New Orleans, Louisiana ... more |
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Liebherr: Spectacular single lift of RL-K 7500
subsea crane at
test bed in Rostock
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Nov 22, 2014 + + +
On the premises of Liebherr in Rostock a remarkable single lift of the
new RL-K 7500 subsea crane recently took place in the course of its
loading for shipment to Asia. The lift was executed by four Liebherr
cranes ... Currently, the RL-K 7500 is waiting for its
scheduled delivery mid-November at the pier of the Liebherr factory
in Rostock. The RL-K 4200, another model of Liebherr’s series of knuckle
boom cranes, will be delivered to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Co. LTd. (DSME) together with the RL-K 7500. DSME plans to equip several
of its ships with a set of Liebherr cranes consisting of one RL-K 7500
and three RL-K 4200. The new subsea crane with knuckle boom
represents a convenient solution for subsea operations ... |
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Technip to supply high technological flexible pipes
for Tupi BV Iracema
North pre-salt field
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Nov 21, 2014 + + + Confirming its expertise and innovation in
deepwater and leveraging its new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in
Açu, Brazil. Technip was awarded a contract from Tupi BV, a
consortium controlled by Petrobras Netherland BV (PNBV, 65%) and
constituted also by BG (25%) and Galp (10%), for the ongoing development
of the Iracema North field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area,
Brazil. Aiming to meet pre-salt challenges, the contract covers the
supply of 114 kilometers of flexible pipes, including: gas lift, gas
injection and gas export lines... |
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Accenture and SAP
offer new upstream operations management solution
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Nov. 06, 2014 + + + Accenture and SAP SE are offering a new version of
the SAP Upstream Operations Management application, which enables oil and
gas companies to improve the accuracy of production data and identify
production-optimization opportunities. As
part of the expanding portfolio of solutions and services of Upstream
Productions Operations by Accenture and SAP announced earlier this year,
SAP Upstream Operations Management was co-developed to address these
industry needs by the Accenture and SAP Business Solutions Group and is
delivered by SAP .... |
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Statoil: The gigantic Johan Sverdrup field,
one of the most
profitable industrial projects in Norway over coming decades, will provide
enormous value
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Nov 3, 2014
+ + + Construction of the
first phase may lead to 51,000 man-years related to Norwegian deliveries,
and the field may produce revenues amounting to NOK 1350 billion. The
project will provide new knowledge, new solutions and new opportunities
+ + + Johan Sverdrup is one
of the biggest discoveries on the Norwegian continental shelf since the
mid-1980s and ranks among the biggest developments in the years ahead .... |
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BASF presents innovations across all application segments
for the oil and
gas industry
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October 17, 2014 + + + At the SPE Annual Technical Conference and
Exhibition (ATCE) on October 27. – 29. 2014 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
BASF will showcase its range of innovative chemical solutions as well as
sustainable solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry market. These
solutions allow companies to maximize their operations throughout the
different phases of petroleum production including drilling, cementing,
stimulation, production and enhanced oil recovery .... |
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Wintershall
contracts FMC for Maria subsea spread
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Oct. 07, 2014 + + +
Wintershall has awarded FMC Kongsberg a $280-million engineering,
procurement, and construction contract for subsea equipment for the Maria
development in the Norwegian Sea. FMC will supply a subsea production
system comprising two integrated template manifolds with respective trees
and auxiliary equipment. The order includes the dynamic and the static
umbilical, production riser base, subsea umbilical termination unit, and
subsea control system ... |
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Subsea equipment.
Market will reach $35.84 billion in 2018, up from $23.13 billion in 2013.
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Oct. 01, 2014 + + + Increasing demand and decreasing reserves in existing
wells are two main factors driving the adoption of subsea equipment in the
oil and gas industry. An analysis by Frost & Sullivan goes on to predict
the subsea equipment market in 2018 to reach $35.84 billion, up from
$23.13 billion in 2013 ... |
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BP Oman
awards major contract to KCA Deutag
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Oct 01, 2014 + + + BP Oman awards two major drilling
contracts. KCA Deutag has been awarded
more than $400 million contracts for the construction and operation of
five new build land rigs for Khazzan. The rigs are being assembled in
Nizwa to help maximise employment opportunities in Oman . . . |
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Aker Wayfarer Wins Five-Year Contract from Petrobras
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Sep 15, 2014 + + + Aker
Solutions' subsidiary Aker Oilfield Services (AKOFS) has won a contract
worth USD 465 million over five years from Petrobras to provide subsea
intervention services offshore Brazil from the Aker Wayfarer vessel. The
contract will start within the fourth quarter of 2016 and has a five-year
option extension. AKOFS will at the end of September become part of
Akastor, an oilfield services investment company that will be one of two
companies formed as part of the announced separation of Aker Solutions
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Aker Solutions:
Johan Sverdrup ... The Making of a Giant
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August 26, 2014
+ + + Aker Solutions has assembled one of its biggest engineering
teams ever to deliver the initial plans for the engineering and design
phase of the giant North Sea Johan Sverdrup oil deposit + + + Johan Sverdrup
... The
Making of a GiantThe company is on track to deliver the first draft report
due in the fourth quarter, a project that has involved 400 employees in
Oslo and London. The work covers all four of the planned platforms for the
first development phase, including the so-called topsides, jackets as well
as bridges spanning the facilities ... |
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ABB launches world´s most powerful underground and
subsea power
transmission cable system
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August 21, 2014 + + + ABB has announced a
breakthrough in cable technology. It has successfully developed and tested
a 525 kilovolt (kV) extruded high-voltage direct current (HVDC) cable
system to make renewable energy installations more efficient and
cost-effective. This
latest innovation will more than double the power capacity to about 2,600
megawatts (MW) from 1,000 MW. It will also expand the cable's reach to
distances of 1,500 kilometers, up from less than 1,000 kilometers, while
keeping transmission losses under 5 percent. The new cable offers a 64
percent increase over 320 kV, currently the highest voltage deployed for
this type of technology. The 525kV cable system can be deployed in
subsea and underground applications ... |
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Statoil:
Gudrun platform officially opened
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August 19, 2014 + + +
Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg officially opened the Gudrun
platform in the North Sea. This is the first new Statoil-operated platform
on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) since Kristin in 2005. Gudrun is
the first in a long line of new field developments operated by Statoil,
and therefore it represents a new era on the NCS. The next in line are
Valemon, Gina Krog, Johan Sverdrup ... also Aasta Hansteen and Johan
Castberg to come in northern Norway ... |
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Trelleborg:
New subsea gas compression technology
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August 08, 2014 + + +
An issue for many subsea oil and gas fields is that decreasing natural
pressure is reducing recovery and shortening the lifetime of fields.
Owners of the Åsgard oilfield, situated some 200 kilometres off the coast
of Norway, have developed a process that could bring benefits to the oil
and gas industry for years to come. The recently launched Åsgard subsea
compression project in the Norwegian Sea is the world’s first-ever subsea
gas compression facility and a pioneering development for the industry
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MTU: Emergency power for new 'Martin Linge'
North Sea
platform
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July 30, 2014 + + +
'Martin Linge', the new offshore oil and gas platform is due to go into
service at the end of 2016 and will be installed in the Norwegian sector
of the North Sea between Bergen and the Shetland Isles. A total of seven
Series 4000 engines from MTU are to go into service on the platform.
Two gensets based on 20V Series 4000 P63
engines, each delivering 2,600 kW will provide power for essential
consumers, while a 20V Series 4000 P63 emergency genset is to produce
2,245 kW. Another four 16V Series 4000 P83 engines delivering 2,240 kW are
to drive fire-extinguishing pumps supplied by a Norwegian pump
manufacturer ...
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Latest Technip vessel
prepares for sea trials
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July 28, 2014 + + + Technip’s latest subsea
construction vessel has been officially named the North Sea Atlantic,
following a ceremony staged by the vessel’s owner at the NorYards shipyard
in Laksevåg. Although it will work mainly in the North Sea, it is also
suited for deepwater operations worldwide ... |
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Saipem wins contracts for FPSOs in
Brazil and Angola
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July 15, 2014 + + + Saipem has won contracts to extend
the leasing and upgrading works of the Cidade de Vitoria FPSO in Brazil,
along with a lease extension and operation contract for the Gimboa FPSO in
Angola. The combined contracts are worth $600 million ... |
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Technip awarded large contract for the
Edradour Subsea Development
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July 4, 2014 + + + Technip was awarded a contract by Total E&P
UK for the Edradour Subsea Development, located approximately 75
kilometers North West of the Shetland Islands, in approximately 300 meters
of water. The Group will
leverage its unique vertical position in the subsea business ... |
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Aker Solutions wins five-year contract from Statoil
for Mariner
oilfield
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June 27, 2014 + + +
Aker Solutions secured a contract from Statoil to provide maintenance and
modifications services for the Mariner oilfield development in the UK
North Sea. The five-year framework agreement also has extension options
for a total of four years. Aker Solutions' Aberdeen operations will manage
the contract work ... |
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Volga-Dnepr Airlines extends its Oil & Gas capability
to load
24-metre drilling rig
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June 16, 2014 + + + Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ outsize cargo technicians used a special
aircraft ramp extension to load a 24-metre long oil and gas drilling rig
onto its An-124-100 freighter bound for Mirny in Russia. The rig
was delivered from Novy Urengoy for Krasnodar Drilling, a branch of the
Gazprom Drilling Company, one of Russia’s largest specialists in oil and
gas well construction. It will be used at the Verkhnechonskoe oil and gas
condensate field ... |
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GustoMSC: Drillship designed for deeper waters
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June 16, 2014 +
+ + GustoMSC has unveiled its latest deepwater drilling concept, the
Magellan-class drillship, which it claims provides improvements in
redundancy, autonomy, safety, and load-carrying capacity. Magellan is the
largest drillship that GustoMSC has designed to date. It is equipped to
handle 20,000-psi (1,379-bar) well control systems, including associated
high hook loads and setback capacities ... |
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KCA Deutag Land Division wins multi-million dollar contract with Lukoil
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June 8, 2014 + + + The Land division of KCA Deutag, one of the
world’s leading international drilling and engineering contractors has
been awarded a contract worth more than $90m USD by Russia's second
largest oil company, Lukoil for the supply of two arctic cluster slider
rigs in the northern republic of Komi, Russia. The first rig deployed has
been an existing rig from within KCA Deutag’s Russian operations and the
second will be a new-build rig. The three year contract for KCA Deutag’s
arctic drilling rigs T-505 and T-506 comes with two, one year options
which could see the project continue into 2019 ... |
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Aker Solutions Wins Framework Contract From BP in Norway
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May 28, 2014 + + + Aker Solutions has secured a framework
agreement to provide engineering, modifications and maintenance services
for BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The contract has a period of up
to two years valued at maximum NOK 1.8 billion, with options to extend the
work by as many as four years. The agreement starts on June 1, 2014,
following the expiration of an existing framework contract for similar
services ... |
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Subsea 7 awarded $460 million contract in North Sea
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May 21, 2014 + + + Subsea 7 S.A. has been
awarded its largest UK EPIC services contract, valued in excess of $460
million by Premier Oil UK Limited, in support of its Catcher Area
Development, located 180km east of Aberdeen in Central North Sea Block
28/9. The contract covers the provision of project management,
engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and installation of
Catcher’s subsea facilities. The scope includes three pipeline Bundles
incorporating Butting BuBi®
Mechanically Lined Pipe, a riser system for the Catcher Floating,
Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit, and installation of a 10”,
60 km gas export/import pipeline ... |
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RWE Dea: Algerian Reggane Nord Gas Project entering execution phase
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May 16, 2014
+ + + A project consortium that includes RWE Dea has signed a major
contract for the construction of a natural gas processing plant and
infrastructure in the Algerian Sahara for the Reggane Nord project. The
contract is valued at US$976 million and represents an important step
forward for the project. The Groupement Reggane partners are RWE Dea AG
with its 19.5%-share, the Algerian enterprise Sonatrach (40%), Repsol from
Spain (29.25%), and Edison from Italy (11.25%) ... more |
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Technip awarded contract for extension of subsea infrastructure on North
Sea field
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May 13, 2014 + + + Technip awarded contract for
extension of subsea infrastructure on North Sea fieldTechnip was awarded
by Marathon Oil Norge a contract for the extension of subsea
infrastructure on the Alvheim field, located on the Norwegian Continental
Shelf. The scope of work includes installation engineering, procurement,
fabrication, installation and tie-in of spools and protection covers as
well as installation of one manifold. The subsea operations will mainly be
performed with divers at a water-depth of approximately 120 meters in this
area. |
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Technip awarded contract for extension of subsea infrastructure on North
Sea field
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May 13, 2014 + + + Technip awarded contract for
extension of subsea infrastructure on North Sea fieldTechnip was awarded
by Marathon Oil Norge a contract for the extension of subsea
infrastructure on the Alvheim field, located on the Norwegian Continental
Shelf. The scope of work includes installation engineering, procurement,
fabrication, installation and tie-in of spools and protection covers as
well as installation of one manifold. The subsea operations will mainly be
performed with divers at a water-depth of approximately 120 meters in this
area. |
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RWE Dea signs Joint Study Agreement in Azerbaijan
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May 02, 2014 + + + RWE Dea has signed a Joint Study
Agreement with the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR).
Both companies will evaluate the hydrocarbon prospectivity in an area
south of Baku in the Caspian Sea in close cooperation. The Joint Study
Agreement was signed between SOCAR and RWE Dea regarding the joint
evaluation of an area of interest south of the Absheron peninsula in
Azerbaijan. The study area belongs to the South Caspian Basin where
several world class oil and gas discoveries were made over the last
decades ... |
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BP commissions subsea construction vessel
build for Shah Deniz
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2014-05-01 + + + BP has awarded Baku Shipyard LLC a
$378-million contract to design and build a subsea construction vessel for
the Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas field development, 70 km (43 mi) offshore in
the Azeri sector of the Caspian Sea.
Stage 2 requires a subsea
installation vessel to install subsea structures between 2017 and 2027 ... |
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Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes form
Subsea Production Alliance
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April 22, 2014 + + + Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes have agreed to form
an alliance to develop technology for production solutions that will boost
output, increase recovery rates and reduce costs for subsea fields. The
non-incorporated alliance will combine Aker Solutions' strengths in subsea
production and processing systems with Baker Hughes' expertise in well
completions and artificial-lift technology to deliver reliable, integrated
in-well and subsea production solutions that will help mitigate risk,
accelerate output and extend the life of subsea fields ... |
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KAOMBO
Offshore Project in Angola
Total launches ultra-deep offshore development
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The Kaombo
development scheme includes 59 subsea wells, connected through around 300
km of subsea lines, to two floating production, storage and
offloading (FPSO) vessels, each with a production capacity of 115,000
barrels per day. More about Kaombo activities by Saipem, Technip, Heerema,
and Aker Solutions ...
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Maersk Drilling takes
delivery of the world’s largest jack-up Maersk Intrepid
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Maersk
Drilling has taken delivery of its first ultra harsh environment jack-up,
Maersk Intrepid, from the Keppel FELS shipyard in Singapore on time.
Maersk Intrepid will start its mobilisation to the Norwegian North Sea in
approximately two weeks, where it will commence a four year contract with
Total E&P Norge AS. Maersk Intrepid is the
first in a series of four newbuild ultra harsh environment jack-up rigs to
enter Maersk Drilling’s rig fleet in 2014-16 .... |
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Aker Solutions to Supply Subsea Manifolds
for Petrobras
Pre-Salt Fields
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April 9, 2014 + + + Aker Solutions won a contract worth more than USD
300 million from Petrobras to supply eight manifolds that alternately
inject water and gas to increase oil recovery from Brazil's deepwater
offshore fields. The subsea manifolds, designed for water depths of
2,500 meters, will be installed by Petrobras and its partners in deepwater
pre-salt field developments. The units have a design life of 30 years and
the first is scheduled to be delivered in 2016 .... |
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Gudrun on stream
At
07.25 on 7 April, Statoil and its partners (GDF SUEZ and OMV) started
production on the Gudrun oil and gas field
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Gudrun is the first new Statoil-operated platform to come on stream on the
Norwegian continental shelf since 2005. "This is a red-letter day for the
company," says Arne Sigve Nylund, Statoil's executive vice president for
the Development and Production Norway business area. The new field contributes to important production
from the Norwegian shelf. Statoil expects to recover 184 million barrels
of oil and gas (oil equivalent) from the field ....
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ABB wins
$175 million oil and gas project in the Arabian Gulf
Upgrade of power generation capacity at Zirku oil and gas processing
facilities
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April 2, 2014 + + + ABB, the leading power and
automation technology group, has been awarded a $175 million contract to
upgrade the power generation capacity at Zirku oil and gas processing
facilities in the Gulf. The order, which covers engineering, procurement
and construction (EPC), was awarded by Zakum Development Company (ZADCO)..
The project involves the installation of additional power generation
facilities to improve overall energy efficiency and operational
flexibility and reliability. ZADCO plans to increase the production rate
of the Upper Zakum field from 550,000 to 750,000 barrels of oil per day.
The Zakum field is estimated to be the second-largest field in the Gulf
and the fourth-largest in the world ... |
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BASF launches product range Aspiro™
for Enhanced Oil Recovery + + + Combined expertise in polymers and
surfactants for oilfields
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March 27, 2014 + + + At the SPE Improved Oil Recovery Symposium in Tulsa/Oklahoma, US, BASF will present Aspiro™ for Enhanced
Oil Recovery (EOR) to an international audience for the first time. With
the Aspiro™ product range customers can get combined expertise from one
source. The Aspiro™ P range consists of water soluble polymers
based on polyacrylamide (PAM) technology. Standard anionic PAMs are
suitable for mild field conditions, while developmental associative
thickening polymers enable a high mobility control at low dosage in
demanding fields ... |
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Barents seismic program adds new participants
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March 25, 2014 + + + A joint industry project to acquire seismic data in the southeastern
Barens Sea has added 16 new participants, said Statoil. That brings the
total number of companies involved to 33. The recently opened southeastern
Barents Sea is part of the 23rd licensing round on the Norwegian
continental shelf scheduled this year. |
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LEWA: Largest order in company history
40 custom-designed offshore pump systems for Saudi
Arabia
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Feb 17, 2014 + + + For development of two huge offshore gas
fields in the Gulf, 40 process diaphragm pumps were ordered from
the German company Lewa GmbH. The order, valued at about 40 million
Dollar, is the largest to date in the history of the company.
Once the project is completed on schedule in 2015, the Gulf facility will
be the largest of its kind in Saudi Arabia: It will be capable of
processing 70 million m³ of ethane, propane, butane, and natural gas per
day from the two offshore fields ... |
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Partners
reveal plans for Johan Sverdrup offshore Norway
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Feb. 13, 2014 + + + Statoil and its partners have agreed
on a concept for the first development phase of the Johan Sverdrup field
in the central Norwegian North Sea. This calls for a field center with
four platforms and power from shore, to reduce carbon-dioxide (CO2)
emissions from the Utsira High Area by 60-70%. Johan Sverdrup, one of the
five largest oil fields discovered on the Norwegian shelf ... |
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Technip awarded by
Statoil contract for Asgard subsea compression stations
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Feb 11, 2014 + + + Technip was awarded by Statoil a
substantial contract for future intervention services on the Asgard Subsea
Compression Stations. The award is a call-off of options under the Asgard
Subsea Compression Marine Operations contract. Ranking among the largest
developments on the Norwegian continental shelf, the Asgard field lies on
the Halten Bank in the Norwegian Sea, about 200 kilometers off Norway. |
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Dockwise to transport Cat-J rigs to Norway
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Statoil has contracted Dockwise to transport two new Cat-J jackups
from South Korea to Norway. These will be the largest and heaviest jackups
ever carried on a heavy marine transport vessel, the contractor claims.
Dockwise will deploy the Blue Marlin and its new sister vessel White
Marlin for the assignment.
Statoil will use the harsh-environment rigs for production drilling on the
Gullfaks and Oseberg fields in the North Sea. They will be able to operate
in water depths of 70-150 m and to drill wells down to 10,000
m ... |
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Bentec wins major contract in Algeria
Seven desert drilling
rigs within the next 17 months
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2014-01-29 + + + German based manufacturer of drilling rigs and equipment, Bentec
has won the largest single contract in its 20 year history. The
multi-million dollar contract was awarded by Algerian state owned drilling
contractor, Enafor and will see Bentec deliver seven desert drilling rigs
within the next 17 months ... |
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South Stream
Transport Signs Contracts for Supply of Pipes
for the first line of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline
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29 January 2014 + + + South Stream Transport has contracted
three pipe mills to supply over 75,000 steel pipes for the first line of
the South Stream Offshore Pipeline. Europipe from Germany will supply 50%
of the pipes, OMK from Russia 35%, and Severstal’s Izhora Pipe Mill in
Russia another 15%. The contracts, with a total value of approximately 1
billion euros, were signed during a ceremony at the headquarters ...
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KCA
Deutag: Rigs for BP operations in OMAN ... constructed by Bentec
SIEMENS contract for first commercial offshore wind farm
in USA (Photo: London Array Windpark)
