April 11, 2016    + + +   GE Oil & Gas has started production of four high pressure, high temperature (HP/HT) dynamic flexible risers destined for the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, Prelude, to be operated by Shell, located 250km off the coast of Western Australia. FLNG is a revolution in natural gas production that promises to improve the viability of smaller, more remote or environmentally-sensitive fields that would otherwise be too costly or difficult to develop. Working together to unlock these vital ‘stranded’ resources, GE has partnered with Shell on the project since 2011, following an initial order for turbomachinery equipment ... Read more

April 06, 2016  + + +  A well test via the Wisting Central II horizontal appraisal well in the Barents Sea has recorded a flow rate of more than 5,000 boe/d and has therefore proved the viability of shallow horizontal drilling needed to develop Wisting field, OMV AS reported. The objectives of the well, drilled in Wisting field about 310 km north of Hammerfest, were to confirm the potential of the discovery by proving the presence of hydrocarbons in the undrilled Wisting Central South and Central West segments, and to prove the technical concept of long-reach horizontal wells in a shallow reservoir about 250 m below seabed ... read more 

April 4, 2016    + + +   Aker Solutions' maintenance, modifications and operations (MMO) business in Norway secured a contract from Statoil for preliminary engineering work to enable a tie-in of the Utgard gas and condensate field to the Sleipner facilities in the North Sea. ... Read more  

2016, March 09 + + + Saudi Aramco plans to nearly double its natural gas production to 23 standard bcfd in 10 years, Aramco Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser told an industry conference in Jubail on Mar. 8.  Having already increased its gas output to more than 12 bcfd from 3.5 billion bcfd during the early 1980s, Aramco has set a production goal for the coming decade  ... Read more  

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Egypt
by BP and partner DEA

Feb 26, 2016   + + +  Subsea 7 S.A. announced today the award of a majorcontract by BP, and partner DEA (Deutsche Erdoel AG), for the development of the Giza, Fayoum and Raven subsea fields offshore Alexandria, Egypt. This is the second phase of the West Nile Delta project, where the field development will be at depths of up to approximately 800 metres. The contract scope includes engineering, procurement, installation and pre-commissioning of the subsea infrastructure from twelve wells, with 80 kilometres of umbilicals and 220 kilometres of pipelines. It also includes the installation of the export lines from the subsea location to the Idku terminal ... read more

Heerema concludes Ichthys infield installations

Feb 25, 2014   + + +  Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) has completed the infield flowlines installation scope for INPEX’s Ichthys LNG project offshore northwest Australia. McDermott, the main contractor for the umbilical, riser and flowline project, subcontracted HMC for transportation and installation of the infield flowlines, subsea structures, and moorings. Last week HMC’s deepwater construction vessel Aegir set down the final 18-in. production flowline on the seafloor ... read more

Aker Solutions and Saipem to Cooperate on Subsea Projects

Dec. 18, 2015 + + + Aker Solutions and Saipem agreed to cooperate on targeted subsea oil and gas development projects worldwide. The companies will through a joint work group identify opportunities where they can create value for customers by combining Aker Solutions' capabilities in subsea products and technologies with Saipem's assets and expertise in engineering, procurement, construction and installation of subsea infrastructures ... read more

DNV GL Oil & Gas: Joint industry project seeks to advance
subsea standardization

Dec. 10, 2015 + + + Over the past 15 years, subsea technology has moved from subsea wells, manifolds, flowlines, and templates, to include subsea boosting, separation, and now compression. In the near future, deepwater wells will require more complex subsea equipment. Looking further ahead, the industry expects to see automated production entirely located on the seabed, piping oil and gas directly to shore through the “subsea factory” concept ... read more

Aker Solutions Wins Maintenance and Modifications
Contract From BP in Norway

Nov. 26, 2015   + + +   Aker Solutions won a framework agreement to provide maintenance and modifications services at BP-operated oil and gas fields offshore Norway. The contract has a fixed period of five years valued at as much as NOK 3.2 billion. It also contains options to extend the agreement by as many as four years. The accord starts on December 1, 2015 on expiration of an existing agreement for similar services ... read more

Oct. 2015  + + +  LEWA has finished its biggest package up to today: The LEWA Chemical Injection Package for offshore application on a Brazilian floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) weighs 715 tons and measures 21.3 x 21 x 11 meters. In this ambitious project, our engineers faced major challenges. But in more than 7,500 hours of engineering, the LEWA giant was successfully realized. With this special solution, LEWA once again confirms its unique know-how as a leading global pump manufacturer and system integrator... read more

Oct. 23, 2015  + + +  ABB has delivered its second power-from-shore system to the Statoil-operated Troll A gas platform in the North Sea, 70 km (43 mi) west of the Kollsnes gas treatment plant near Bergen.  As with the previous system, the aim is to power two compressors fitted to the platform’s topsides to compensate for decreasing pressure in the reservoir. The 3,000- ton compressor modules, which were installed last year, began operating earlier this month. Electricity is supplied using ABB’s HVDC Light technology, which takes alternating current (AC) from Norway’s national grid, converting it to direct current (DC) and transmitting it to the platform via 70 km-long cables ... read more

Oct. 10, 2015   + + +  Statoil and partners Petoro and OMV have brought onstream the world’s first subsea wet gas compression on the seafloor of the Gullfaks field in the North Sea.  The technology, designed and supplied by OneSubsea, is expected to increase recovery by 22 MMboe and extend plateau production from the Gullfaks South Brent reservoir by around two years ... read more 

Oct. 09, 2015   + + +  Statoil ASA let contracts for platform jackets for the Johan Sverdrup development offshore Norway to Kvaerner Verdal and Dragados Offshore SA ... more

On Sept. 17. 2015, Norwegian Statoil announced the production start of the world’s first subsea gas compression facility at the Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea. The facility features two MAN Diesel & Turbo HOFIM™ motor-compressor units which were supplied to Statoil’s contractor Aker Solutions ... more