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Seabed Geosolutions secures 4D monitoring survey contract in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
29 Jun 20181 min read

Seabed Geosolutions secures 4D monitoring survey contract in deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Seabed Geosolutions has been awarded a series of 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic monitoring surveys over multiple oil and gas fields in the US Gulf of Mexico.

Equinor chooses Nexans umbilical technology for its Askeladd development in the Barents Sea
29 Jun 20182 min read

Equinor chooses Nexans umbilical technology for its Askeladd development in the Barents Sea

Nexans has been awarded a major contract to provide complex umbilicals with power, fibre-optic and hydraulic elements for the next stage of the multi-phased Snøhvit development.

FairfieldNodal is now Fairfield Geotechnologies
29 Jun 20181 min read

FairfieldNodal is now Fairfield Geotechnologies

New name to reflect life-of-field services, data and technology focus.

AKOFS selected Optime Subsea to deliver part of the LWI system
29 Jun 20182 min read

AKOFS selected Optime Subsea to deliver part of the LWI system

AKOFS, a company owned by Akastor ASA, was recently awarded a five year light well intervention (LWI) services contract on the Norwegian continental shelf with Equinor.

DEA becomes operator of three exploration blocks in Mexico
28 Jun 20182 min read

DEA becomes operator of three exploration blocks in Mexico

Deutsche Erdoel Mexico, the subsidiary of the German E&P company DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG, and its partners have signed the contracts for the offshore blocks 16, 17 and 30.

Equinor granted drilling permit for Cape Vulture appraisal wells
28 Jun 20181 min read

Equinor granted drilling permit for Cape Vulture appraisal wells

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS a drilling permit for wells 6608/10-18, 6608/10-18 A and 6608/10-18 B, cf. Section 15 of the Resource Management Regulations.

Central Petroleum provides WM26 drilling update
28 Jun 20181 min read

Central Petroleum provides WM26 drilling update

Central Petroleum Limited announces that drilling continues without incident and is currently at 2274 m MD, with another 700 m to go. Logs will be run from 2360 m MD to evaluate completion options in the Lower Stairway 2.

Serica hands in development plan for Columbus field
28 Jun 20182 min read

Serica hands in development plan for Columbus field

Serica Energy plc has announced the submission of a Field Development Plan (FDP) for the Columbus Development.

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Angola
28 Jun 20181 min read

Subsea 7 awarded contract offshore Angola

Subsea 7 has announced the award of a substantial contract by Total E&P Angola for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of the subsea flowlines and umbilicals for the Zinia Phase 2 project, 150 km offshore Angola in water depths from 800 to 1000 m.

McDermott and BHGE win SURF and subsea contract for Myanmar gas field development
28 Jun 20183 min read

McDermott and BHGE win SURF and subsea contract for Myanmar gas field development

The McDermott-led consortium took part in a FEED competition in 2017. The successful execution of the FEED followed by the EPCIC tender led to the award of this project.

GlobalData: US and Russia dominate global capex on planned pipelines to 2022
28 Jun 20182 min read

GlobalData: US and Russia dominate global capex on planned pipelines to 2022

Canada, China and Nigeria will also be significant spenders on planned pipelines by 2022, considerably expanding their pipeline network.

EnerMech get £21 million cranes contract lift
28 Jun 20181 min read

EnerMech get £21 million cranes contract lift

The integrated engineering services specialist will provide crane maintenance and crane management to three North Sea platforms on behalf of the new client.

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