Technology and Innovation - Page 2

Total UK to Receive North Sea Cranes from EnerMech
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Total E&P UK will receive a range of crane services from EnerMech, under a £10m ($16.2m) contract. The contract will include the Elgin, Franklin, Alwyn and Dunbar platforms in the North Sea...

Rolls-Royce Marine Receives Drill System from Aker Unit
Monday, March 21, 2011 Rolls-Royce Marine has received a drilling fluid and well control system from Aker Solutions unit STEP Offshore for use on the Yme field in the North Sea. STEP Offshore delivered an...

Statoil Hires Songa Rig for Norwegian Continental Shelf
Monday, March 21, 2011 Statoil has awarded a contract to Songa Offshore for Songa Delta, a semi-submersible rig for use on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Under the $400m contract, the rig will...

Technip Receives Umbilicals Order from MWCC
Friday, March 18, 2011 Technip is to design and fabricate the umbilical, riser and flowline components of Marine Well Containment Company's expanded well containment response system for the US Gulf of Mexico. ...

Apache Completes Carnarvon Basin 3D Seismic Programme
Friday, March 18, 2011 Apache Northwest has completed the acquisition of the 3D seismic programme covering the WA-399-P exploration permit within the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. WA-399-P lies...

Hyperdynamics Receives Deepwater Evaluation for Guinea Concession
Thursday, March 17, 2011 Hyperdynamics has received the results of a new resource evaluation conducted by Netherland, Sewell & Associates (NSAI) for the deepwater portion of its oil and gas concession offshore Guinea....

Grenland to Deliver Subsea Structures to FMC
Thursday, March 17, 2011 Grenland Group is to provide subsea structures to support FMC Technologies' awards for Statoil projects in the North Sea, under three letters of intent (LoI) worth Nkr220m ($39.2m). Under...

Vantage to Oversee Construction of Aker Ultra Deepwater Drillships
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Vantage Drilling is to provide design, construction and commissioning services to Aker Drilling for two ultra deepwater drillships. The vessels are being built by Aker at the Daewoo...

Noble Wins Rig Contracts for Pemex Operations
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 Noble Corporation has secured contracts with Mexican petroleum company Pemex for the deployment of six jack-up rigs. The Noble Bill Jennings rig will work for 286 days and Noble Leonard...

Technip Wins $28m Subsea Contract for EOG's Conwy Field
Monday, March 14, 2011 Technip has won an installation contract worth over €20m ($27.7m) from EOG Resources for the development of the Conwy field in the East Irish Sea. Under the contract Technip will weld...

AGR to Provide Well Abandonment Services to PTTEP Australasia
Friday, March 11, 2011 AGR Field Operations' subsea division is to provide support services for the well abandonment of subsea facilities for PTTEP Australasia's Challis and Jabiru fields in the Timor Sea, Australia. ...

Keppel to Build Jack-Up Rig for Mexican Firm
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 Keppel AmFELS, a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, is to build a repeat jack-up rig worth $195m for Mexico's Perforadora Central. The high specification rig unit will be based on...

Saudi Aramco Awards GES Contract
Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Saudi Aramco has given a general engineering services contract to the Al Hejailan Engineering bidding group, led by Mustang Engineering. The contract builds a long-term framework for the...

FMC Technologies Signs Agreement with BP
Friday, March 04, 2011 FMC Technologies is to provide subsea production systems and life-of-field services for BP's worldwide subsea development projects, under a global frame agreement with BP. The agreement will...

Norway Receives $11bn Offshore Field Development Plans
Tuesday, March 01, 2011 The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has received plans for development and operation (PDO) on the Ekofisk and Eldfisk fields off Norway that expect Nkr65bn ($11.5bn) of...

Technip to Support Statoil's Gygrid Project
Friday, February 25, 2011 Technip will provide support services to Statoil for the Gygrid field development in the Norwegian Sea for €90m ($124m). The field is located off the coast of Norway, at a water depth...

Subsea 7 Signs EPC Contract for Chevron's Tahiti Phase II
Friday, February 25, 2011 Subsea 7 has signed an engineering and installation contract with Chevron for the Tahiti Phase II development in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, Subsea will install one 7.5in x...

Aker Orders DSME Ultra-Deepwater Drillships
Thursday, February 24, 2011 Aker Drilling has confirmed an order for two ultra-deepwater drillships from DSME for $600m. The EPC contract includes project management, loose drilling equipment, spares and...

Seadrill to Supply Tender Rig to Chevron
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 Seadrill has signed a contract with Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production offshore Thailand for the tender rig T12. The three-year contract is worth $132m and includes a two-year...

Marine Well Containment Unveils Spill Response System
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 The Marine Well Containment Company has unveiled a new well containment system to offer rapid containment response capabilities should an underwater oil spill occur in the Gulf of Mexico. ...