Subsea

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September 22, 2020
Exxon Mobil’s UK North Sea assets have attracted suitors from state-owned companies to private equity-backed firms as the U.S. oil giant seeks to exit the aging region altogether, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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September 18, 2020
The Interior Department is proposing rules to strengthen the issuance criteria after companies have filed for Chapter 11 and escaped financial obligations to cap their non-producing wells, said Walter Cruickshank, acting director of the department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
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September 14, 2020
The OIl & Gas Authority believes that maximizing the economic recovery of the UK’s remaining oil and gas need not be in conflict with the energy transition, and that the industry has the skills, technology and capital to help unlock the solutions required to help the UK achieve net zero.
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September 09, 2020
“Unfortunately, the delay caused by COVID-19 and continued market uncertainty leaves us no choice but to undertake a full review of the project and, by extension, our future operations in Atlantic Canada," said Husky CEO Rob Peabody.
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September 04, 2020
The leading representative body for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has embraced a UK government review into future licensing rounds as an opportunity to shine a light on how the sector is changing to support the country’s climate ambitions while still ensuring it contributes to the UK’s ongoing security of energy supply.
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January 08, 2020
CGG announced that it has completed its exit from the marine seismic acquisition business, following the earlier wind-down of its land seismic acquisition activities.
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January 02, 2020
Hess rose above the carnage in shale stocks with a more traditional approach to oil exploration – partnering in a massive offshore discovery in a frontier nation.
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December 31, 2019
The first phase of development consists of four production wells producing through two 18-inch, 73-mile subsea tiebacks to a processing platform offshore northern Israel.
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December 30, 2019
CGG announced it has terminated the Seabed Geosolutions’ joint venture agreement effective December 31, 2019.
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December 17, 2019
Located at the company’s Kirkbymoorside base in North Yorkshire, UK, the pressure test tank is one of the largest in Europe and provides a well-located facility for the critical testing of subsea equipment.
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December 12, 2019
The equipment that will be deployed in the Anchor project is covered under the 20-year subsea equipment and services master order for Chevron’s development projects in the Gulf of Mexico.
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December 12, 2019
The 20,000-psi field development plan is based on eight subsea wells and two subsea drilling bases connected via two production loops to a newbuild, lightweight floating production unit.
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December 04, 2019
The workscope involved multiple campaigns comprising of preparation, removals of subsea infrastructure and final surveys, along with the management of all recovered waste for processing and safe disposal.
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December 02, 2019
Subsea technology company Rovco has launched “SubSLAM Live” a 3D streaming technology which allows clients to video and live stream 3D underwater pointclouds to any device in the world.
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November 21, 2019
DNVGL-RP-B204 “Welding of subsea production system equipment” provides agreed and harmonized operator requirements and best practice guidelines that will ensure consistency in the fabrication of subsea pressure retaining equipment such as wellheads, Xmas trees, manifolds and jumpers.
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November 20, 2019
Rovco has utilized its technology and subsea expertise to inspect all 56 turbines at the Galloper Wind Farm, which generates enough green electricity to power the equivalent of 380,000 homes.
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November 20, 2019
Offshore energy companies will be able to access a reliable supply of up to 100 megawatts of power, over distances up to 600 kilometers and down to 3,000 meters water depth.
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November 19, 2019
Enpro Subsea has recently completed another two successful subsea hydraulic intervention campaigns for two operators in West Africa.
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November 18, 2019
i-Tech 7, Subsea 7’s Life of Field business unit, has successfully completed an underwater inspection in lieu of dry-docking (UWILD) project for Borr Drilling in the North Sea.
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November 14, 2019
Full waveform inversion will be a key component in the workflow to achieve a high-resolution velocity model for depth imaging and seismic inversion for reservoir characterization.
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October 31, 2019
DNVGL-RP-F303 has been published following a joint industry project including participants from subsea operators Equinor, Petrobras, Shell and Woodside in addition to four major systems suppliers; Aker Solutions, Baker Hughes, OneSubsea, and TechnipFMC.
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