A sonar monitoring system will help a major US oil company to reinforce its deepwater offshore asset integrity assurance in the US Gulf of Mexico.The system, a wide-area Sentry Integrity Monitoring Sonar (IMS) developed and delivered by subsea engineering specialist Sonardyne International…
The provider of oilfield services to the international oil and gas industry Petrofac said that its Engineering and Production Services (EPS) business has added to its growing Well Engineering portfolio with the award of a contract from independent Exploration and Production company…
A recent grant award from the Oil & Gas Innovation Center (OGIC) in the U.K. aims to spur the development of automated data analysis technology for on- and offshore oilfields.Chemical monitoring and management solutions specialist LUX Assure…
Cobalt International Energy reported today (14 December) it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. But the company says it plans to conduct business as usual, with enough cash…
Lux Assure has re-developed its CoMic technology to create an operator-deployable corrosion inhibitor micelle detection tool. The development of CoMic was inspired by technologies being used in the life sciences and was first deployed in 2012…
The Honghua Group Limited has awarded a $12 million front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to Wood for its liquefied natural gas (LNG) platform development in the West Delta area of the Gulf of Mexico. The main objective of the…
Weatherford International has been awarded a contract for plug and abandonment (P&A) services by Repsol Norge. The work will start this month and is estimated to be completed over three years. The contract scope encompasses multiple services…
Wood Group secured a new, five-year contract with Inpex Operations Australia (Inpex Australia) to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. Image from Inpex…
Global Tubing, a provider of coiled tubing products and services, has developed a new coiled tubing product, DURACOIL. DURACOIL has been designed to improve tubing fatigue life, predictability and resistance to abrasion, which minimizes downtime due to pipe failures…
LOC Group, an international marine and engineering consultancy, is partnering with WavEC Offshore Renewables, a private, non-profit offshore marine energy research and consultancy association. As part of the agreement, LOC will provide its…
Following the award of an order from Shanghai Salvage for a 6000m Quasar Work Class ROV (remotely operated vehicle), SMD engineers have successfully completed work on the associated Curvetech subsea components to assure maximum working depth up to 6000m…
The UK Accreditation Service has awarded NEL’s Elevated Pressure and Temperature (EPAT) test facility ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation [calibration laboratory No 0009]. This makes it the first and only high-pressure, high-temperature facility…
The National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) has sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) seeking information related to the agency’s recently revised estimates for…
Petrofac’s differentiated approach to decommissioning, in support of Tullow Oil’s well plugging and abandonment campaign in the Southern North Sea (SNS), has delivered significant results and saved US$2.5 million compared to traditional approaches…
Add Energy, an international oil and gas upstream consultancy, has agreed a new global maintenance build data centralisation contract with BP. The contract, valued at approximately £15M, is expected to secure jobs for at least 30 people over the next three years…
