Oil Facilities News

Exxon Declares Force Majeure on Qua Iboe

Niger Delta Avengers that the militant group had blown up the Qua Iboe 48" crude oil export pipeline operated by the company. Spokesman Todd Spitler said on Friday there was no connection between the force majeure and militant attacks. The Avengers, a group that has carried out attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta energy hub in the last few months, has said in statements on its website that Exxon lied when it denied that an attack had taken place. In a statement posted on its website late on Friday, it warned the company not to carry out any repairs. "If ExxonMobil

Oil Extends Gains, Saudi Minister sees Market Balance

for a fourth week in five, according to a closely followed report Friday, in the best month of producers returning to the well pad since August that signalled a near-two year rout in drilling may have ended. The Niger Delta Avengers, a militant group that has been carrying out attacks on Nigerian oil facilities in the past few months, claimed responsibility on Sunday for five new attacks in the southern energy hub since Friday. Attacks in the Niger Delta have pushed Nigerian crude production to 30-year lows, although the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said last week that output was

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Saipem Awards BMT Riser Monitoring Contract

Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly. This allows for continuous monitoring and data collection, preserving the absolute bending and tension measurement while a single sensor is removed and replaced.   BMT provides Integrated Marine Monitoring Systems (IMMS) for a wide range of floating offshore oil facilities including the associated subsea risers and mooring systems. 

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Saipem Awards BMT Pre-Salt Riser Monitoring Contract

Subsea Strain Sensor Assembly. This allows for continuous monitoring and data collection, preserving the absolute bending and tension measurement while a single sensor is removed and replaced. BMT provides innovative Integrated Marine Monitoring Systems (IMMS) for a wide range of floating offshore oil facilities including the associated subsea risers and mooring systems. It delivers custom-engineered products from design through procurement, assembly, installation and operational support service. In addition, BMT deploys temporary monitoring systems for performance assessment, acceptance trials and forensic

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Shell Awards Maintenance Contract to BMT

archiving, management, analysis and reporting.  BMT brings valuable experience to this project, having regularly provided service and maintenance to over 75 platforms around the world.     BMT provides innovative integrity monitoring systems for a wide range of floating offshore oil facilities including the associated subsea risers and mooring systems. It delivers custom-engineered products from design through procurement, assembly, installation and operational support service. In addition, BMT deploys temporary monitoring systems for performance assessment, acceptance trials and forensic

A CCG Partner (left)  and Chris Choich, (right) of WESMAR near one of the WESMAR installations.

WESMAR Announces Waterside Security Installations

held assets.   The systems are for surveillance and waterside security and while they join other WESMAR systems in the region, they are the first of many to be installed jointly with WESMAR’s GCC partnership companies.   The WESMAR system is used to protect vessels, harbors, oil facilities, land-based and other valued assets by providing long range detection in shallow-harbor water, where omni sonar has difficulty seeing close in. The WESMAR WEB’s advanced sonar technology detects swimmers, underwater terrorists, and submersible intrusion vehicles using active sonar, arrayed

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