High-Risk Litter Zones Threaten North Atlantic Wildlife
groups and shallow water habitats. Vulnerability scores were devised by assessing the extent of documented ingestion, entanglement or smothering of land-based plastic.The modelling analysis identified high-risk zones (HRZs) as UK waters, the Azores, the French and US Atlantic coasts and the US Gulf of Mexico.Whilst much of the land-derived plastic litter influencing risk in UK territorial waters originated from UK rivers, in other HRZs, such as the Azores archipelago and the US Gulf of Mexico, plastic originated from other regions, with most of the plastic in the Azores estimated to have come from
LLOG Taps ABL for Marine Warranty Services at Salamanca Project in Gulf of Mexico
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract by LLOG Exploration to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services for the subsea development of the Salamanca project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The Salamanca development project envisages the build-out of the Leon and Castille oil fields in water depths ranging from 1,800 to 2,000 meters.The subsea portion of the project includes the installation of three infield subsea pipeline systems, as well as the design and fabrication of subsea structures. The pipelines will run from the wellsite to the Salamanca floating production facility.
Helix Secures Five-Year Decommissioning Contract in Gulf of Mexico
U.S.-based oil and gas services firm Helix Energy Solutions has signed a five-year agreement with oil and gas company Talos Energy for decommissioning services in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Helix Energy Solutions will provide decommissioning services for offshore wells and infrastructure, primarily on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Shelf as part of the agreement signed in February 2024.Decommissioning work under the contract is expected to start in the second quarter 2024, Talos Energy said in an update.This follows Helix Energy Solutions’ engagement in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico from 2023, when the company
TechnipFMC to Supply Subsea Systems for Shell’s Sparta Development
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC has been awarded a ‘substantial contract’ by Shell for the supply of subsea production systems for Sparta development in the Gulf of Mexico.This will be the first integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (iEPCI) project to use high-pressure subsea production systems rated up to 20,000 psi (20K), according to TechnipFMC.The work scope includes manufacturing and installation of subsea production systems, umbilicals, risers, and flowlines for Shell’s Sparta development.The tree systems will be Shell’s first to be
CRP Subsea Secures ‘Sizeable’ Supply Deal for GoM Ultra-Deepwater Oil Field
CRP Subsea, an AIS company, has been awarded a ‘sizable’ contract from a major engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) company for ultra-deepwater oilfield development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The contract entails the provision of vortex induced vibration (VIV) suppression strakes and buoyancy modules for an unnamed company.CRP Subsea will supply over 5 kilometers of Tri-Strakes Lite, to provide VIV suppression to three steel catenary risers (SCRs) and two flowline jumpers.Anti-fouling will be applied to the Tri-Strakes for use on specified sections of the risers
DeepOcean Wraps Up Trenching Job in US Gulf of Mexico
Norwegian ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed the burial of a fuel support pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf of Genesis Energy after introducing its jet trenching system to the United States market.DeepOcean’s trenching system, UT-1, was used for the burial of a portion of the High Island A5 fuel support pipeline.On the designated six-inch pipeline sections, the UT-1 met burial requirements that included a three-mile section stretching across the Sabine Pass Fairway that called for the pipeline to be lowered to 10-foot top of product.The trenching work was conducted from the
TechnipFMC Gets ‘Significant’ Contract from BP in Gulf of Mexico
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC has secured a ‘significant’ contract from BP for its Argos Southwest Extension project in the Mad Dog field.TechnipFMC will install pipe and an umbilical, tying back three new wells to the Argos platform in the Gulf of Mexico.For TechnipFMC, a significant contract is between $75 million and $250 million. This award was included in fourth quarter 2023 Subsea inbound orders.Under the contract, TechnipFMC will also manufacture and install pipeline end terminations.“We have a long-standing relationship with bp, underpinned by close collaboration.
Scana's Subseatec Nets 'Sizeable' Contract for US Gulf of Mexico Subsea Project
Scana-owned Subseatec has signed a "sizeable" contract with an unnamed international energy company to deliver steel stress joints for a subsea development in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Subseatec’s scope is a total delivery of steel stress joints in low-alloy steel, including engineering and procurement. These are stress joints for steel catenary risers made in high-strength steel for offshore deepwater development.Manufacturing is planned to start immediately, and deliveries will start in 2024. For Scana, a sizeable contract is defined as being worth between NOK 20
Norwegian Seismic Specialists TGS and PGS Set to Merge
told analysts.TGS, previously praised by analysts for its "assets light, cash rich" strategy, said the company needed to change as the multi-client market had shrunk to about one-third of what it was 10 years ago. While PGS is stronger in Europe, TGS' data library is bigger in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. The two have complementary offerings in Africa and the Middle East, they said.TGS' owners will hold two-thirds of the merged company, paying an estimated 20.7% premium to PGS' closing share price on Sept. 15, they added.PGS' shares were up 17% at 1215 GMT, while TGS'