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Noble Viking drillship will be used for three-well drilling campaign at Malampaya field (Credit: Noble Corporation)

OneSubsea to Supply Subsea Wellheads for Prime Energy’s Malampaya Field

Prime Energy has awarded of a contract to OneSubsea, a Schlumberger company, for the supply of wellheads, christmas trees (control equipment), and subsea production system for phase 4 drilling at Malampaya field, offshore Philippines.The equipment, to be supplied by the end of 2024, will be used for Malampaya Phase 4 to drill and tie-in two new deepwater wells in the Camago and Malampaya East fields to the Malampaya Shallow Water Platform.Drilling is planned for 2025 with the aim to deliver new gas by 2026, according to Prime Energy.Earlier in March, the company awarded a contract to Noble Corporation

Kraken KATFISH on MSF drone vessels (Credit: Kraken Robotics)

Kraken Robotics Delivers Minehunting Systems to Royal Danish Navy

with the Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO), Kraken has delivered four complete turnkey minehunting systems.Each system consists of a KATFISH towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar, Tentacle Winch and Autonomous Launch and Recovery System (ALARS), topside command and control equipment, and remote operation and monitoring capability for standoff minehunting operations.Starting in 2022, the KATFISH minehunting systems were integrated onboard the Royal Danish Navy’s optionally uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), the MSF-class.Kraken worked closely with MCM Denmark operators

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Scana’s PSW Technology Divests Well Control Equipment

PSW Technology has signed a contract to divest well control equipment to an international oil and gas company.The transaction is expected to be conducted through a cash settlement and is of substantial value, with the sales amount at the higher end of the value range. The substantial contract for Sana ranges between $4.8 million and $14.5 million (NOK 50-150 million).The delivery of the equipment is expected to take place in the first quarter of 2024, and the profit will be recognized upon delivery of the equipment, the company said.“With this contract, PSW Technology do not only generate free

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NOV to Supply Cable-lay Equipment for Nexans' New Vessel

into a contract in September for the construction of a large DP3 cable-laying vessel, which will be an updated version of the Nexans Aurora vessel, delivered in 2021. The vessel is an ST-297 CLV design by Norway-based Skipsteknisk.Remacut's integrated cable-lay systems feature automated line control equipment capable of performing synchronized bundled-lay operations. Building on the success of its predecessor, the Nexans Aurora, the newly constructed vessel will incorporate a 3,500t underdeck carousel to complement the 10,000t concentric carousel on deck. Tensioners and a capstan, forming the dual

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PSW Technology Secures 3-Year Deal with Norwegian Oil Firm for Capping Stack Services

years with a 2+2-year option. The value of the frame agreement is defined as a sizable contract if both options are exercised.For Scana, a sizable contract is defined to be between NOK 20 million and NOK 50 million.The company will be responsible for the provision of capping stack and related well control equipment, and emergency response services. The contract period will start in the fourth quarter of 2023.“We are very pleased to be given trust which will further strengthen the contribution to the safety within the oil and energy industry both national andinternational. With PSW Technology&rsquo

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Plexus Completes Work on North Sea P&A Campaign for Oceaneering

Oil and gas engineering services firm Plexus Holdings said Friday it had completed its work for the Plug and Abandonment ('P&A') equipment and services campaign for subsea services firm Oceaneering in the North Sea.The P&A order from Oceaneering included tieback and subsea well control equipment together with hydraulic controls and services in a configuration designed for vessel-based deployment and work. Plexus said it had provided its proprietary multi-release ('MR') connector, together with an annular blowout preventer ('BOP') and hydraulic control system in

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PSW Technology Nets 'Sizable' Deepwater BOP Stack Services Contract

of recovery, and PSW Technology is prepared and positioned to handle an increased activity level. We are grateful for the trust large international companies show us by giving us this type of contracts.""PSW Technology is a leading provider of services and maintenance of BOP and well control equipment in the North Sea. I believe we are chosen for the experience and expertise we have in-house,“ says Oddbjørn Haukøy, CEO of Scana

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Emergency Response Plans: Strohm's TCP Flowlines for Woodside's Scarborough Offshore Gas Field

Woodside Energy Ltd.’s familiarity with TCP for future consideration as it continues to evolve to higher specification materials and applications.”Woodside Energy Well Delivery Manager Aaron McPhee said: “TCP Flowlines are another component in our suite of source control equipment for the Scarborough project. The technology allows us to implement a timely response as part of our source control plans.”Woodside, BHP Sanction $12B Scarborough LNG Projec

Expro Completes P&A Work for Petronas in Mauritania

blow-out preventer from the auxiliary well and primary well center through the rig’s dual derrick capabilities," Expro said.Under the contract,  valued at more than $20 million, Expro provided services including the subsea well access system, surface flowhead, umbilicals, topsides control equipment and installation, and an intervention workover control system (IWOCS) package for controlling both the OWIRS and Xmas tree systems. Time for an Intervention?Graham Cheyne, Expro’s Vice President of Well Access and Subsea, commented:"The OWIRS system is a highly reliable compact

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