ABL Gets Neptun Deep Job for OMV Petrom in Black Sea
the said platform to the shore.The Neptun Deep project is the largest natural gas project in the Romanian Black Sea. Production is expected to start in 2027, contributing to the region’s energy security.The shallow water platform will be fabricated at yards in Italy and Indonesia. ABL’s project management will be centralized in London, whilst much of the operational and on-site attendances will be delivered by ABL’s local Black Sea operations.ABL’s wider global team will also support the project’s global supply chain, including its Indonesian operations based in Jakarta and
TechnipFMC Picks Up ‘Large’ Subsea Contract for ExxonMobil’s Whiptail Off Guyana
Oilfield services company TechnipFMC has secured a ‘large contract’ from ExxonMobil to supply subsea production systems for the Whiptail development in Guyana’s Stabroek block.TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver 48 subsea trees and associated tooling, as well as 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment.For TechnipFMC, a ‘large contract’ is valued between $500 million and $1 billion.“ExxonMobil Guyana will utilize our Subsea 2.0 systems and manifolds, which help provide schedule certainty. We have
Subsea7 Secures Work with Talos Energy in Gulf of Mexico
at Sunspear to the Prince platform, 12 kilometers to the north.Subsea7 will install the flowline and related subsea equipment at 500 meter water depths.Though not specifically stated by Subsea7, the contract is valued between $50 million and $150 million.Subsea7’s Houston office will oversee project management and installation engineering, with offshore work scheduled to begin later in 2024. “This award further strengthens our strategic partnership with Talos Energy, enabling early-stage collaboration for faster, more predictable project delivery,” Craig Broussard, Vice President
Vestdavit Hits New Sales Record as Orders Increase 76% From Last Year
are deployed via a track system, which has previously been delivered for two Nexans newbuild cable-layers at Norway’s Ulstein Verft yard.Meeting Demand with Larger TeamWith the significant uptick in orders, Vestdavit has embarked on a corporate expansion with recruitment of additional sales, project management and technical personnel that has resulted in a 25% increase in staff at its Bergen head office after Isaksen was brought onboard last summer. The company is also expanding the capacity of its production facility in Poland to cope with increased davit demand.Sales so far this year have already
Feritech Global Designs Next-Gen Auto-Drop Piston Corer for Oceaneering
of up to 2 tons.“We are delighted with the outcome of this pioneering development project. This innovative new system will help increase the safety and efficiency of our subsea survey operations and help us continue to build our geoscience market position,” added Brandon Wacasey, Project Management Lead for Survey and Geotechnical Operations at Oceaneering.Oceaneering said it plans to deploy the new auto-drop piston corer in the international market
Helix Secures Deepwater Well Intervention Contract in West Africa
Nigeria - are located approximately 97 kilometers offshore of Nigeria in water depths ranging from 700 to 1,500 meters.Under the contract, Helix will provide the Q4000, a DP3 riser-based semi-submersible well intervention vessel, a 10k Intervention Riser System (IRS), remotely operated vehicles, project management, and engineering services to cover fully integrated well intervention services from production enhancement to plug and abandonment.“We are pleased to announce this contract for the Q4000. We are eager to strengthen our relationship with Esso and to further establish our presence as the
DOF Secures $13M Offshore Wind Export Cable Repair Job
a contract by an international energy operator to repair an export cable for an offshore wind farm in Southern North Sea.The project includes the retrieval of the damaged cable and termination, installation, trenching and commissioning of the replacement cable.DOF’s contract scope includes project management, engineering, procurement and logics of cable and all associated equipment as well as the complete offshore works.Preparations have already commenced from DOF’s expert cable team across Aberdeen, Scotland and Bergen, Norway.Offshore execution is planned from March and onwards. The vessel
Jumbo Offshore Appoints Middle East Partner as it Eyes Regional Expansion
in the Middle East region.Sea Horizon Offshore, with its broad network of local partners, will represent Jumbo Offshore to potential clients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, and Saudi Arabia.Its scope will also include commercial representation, supporting operations and providing project management on behalf of Jumbo Offshore during project execution in the region.The MoU paves the way for Jumbo Offshore to provide increased support to the considerable offshore expansion planned in the area over the coming years, according to the companies.“Through this MoU, we will provide the
Seaway7 and Dong Fang Partner Up for Taiwan’s Offshore Wind
for the Taiwanese offshore wind projects to the companies’ clients.Seaway 7, part of Subsea 7 Group, has been operating in Taiwan since 2017, and today employs more than 100 people between their office in Taipei and their marine operations base in Taichung.They will provide comprehensive project management, engineering and installation knowledge with an extensive global track record totaling more than 2,500km of subsea cables for offshore wind.In Taiwan, Seaway7 is currently involved in four cable installation projects connecting more than 2.5GW to the Taiwan Electricity Grid.Dong Fang Offshore
February 2024
