Tag: offshore

DNV updates standard for wind turbine structures

DNV’s recognized standard for design of offshore wind turbine structures has undergone a revision process along with the wind energy industry. The updated standard which is now available, aims to reduce cost and increase safety.

Deepwater oil and gas stage a come-back

James Chater looks at developments in the Gulf of Mexico a year after the Deepwater Horizon accident.

USA: sub-sea pipeline

GDF SUEZ Group has announced that it had completed pipeline construction for its offshore LNG project, Neptune.

Angola: offshore installation contract

Acergy SA has announced the award of a contract valued at USD 670 million for the engineering, procurement, fabrication and installation of an export line, rigid in-field pipelines, riser, manifolds and control umbilicals offshore Angola in water depths from 20 to 1200m.

Offshore Van Gogh project award

Cameron has been awarded a contract to provide equipment for Apache Energy Ltd.'s Van Gogh project offshore Western Australia.

Production starts off Angola coast

Oil production has started from the deep-water Rosa field in Block 17 off the coast of Angola.

Pumps for Dutch oil platform

KSB Aktiengesellschaft Frankenthal (Germany) is supplying 23 pumps for a drilling platform in the De Ruyter oilfield.

UK North Sea: Stolt Offshore wins contract

Stolt Offshore has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips (UK) Limited for the Britannia Satellites Phase 1 Development Project in the Central North Sea.

Ireland: sea well contract

The Peak Group has secured a contract with Burlington Resources Irish Sea Ltd for the planning and management of three gas wells in the East Irish Sea.

Caspian: gas injection

Agip KCO has awarded GE Energy a contract to supply an ultra high-pressure, sour gas injection system for the Kashagan oilfield in the North Caspian Sea.