Tag: oil and gas

Stainless connectors speed offshore hook-up

Stainless-steel connectors from Hawke International are being used by BP to facilitate the offshore hook-up of the BP Clair deck to drilling and accommodation modules.

Russia: Sakhalin investment approved

India’s Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved ONGC Videsh Ltd’s additional investment of USD 1.07 billion in the Sakhlain-I oil and gas field in Russia.

Spain and UK: Kenny contracts

J P Kenny, part of the Wood Group, has recently been awarded a GBP 1 million design engineering contract for Talisman’s new Tweedsmuir field in the UKCS.

Azerbaijan: McDermott wins awards

J. Ray McDermott SA has announced that its McDermott Caspian Contractors Inc. subsidiary has been awarded three new projects from the Azerbaijan International Operating Company.

AMEC and Clough win Indonesia contract

AMEC has teamed up with Clough (Australia) to win a multi-million dollar contract from ConocoPhillips to provide operations and maintenance services for the Bayu-Undan development, SE Asia.

Extra-heavy SS cable ties

Panduit has announced the launch of what it claims are its strongest ever, labour-saving stainless steel ball-locking cable ties.

UK North Sea: Wood reappointed

Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd, part of John Wood Group PLC, has been reappointed as one of BP’s two main engineering, modifications and maintenance (EMM) providers to its assets in the North Sea arena.

Norway: another Ormen Lange contract

Hydro intends to give Aker Kvaerner the main installation contract for the new Ormen Lange onshore plant on the NW coast of Norway.

AMEC wins North Sea contract

AMEC has been awarded a GBS 10 million contract by Petro-Canada Netherlands for engineering, design and procurement services for the De Ruyter development in the Dutch sector of the Southern North Sea.

New Hastelloy corrosion loop at IFE

Norway's Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) has opened a new corrosion test loop built entirely in the nickel alloy Hastelloy C-276.