Structures and Maintenance

Environmental decommissioning: Complete vs. partial removal

Feb 19, 2015

As the complete removal of an asset may cause more long term ecological damage, operators are trying to understand the trade-offs associated with various alternatives for...

DOF Subsea wins seven-year Asia Pacific gig with mystery operator

Jan 6, 2015

DOF Subsea, a subsidiary of DOF ASA, has been awarded a Letter of Award with a major international oil company in the Asia Pacific region.

Helix, OneSubsea and Schlumberger execute subsea well intervention alliance agreement

Jan 6, 2015

Helix Energy Solutions Group, OneSubsea and Schlumberger have inked definitive agreements for their alliance aimed at ramping up well services.

McDermott awarded Bay of Campeche Ayatsil-A Installation contract for PEMEX

Jan 6, 2015

McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a contract to install the offshore jacket, deck and piles for the Ayatsil-A drilling platform for Mexico’s PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion...

Norway’s PSA rejects BP’s application to extend life of Valhall platform

Dec 21, 2014

Decommissioning of a quarters platform in the North Sea could be brought forward now that BP’s application to extend its life has been rejected.

New guide for integrity management amid ageing assets and rising costs

Dec 18, 2014

DNV GL has published a new Recommended Practice (RP) on setting up an integrity management system (IMS).

Transfield gets more asset management work on massive North West Shelf

Dec 9, 2014

Transfield Services has signed a master services agreement with Australian operator Woodside to service offshore facilities at the massive North West Shelf Project.

Two injured men are suing Fieldwood after blast on Echo platform

Dec 5, 2014

Two men injured by an explosion on Fieldwood Energy’s Echo platform in the Gulf of Mexico are suing Fieldwood and another company, alleging that their injuries resulted from negligence...

Oceaneering charters “Island Pride” for deepwater GOM work

Nov 26, 2014

Oceaneering International, Inc. has entered into a two-year charter for use of the “Island Pride”, a multi-service subsea support vessel owned by Island Offshore Shipping International...

GoM platform death update: worker killed while cleaning ‘heater treater’

Nov 22, 2014

The explosion that killed a worker on Fieldwood Energy’s West Delta 105 “E” platform on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) happened while maintenance contractors were cleaning a ‘...

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