Offshore Installation Services (OIS) has completed a suspended well abandonment campaign in the UK North Sea for four operators.

Atkins has completed a project supporting BP on a well rejuvenation exercise in the southern North Sea.

SBM Atlantia has contracted VWS Westgarth for sulfate reduction equipment for an FPSO on the Baleia Azul field, offshore Espirito Santo state, Brazil.

ExxonMobil Canada Properties has awarded a topsides front-end engineering and design contract for the topsides on the Hebron project to WorleyParsons Ltd.

BP has awarded Wood Group a $115-million contract for the Andrew Area development in the central UK North Sea.

Monitor Systems Scotland has introduced RPD M1000, a monitoring system to position three legs of a jackup rig accurately on the seabed.

Mott MacDonald has advised Zakum Development Co. (ZADCO) Abu Dhabi on diesel generator replacement at the Arzanah Island facility.

Castrol Offshore has introduced a new testing service to analyze onboard a drilling platform lube oil or hydraulic oil for features such as wear, metals, contaminants, oil condition, and additives.

HB Rentals has won a contract from Prosafe to supply four office modules for use in the Norwegian North Sea.

Fabricator Lamprell says the number of stacked jackup drillings rigs has remained high throughout 2010, with drilling contractors uncertain as to when the market will pick up.

Eni Norge has contracted Vicinay Cadenas for design and supply of anchor chains for the Goliat FPSO in the Barents Sea.

Talisman Energy’s Yme field platform is in transit from the construction yard in Abu Dhabi to the Norwegian North Sea, according to contractor SBM Offshore.

BP and TAQA each have awarded ASCO Group contracts that have a combined value estimated at $47 million over the next five years.

BG International (CNS) has contracted Prosafe’s Safe Caledonia accommodation rig for Gaupe and other projects in the North Sea.

Brunei Shell Petroleum (BSP) has awarded the Wood Group joint venture SKSWood a two-year extension to an integrated service contract.

HB Rentals has provided two MWD support cabins to Halliburton’s directional drilling facilities operating onboard the Trident 9 for Pearl Energy Indonesia.

VME Process has won a contract from BW Offshore to provide eight process modules for the FPSO to serve Kangean Energy’s Terang Sirasun Batur fields.

ABB will supply $20-million in power systems, drilling drive, and propulsion systems for a new deepwater rig to be built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, South Korea.

The Xodus Group has won a front-end engineering and design study from GDF Suez E&P UK for Juliet field in the southern North Sea.

Production from the Siri area fields in the Danish North Sea has fallen below expectations according to partner Noreco.

Stratos Global is deployment its new broadband service in the Gulf of Mexico.

Halliburton’s Landmark Software and Services has released DecisionSpace Desktop software to manage upstream technology workflows.

IDC Energy Insights is predicting that one impact of the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico will be to increase IT spending.