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.

Rowan Drilling Co. expects to send the second of four jackup drilling rigs to come from Keppel AmFELS to BP Trinidad and Tobago.

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.

Crossmar Inc. has completed 13 thruster replacements on semisubmersible rigs for various clients.

Talisman Energy has contracted Fabricom Offshore Services for front-end engineering design for the Claymore Compression Upgrade (CCU) project in the UK North Sea.

Jet Edge and Chukar Waterjet have provided ultra-high pressure waterjet equipment and application expertise to remove hydrate ice crystals that formed and clogged a containment cap at BP’s Gulf of Mexico spill site.

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

Aker Solutions has established a 50-50 venture with Kazakh company KGNT Holding to service oil and gas field activity in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian 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.

InterMoor has developed the Inter-M Swivel, a multi-purpose mooring swivel that connects directly into studless or common stud-link chains, enabling 360° rotational freedom while under tension.

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.

Hughes Network Systems and Environmental & Safety Systems International will provide the Hughes Maritime Broadband service to Triton Diving Services’ vessel fleet.

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.