Saipem has been awarded offshore construction and installation contracts off China and Brazil valued at more than $1 billion.

Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co. is working on projects with a combined value of $9 billion.

Technip will expand its flexible pipe manufacturing capacity in Brazil to add volume and high-end products.

Technip has inaugurated its newest flexible pipe manufacturing plant. In Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia, the facility is built to support the growing subsea oil and gas sectors in the Asia/Pacific and Middle East regions.

Eni says the successful results of the Perla 3 well, located in the Cardón IV Block, in the shallow water of the Gulf of Venezuelaconfirms Perla as a world-class supergiant gas discovery.

Petrobras has awarded a $110-million, two-year contract to Subsea 7 Inc. for the exclusive use of Subsea 7’s pipelay vessel Lochnagar.

Hughes Pumps has delivered eight pumping systems to Subsea 7 and Technip for use on pipelay support vessels installing deepwater flexible flowlines off Brazil.

Saipem has won new offshore contracts in various locations worth over €1 billion ($1.267 billion) in total.

Acergy/Halliburton adopted a novel approach for pre-commissioning of the 42.6-km (26.5-mi) Frade flexible pipeline offshore Brazil, according to a presentation at DOT International by Sean Barr, Victor Birch and Jean-Francois Saint-Marcoux of Acergy.