DNV has unveiled a new deepwater pipeline concept that it says can reduce the cost of a gas pipeline while maintaining the strictest integrity regime.

STATS Group, has completed an isolation project on BG’s North Everest platform to facilitate a maintenance/replacement works program.

Turkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted all necessary and unconditional permits for construction and operation of the South Stream gas pipeline through the Turkish sector.

Elf Exploration UK has awarded Subsea 7 a $185-million SURF (subsea umbilical, riser, flowline) contract for the West Franklin Phase 2 development in the UK central graben area of the North Sea.

Serimax has completed a pipe spool fabrication project for Technip for the DONG-operated Oselvar development in the Norwegian North Sea.

Technip has signed options for a two-year extension of a frame contract to provide Statoil with pipeline repair system (PRS) services.

The Nord Stream consortium reports that Line 1 of its Baltic Sea pipeline became operational on Nov. 8, and was commemorated by political and business leaders as making a significant contribution to Europe’s long-term energy security.

A study will be initiated later this month aimed at providing guidance to Britain’s government on environmentally responsible methods for decommissioning offshore pipeline bundles.

Gerhard Roiss, CEO of Austrian oil company OMV, has suggested that the proposed Nabucco gas export pipeline from the Caspian Sea could be delayed by up to a year.