Offshore Oil & Gas Pipeline & Transportation News

Nord Stream’s shareholders have asked the company to perform a feasibility study on ways of increasing capacity to transport gas from Russia to the EU countries via the Baltic Sea.

Lundin Petroleum says a storm offshore Tunisia in March caused damage to a flowline connected to the Oudna field.

BP has explained the decision to select the proposed Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as a southern European export route for gas from the Shah Deniz Phase 2 development in the Caspian Sea.

Lukoil Nizhnevolzhskneft has awarded a further pipelay contract for its Vladimir Filanovsky field development in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Independent Risk Management Systems B.V. (IRM Systems) has been contracted by BBL Company to produce a concept proposal that will provide an assessment of the organization’s current pipeline repair contingency plans and preparedness. 

OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has contracted Bumi Armada Caspian to install subsea oil and gas pipelines at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

Technip (Paris:TEC) has won a pipeline installation contract from Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. for the Liwan 3-1 project in the Pearl River Mouth basin of the South China Sea.

Reef Subsea subsidiary Scanmudring has won a seabed dredging contract from A/S Norske Shell for the Ormen Lange Mid-North field development.

Swagelining says it has achieved a record-length single insertion pull of 1,500 m (4,921 ft) while installing polymer liners in the UK North Sea.

The second of the parallel Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea has been completed, ahead of schedule.

BP and its partners have approved the start of front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the $25-billion Shah Deniz Stage 2 project in the Caspian Sea.

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has ordered 105 mi (169 km) of 42-inch pipe from Tata Steel for a new crude oil export pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico.

Saipem has issued Royal Boskalis Westminster a letter of award concerning support services for the Ichthys gas export pipeline project off northern Australia.

TDW Offshore Services has completed a pipeline pressure isolation operation off Qatar.

The Nord Stream gas pipeline project in the Baltic Sea is entering an intensive period of activity.

Hydratight has repaired a damaged pipe on a subsea manifold linked to Statoil’s Troll C oil and gas platform in the Norwegian North Sea.

DNO International has had to shut in production from two fields in block 8 offshore Oman.

Allseas has commissioned Huisman to design and manufacture a new offshore mast crane for the pipelay vessel Solitaire.

Cargotec will supply two 10-point MacGregor mooring systems for two offshore pipelay, heavy-lift construction vessels being built at Cosco (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd.

Thermal management of the flow assurance challenges in deepwater developments is important to ensure transportation of oil and gas from wells to host facilities economically and safely, throughout the life of field.

Gazprom plans to start gas production this year from the Kirinskoye gas/condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island, under the Sakhalin III project.

Gazprom has completed preparation of project documents for Phase 1 of its Southern Corridor gas transmission system (GTS).

The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) consortium has submitted its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to Italy’s Ministry of Environment.

Ocean Installer has a letter of intent from Xcite Energy Resources for work on the Bentley heavy oil development in the UK northern North Sea.