Tullow Ghana has contracted Technip for subsea installations related to the Jubilee Phase 1A development offshore Ghana.

Tullow Ghana Ltd. has signed a frame agreement with Aker Solutions for well intervention at Jubilee and Tanto deepwater fields offshore Ghana.

A new high-pressure drill pipe riser for intervention system (DPRIS) was deployed recently on the Cameron/Total Usan project offshore West Africa, and appears to be a cost-efficient solution for subsea operations, workover applications, and well intervention.

BP has awarded Oceaneering International a three-year field support vessel services contract offshore Angola.

Anadarko has contracted Metocean Services International (MSI) for a two-year multiple location metocean measurement project offshore Mozambique.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and FMC Technologies Inc. have signed a global alliance agreement covering subsea systems and life-of-field services.

The Pazflor field offshore Angola boasts a number of firsts. Foremost among them is that it is the first-ever project anywhere to deploy a development plan based on gas/liquid separation at the mudline spanning several reservoirs.

Mermaid Maritime subsidiary Subtech has won a contract to provide subsea and diving services for an unnamed major offshore Congo.

MSI has installed a current mooring system and a metocean buoy in block 16 offshore Angola for Maersk Oil.