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Claxton Engineering wins Deep Panuke contract

EnCana Corp. has awarded Claxton Engineering a $1.9 million contract for work on the Deep Panuke field offshore Nova Scotia.

White Rose to get Cameron subsea systems

Cameron has won a $235-million contract to engineer, construct, and provide installation support for subsea systems at the North Amethyst tieback part of the White Rose oil field off Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Thirst and starvation for oil

Our world is starved for energy, and there is no easy solution. Despite all efforts to develop alternative sources, the relative mix of fossil fuels to all other energy solutions remains unchanged at about 75%.

Technip wins North Amethyst EPIC contract

Husky Oil Operations has awarded a $299-million contract to Technip for engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning (EPIC) on the White Rose oil field's North Amethyst Satellite.

Husky gets North Amethyst development approval

Husky Energy has received approval from the federal and provincial governments and regulators for development of North Amethyst near the White Rose oil field.

OceanWorks to deliver Acoustic Corer

OceanWorks has been awarded a contract by Newfoundland-based PanGeo Subsea Inc., acoustic technology development company, to design and build their first Acoustic Corer.

Submarine fiber-optic and DC power solution for ultra-long tieback

The submarine telecommunications industry has deployed the core of the global fiber grid by setting up full duplex telecommunications solutions between continents.

Intec Engineering lands Deep Panuke contract

Intec Engineering and alliance partner IMV Projects Atlantic landed a contract for subsea and pipeline design for EnCana's Deep Panuke development off Nova Scotia. Front-end engineering and design work will support project sanction, which is expected before the end of the year. The FEED work will also lead to bid packages for the subsea and pipeline contracts.

Hibernia Management and Development Company seeks EPC contractors for subsea work

The Hibernia Management and Development Company is evaluating potential subsea production systems for its water injection project offshore Newfoundland and is seeking qualified EPC companies interested in providing their services. A decision on whether to proceed with the development is expected in 1Q 2006.

Subsea/Surface Systems

Exxon Mobil Corp. has developed a new technology that it says significantly reduces the cost and time of downhole logging, acidizing, and other interventions in deepwater oil and gas wells.

Schlumberger announces new mobile PVT lab

Schlumberger Oilfield Services says its PVT Express wellsite fluid analysis service can deliver reliable fluid property results in as few as eight hours turn-around, processing time.

Trends, technologies, pivotal events impact the industry

The appetite for EPC contracting, certainly where this is equated with lump sum turn-key pricing models, seems to be lost in the face of bad experiences by the contractors. In recent months, several major offshore construction and E&C firms have made it clear that "they are not going to do it anymore."

Subsea system for White Rose

Sept. 4--Husky Energy Inc. has awarded Technip CSO Canada Ltd a $250-million subsea production system contract for the White Rose oil field project, 350 km off Newfoundland and Labrador.

AUV ENGINEERING: ROVs giving way to AUVs for some deepwater work

Programmers, not surface operators

Subsea/Surface Systems

With the recent break up of Spars International J. Ray McDermott has announced the formation of a new spars division SparTEC.

Global subsea well production will double by year 2002

The success of large-bore subsea wellheads, such as this Mensa unit being readied for US Gulf of Mexico deployment, are why subsea oil and gas production will double within five years. Future subsea completions [14,865 bytes] Water depth range of subsea wells [32,317 bytes]
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