More Subsea Oil & Gas News in Canada

Production from the Jacky field J01 well in the UK Outer Moray Firth has stabilized at around 3,120 b/d of oil.

EMAS AMC has completed installation of 38 km (23.6 mi) of umbilical for Shell in the Gulf of Mexico.

Schilling Robotics and Gregg Marine have announced the successful completion of the factory acceptance testing on their Seafloor Drill.

Hibernia Management and Development Co. Ltd. has awarded Technip a contract for work on the Hibernia Southern Extension project.

Production at the Olowi Field offshore Gabon has been suspended, according to operator Canadian Natural Resources (CNR).

Aker Solutions’ Egersund yard has completed the load out of eight subsea templates for Eni Norge’s Goliat project. On Monday, March 21, the load out commenced and successfully sailed away early on Friday, March 25.

Aker Solutions’ Egersund yard has completed the load out of eight subsea templates for Eni Norge’s Goliat project. On Monday, March 21, the load out commenced and successfully sailed away early on Friday, March 25.

Hibernia Management and Development Co. has contracted FMC Technologies for subsea equipment for the Hibernia Southern Extension Project.

Technip has signed a frame agreement with Reef Subsea subsidiary Technocean AS for subsea services in the North Sea and offshore Canada over the next four years.

Claxton has completed a drilling riser rental project for Encana Corp. at Deep Panuke field offshore Nova Scotia, Canada.

Husky Oil China Ltd. and China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) have signed a heads of agreement regarding cooperation and funding to develop Liwan 3-1 deepwater gas field.

Ithaca Energy (UK) has contracted Bibby Offshore to install subsea equipment and the FPSO mooring system for the Athena development in the UK central North Sea.

Statoil Petroleum has awarded Acteon subsidiary IOS InterMoor a three-year global mooring frame agreement.

Recent advances in pipelaying equipment and vessel design can help offshore operators and contractors overcome challenges posed by uneven seabed terrain, including major sandwaves, outcrops, pockmarks, and general unevenness. As the industry moves into deeper waters, the difficulties posed by uneven seabed landscapes will become increasingly significant, and these latest advances will figure more prominently.

Drydocks World will build a new design compact semisubmersible well intervention vessel for Hallin Marine.

EnCana has awarded Expro a surface testing and subsea landing string service contract for the Deep Panuke field offshore Nova Scotia, Canada.

Hibernia Management and Development has gained approval from Canada’s Federal and Provincial governments to extract oil from the AA block offshore Newfoundland. The company plans to access the reserves by drilling two producer and two water injector wells from the gravity base structure on the Hibernia platform to the northwest. The development could generate up to 25,000 b/d of oil, extending the Hibernia facilities’ life-span from 2027 to 2036.

The North Amethyst satellite development is continuing on schedule with production expected to come on stream in late 2009/early 2010, according to Husky Energy.

On June 20, Technip, supported by Jumbo Offshore, completed the installation of four subsea structures including two Module Support Frames each weighing approximately 150 metric tons (165 tons) on the White Rose field, offshore Newfoundland.