Total has started development of the $4.2-billion Hild field in the Norwegian North Sea, although approval has yet to be issued by the Norwegian authorities.

Statoil has contracted Bergen Group Rosenberg to fabricate subsea structures for the Åsgard subsea compression project in the Norwegian Sea.

BP has awarded Subsea 7 a $100-million pipelay contract for the Clair Ridge project, west of Shetland in the UK sector.

Statoil has awarded DeepOcean a four-year frame agreement for offshore survey services.

Shell Projects and Technology has awarded FMC Technologies a five-year framework agreement for A/S Norske Shell’s deepwater subsea production systems.

Antrim Energy and Valiant Petroleum have agreed on early installation of subsea facilities for the Fionn field development in the UK northern North Sea.

Statoil has decided to replace the control systems in some of its older subsea wells offshore Norway, starting with the Vigdis and Tordis oilfields in the North Sea.

Statoil has awarded Technip two contracts for subsea installations in the North Sea with a total value of around $70 million.

Maersk Oil North Sea UK has granted Plexus Holdings $400,000 in funding for development of a 20,000-psi (1,379-bar) high-pressure/high-temperature mudline tieback wellhead system.