More Subsea Oil & Gas News in North Sea & Europe

Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM;NYSE:TLM) has contracted Reef Subsea to provide two maintenance support vessels for its brownfield modification programs on various UK North Sea fields.

Dana Petroleum has delivered first gas from the Van Nes field subsea development in the Dutch North Sea.

ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Ltd. has contracted GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) to supply subsea production equipment and ancillary systems for the Cheviot field development in the UK North Sea.

Nexen Petroleum (NYSE: NXY) says production efficiency has improved at its Buzzard complex in the UK central North Sea.

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

EPC Offshore has contracted Penspen for detailed design services to support Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) development in the UK central North Sea.

Subsea 7 (Oslo Børs:SUBC) has contracted Aker Subsea (Oslo Børs:AKSO) to design and fabricate a control umbilical for Statoil’s Svalin C project in the Norwegian North Sea.

Kongsberg Evotec will supply its new ROV Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) to a new Forland Shipping subsea vessel under construction at Havyard Leirvik, Norway.

EMAS AMC has completed the first of several planned riser replacements for Statoil offshore Norway.

DONG E&P Norge’s Oselvar field has produced first oil and gas, according to partner Norwegian Energy Co. (Noreco).

Statoil has awarded Framo Engineering a contract to design and construct the Gullfaks subsea gas compression facility.

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.

Subsea 7 (Oslo Børs:SUBC)  has contracted Wilton Engineering Services to construct subsea caisson support clamps.

First gas has flowed from the Marulk field subsea development in the Norwegian Sea.

Norske Shell has awarded Ocean Installer a letter of intent for an EPCI contract in the Norwegian Sea, valued at $138-155 million.

Aker Solutions has successfully completed the manufacturing and subsequent load-out of eight subsea manifolds and six riser bases for Eni Norge’s Goliat project in the Barents Sea.

ATP Oil & Gas/Bluewater have awarded Subsea 7 a $175-million SURF contract for the Cheviot field development in the northern UK North Sea.

Bluewater Industries has contracted Duco to provide umbilicals for the Cheviot field development in the UK North Sea.

Coastline Surveys has completed a pre-decommissioning environmental survey for Energy Resource Technology (UK), a division of HELIX.

Roc Oil (GB) expects production from the North Sea Enoch oil and gas field to be suspended for the remainder of 2012.

Norway’s parliament (Storting) has approved the Åsgard subsea gas compression project in the Norwegian Sea.

Norske Shell has contracted Aker Subsea to supply subsea connection systems for expansion of the Draugen field development in the Norwegian Sea.

Technip (PARIS:TEC) has won its largest UK offshore contract to date, valued at around $792 million, for work at BP’s Quad 204 project west of Shetland.

Xcite Energy has commissioned FES International to supply a swivel system for use on the heavy oil Bentley field in the UK northern North Sea.