Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $100 million from BP Exploration Operating Company Limited for the Clair Ridge Project, West of Shetland. The Clair Ridge development will comprise two new, bridge-linked platforms to be located to the North-East of Clair Phase 1. The contract scope includes the project management, engineering, [...]
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Veripos, a supplier of high-precision GNSS positioning support to the offshore oil and gas industry, has secured an extension to its contract with BP under which it will continue to provide precision positioning for the energy company’s turret monitoring system aboard its FPSO in the West Shetland Basin, BP Schiehallion. With the extended contract, Veripos [...]
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The Ramform Valiant, a seismic vessel owned and operated by Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, has started acquisition of over 26,000 km² of GeoStreamer® data in five blocks in the Kwanza/Benguela Basins in Angola. The size of the survey area corresponds to an area slightly larger than Massachusetts or Wales. Following the block awards made on December [...]
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Odfjell Drilling has been awarded a significant pre-contract award with BP for the provision of a new build, semi-submersible drilling unit for use in the UK’s West of Shetland region. The contract value is approximately $1.2 billion, excluding options, and represents the largest contract in Odfjell Drilling’s 40 year history. The new unit will be [...]
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a three-year Field Support Vessel Services contract from BP p.l.c. Oceaneering will provide project management, engineering, and vessel services offshore Angola on Blocks 18 and 31, commencing February 1, 2012. The contract provides for two option periods of one year each, exercisable by BP. Two chartered vessels, [...]
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DeepOcean Group Holding AS, an integrated provider of subsea engineering and trenching services, has entered into a new long-term charter agreement with REM Ship AS for the multi-purpose offshore construction vessel Rem Forza. This new vessel represents an important step in DeepOcean Group’s strategy to strengthen their position as a leading global subsea provider. The [...]
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BP’s involvement with Angola goes back to the mid 1970s. During the 1990s, BP made very substantial investments in Angola’s offshore oil, and it is now an important part of the company’s upstream portfolio. The UK based oil giant today confirmed that it has gained access to five more deepwater exploration and production blocks offshore [...]
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BP today announced that it has reached agreement with Cameron International Corporation (“Cameron”), the designer and manufacturer of the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer, to settle all claims between the companies related to the Deepwater Horizon accident and spill. BP and Cameron have concluded that the settlement is in their mutual best interests, and the agreement [...]
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with BP for the manufacture and supply of additional subsea equipment for its ongoing deepwater projects offshore Angola. FMC’s scope of supply includes four subsea trees, control systems, wellheads, tubing hangers, well jumpers and subsea distribution systems. The equipment will be manufactured at FMC’s Kongsberg, [...]
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The board of BP p.l.c. announced today that Andrew Shilston will join the Board as a non-executive director with effect from 1st January 2012. Andrew Shilston is currently chief financial officer at Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Carl-Henric Svanberg, chairman of BP, said: “We continue to strengthen the Board with world class individuals. Andrew has deep financial [...]
