FoundOcean has completed the installation and grouting for a clamp repair to an 18” pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. Saipem America awarded FoundOcean the contract to repair the damage caused by a vessel’s anchor being dragged along the seabed over the pipeline in bad weather, at a water depth of 750 meters. The seabed [...]
Royal Dutch Shell has decided to tow two of its troubled drilling vessels from Alaska to Asia for repairs. The oil giant said it would move the Kulluk conical drilling unit and the Noble Discoverer drillship to an Asian shipyard. The Kulluk, which went aground off Alaska in December after breaking free from tugboats leading [...]
China’s semi-submersible offshore drilling rig, HYSY 981, is undergoing repairs, after oil leaks have been discovered in the rig’s pump room, Reuters reports. The rig, owned by CNOOC, is the first and only deepwater drilling rig designed and built in China. The news agency quoted CNOOC which said that the company was working to fix [...]
Damen Shiprepair Den Helder (The Netherlands) was awarded a contract for modification activities on the ‘Polarcus Adira’ operated by Dubai-based Polarcus, a company owning one of the biggest fleets of seismic vessels. The vessel arrived on berth Den Helder November 2nd for a port call of 4 days. Repairs executed were, amongst others: works in [...]
Fairfield Energy confirms that an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) survey carried out following repairs to the company operated Osprey subsea manifold has identified the need for further repairs before operations at Osprey can resume. As it will take some time to source the equipment required to complete these repairs the Osprey manifold and its associated [...]
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Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, ConocoPhillips was completing pressure testing and pre-deployment checks of the blowout preventers on surface, at Boreas-1 well, offshore Australia. Since the last report, the BOPs and marine riser were run to the sea floor, and after failing to function satisfactorily they were pulled from [...]
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After having pressure tested the BOP, Sevan Driller was back on full day rates at 1.30 am Brazilian time on Sunday, 22 April, 2012.
Experts from joint integrity and engineering services company Hydratight found an innovative solution to a tricky repair for Statoil, by using a MORGRIP connector to repair a 6in super duplex pipe located within the constrained space of a subsea manifold, 340m under the surface of the North Sea. Hydratight was called in to repair a [...]
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The WilHunter rig incurred technical downtime on Wednesday the 18th of January whilst drilling for MPX Energy Ltd, said the owner of the rig, Awilco Drilling. The rig was drilling on the Orlando well, Block 3/3b in the UKCS as part of the SPD multi-well multi-client programme. The technical downtime, combined with adverse weather conditions, [...]
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A&P GROUP’S Tyne shipyard has completed its second order this year for Subsea 7 – one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies. The Hebburn yard has just finished repairs to the construction and cable-laying vessel Acergy Eagle, similar to the work it carried out in the summer to the Seven Oceans, another [...]
