Subsea firm TechnipFMC has announced a multi-million deal with Woodside at its Pyxis and Xena fields, located offshore North West Australia. The London-headquartered firm has been awarded an integrated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract worth between £60 to £200 million. TechnipFMC will design, manufacture, deliver and install subsea equipment including subsea production system, flexible flowlines and umbilicals. This contract is the first

Specialised subsea solutions provider Trendsetter Engineering has secured a contract to provide TC7 Clamp Connection Systems to oil and gas firm Talos Energy. Talos Energy plans to use Trendsetter’s TC7 clamp connectors and other ancillary equipment on the Bulleit development, which is located in the Gulf of Mexico’s Green Canyon 21 block. Trendsetter will deliver the equipment to Talos next year. Trendsetter Engineering Executive Vice-President David Older said: “Building up

A new £16m centre for subsea development has opened in East Kilbride, positioning Scotland as a world leader in multiphase flow measurement, a key area for subsea development. Developed by TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory, a leading provider of research and development, consultancy and testing to the international energy industry, the centre gives Scotland a unique global capability, builds on its position as a leader in flow metrology for subsea engineering and oil &

Subsea protection systems provider Tekmar has agreed to acquire a subsea concrete mattresses specialist for £6.5m – its third acquisition since floating in 2018. Pipeshield, which is being acquired from its Founder Steven Howlett, is headquartered in Lowestoft and has manufacturing operations local to its primary markets, including Aberdeen, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Singapore. The majority of Pipeshield’s production activity is undertaken at its new leased facility at Blyth in N

Forum Subsea Technologies’ latest remotely operated vehicle (ROV), the XLe Spirit, has successfully completed sea trials in Norway. The vehicle is the first of a new generation of electric observation class ROVs. It is the smallest in the new range, and powerful enough to perform subsea maintenance and repair work. It is ideally suited to the aquaculture market and capable of tasks such as net and tank inspection. Working with its Norwegian partner, Innova AS, Forum tested th

OPITO, the global, not-for-profit skills organisation for the energy industry, has collaborated with drilling employers to develop an online assessment to reinforce the competency of roustabouts. Developed as part of the OPITO Skills Screening online tool, a comprehensive question bank has been created by the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) with input from IADC members Awilco (UK) Ltd, Transocean, Valaris, COSL Drilling Europe, and Diamond Offshore. O