Offshore pipeline news

The agreement, signed today at Kongsberg Discovery’s facility in Horten, Norway, was lauded as “a natural partnership”.

Subsea pipelines, power cables, offshore platforms, and sensor arrays have become critical to modern society – and increasingly vulnerable. The Joint Declaration of Baltic Sea Security, signed on 20 November, provides a platform for regional collaboration and protection. Kongsberg welcomes this initiative.

EnerMech has been awarded a pipeline pre-commissioning contract by McDermott in support of Shell Trinidad and Tobago’s Manatee gas development. The company will deliver critical services across a 115 km, 32 in. offshore pipeline.

Under the scope of the contract, McDermott will deliver engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) services for a carbon steel pipeline, along with transportation and installation of key subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) components.

Offshore operations were carried out by the pipelay vessel Castorone, one of Saipem's flagship vessels.

Under the contract, the consortium will design, construct, install and pre-commission the new YT2 36 in. offshore natural gas pipeline, connecting the Yongan LNG terminal with the Tongxiao transfer station.

Through the agreement, Baker Hughes will provide DRAs from its FLO product line to support the transportation of both light and heavy crude from offshore platforms to storage and refining facilities in Texas and Louisiana.

Tekmar Group plc has announce the award of a contract to supply bespoke subsea infrastructure technology for a pipeline project via a major offshore EPC contractor operating in the Middle East.

Subsea7 will be responsible for the engineering, procurement, commissioning and installation of flexible pipelines, umbilicals, and associated subsea components for a tie back to existing infrastructures.

A special report on offshore pipeline maintenance, from MarketsandMarkets.