Ramboll Oil & Gas will carry out an integrity study of 15 subsea pipelines for Abu Dhabi’s Zakum Development Co. (Zadco), which will enable Zadco to plan maintenance and potential replacement of equipment. The 15 pipelines are part of an oil pipeline network in the Zakum (32/17) Field offshore the United Arab Emirates. Production at Zakum started in 1983, and the work is being carried out to extend the design and service life of selected pipelines in the field by an additional 20 years. The scope of work includes review of available pipeline data, assessment of current and future pipeline integrity as well as calculation and prediction of corrosion growth rates. The study will be completed early in 2016.

Subsea equipment rental, sales and services supplier Ashtead Technology is to provide fast, reliable and more cost-effective broadband communications between rigs and vessels and onshore facilities following a worldwide agreement with nCentric, a leader in remote communications technology, a press release stated. The nCentric technology can be used to monitor offshore operations, increase communication and can relay high-definition footage from ROVs in real time. The system can be configured remotely and can be monitored from an onshore location, reducing the number of people required offshore and limiting downtime.

BG Group expects to report average 2015 production volumes of 704 Mboe/d, ahead of guidance of 680 Mboe/d to 700 Mboe/d. This is about 16% higher than 2014 reflecting growth primarily in Australia, Brazil and Norway. Volumes in Australia more than doubled to 88 Mboe/d and in Brazil, almost doubled to 146 Mboe/d. In Norway, Knarr (32/19), which came onstream in March 2015, has produced an average of 12 Mboe/d during 2015. This growth was partially offset by the expected decline in Egypt, down 18 Mboe/d to 44 Mboe/d, combined with lower volumes in Trinidad and Tobago, down 13 Mboe/d to 52 Mboe/d. Upstream EBITDA is expected to come in at $4.1 billion when results are reported on Feb. 5.

Conductor Installation Services Ltd. (CIS) has successfully completed its second conductor installation operation during the last 12 months for a leading North Sea oil and gas operator.

Work was carried out on a major gas development project in the Southern North Sea. CIS installed six 30-in. conductors on the project to form the foundations of six development wells. In addition, CIS supplied all conductor-running services, handling equipment, together with drive shoes that improve driveability by 40%.

SapuraKencana Technology has been awarded a contract by for engineering, procurement and construction of the subsea isolation valve systems (SSIV) in Block PM302 in the North Malay Basin. The scope of work includes carrying out and completing the work for the SSIV skids, subsea umbilical and flying lead, hydraulic power unit, topside umbilical termination unit and umbilical termination assembly. The contract is for a period of about 18 months. It has commenced and is expected to be completed around first-quarter 2017.

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