Oil & Gas UK has released the second edition of its guidelines on Relief Well Planning for Offshore Wells to provide operators with good industry practice for well operations on the UK continental shelf  (UKCS).

 FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has signed a renewed Framework Agreement with Statoil (NYSE: STO) to provide subsea operations services for its developments on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. The duration of the agreement is five years with options for three additional three-year extensions.

 Technip is proud to announce that it has been certified as a Top Employer Europe 2013, a prize rewarding companies for the good care they take of their people. This independent certification, delivered by the CRF Institute, underlines the quality of Technip’s human resources (HR) policies as well as its outstanding employee offerings.

 Decom North Sea (DNS), the offshore oil & gas decommissioning forum, has welcomed changes in the Budget that will boost the sector by giving increased certainty, in turn leading to new jobs and investment in new technology.

 OceanTools will be exhibiting their latest integrated solution at Ocean Business 2013 - the OceanSURVEYOR professional subsea survey package. 

 FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has signed a contract with BP (NYSE: BP) for the manufacture and supply of subsea equipment to support the Mad Dog Phase 2 field development.  

The Mad Dog Phase 2 field development is located near Green Canyon Block 825 of the Gulf of Mexico, 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of New Orleans in about 5,100 feet (1,550 meters) of water. Under the initial contract, FMC Technologies will supply subsea trees, manifolds, and jumper equipment.

 LUX Assure, a company specialising in the development of chemical monitoring technologies for the oil and gas industry with offices in Aberdeen and Edinburgh, will be talking at NACE Corrosion 2013 in Orlando, Florida, about its corrosion management product CoMic™.

The conference is the first event that the company will attend since the announcement of its £3.25million funding.  Its corrosion technology is core to the firm’s plans post-investment with the presentation at NACE focusing on case studies from the novel solution developed by the firm in 2010. 

 FMC Technologies, Inc. announced today that  John T. Gremp , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will address attendees at the following event:

 Technip announces the acquisition of Ingenium AS, a highly-experienced offshore engineering and services contractor located in Oslo, Norway. Ingenium AS designs and develops mechanical and electro-hydraulic tools and equipment, for the offshore oil and gas industry, and provides engineering services for marine operations, such as the installation of pipes and cables. Comprising over 20 highly-skilled engineers in the subsea business, the umbilical lay spread on the North Sea Giant, for the Goliat project, in 2012 is one of their recent achievements.

 Aberdeen-based Hydro Group Plc, a global design and manufacturer of underwater cables and connectors for subsea, underwater, topside and onshore applications, sets sights on further international growth with opening of new Singapore office.

 MMT (Sweden) has been awarded a long term service agreement with DONG Energy Exploration and Production.

Since 2008, MMT has successfully performed the annual inspection on the DONG pipelines in the North Sea. In January 2013 MMT have been awarded the survey period 2013 to 2014 with an option to prolong the services to 2015-2017.

 Total announces the restart of production on the Elgin/Franklin area on 9 March 2013, following the approval of the safety case by the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Production resumes gradually and should soon reach close to 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed; approximately 30,000 boed in Total’s share), that is to say 50% of the production potential from the fields.

 Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore energy industry, has been awarded a contract to install a 10km pipeline bundle from Talisman Sinopec Energy UK Limited. The contract, valued at US$285m is for the provision of subsea construction services in support of the company’s Montrose Area Redevelopment (MAR) Project. 

 3sun Group announces today the creation of 100 new jobs in response to growing demand for its products and services across the UK and Europe.

The company will increase manpower within its technical teams, supplementing the number of local technicians within the Great Yarmouth area and across the UK. 3sun is also recruiting for highly experienced personnel for international projects.

 MacArtney Benelux is pleased to announce the addition of a modern and fully equipped pressure tank facility to the company's workshop in Rotterdam, NL.