Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract from Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd for the development of the Erha North field, located offshore Nigeria in water depths between 1,000 metres and 1,200 metres. The contract was awarded to a consortium of West African Ventures Ltd and Subsea 7’s Nigerian subsidiary.

 Technip was awarded by Shell U.K. Limited an engineering, procurement, installation and construction contract for the Gannet F Reinstatement project, located in the North Sea, 180 kilometers east of Aberdeen, at a water depth of 95 meters.

 Total announces it has entered into exclusive negotiations with a consortium comprising Snam, EDF and GIC*  that has submitted a firm offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Transport et Infrastructures Gaz France (TIGF). The offer values the company at €2.4 billion.

 Mike Tholen, Oil & Gas UK's economics and commercial director, said: "Oil & Gas UK is pleased  that the tax change made recently by the Government to promote further new investment in the UK's existing oil and gas fields continues to deliver real benefits to the national economy.  

 YENAGOA (Reuters) – Gunmen ambushed an Indian-owned oil barge on Tuesday as it was being escorted by the military through Nigeria’s Niger Delta region, killing two soldiers and one crew member on the ship, a security forces spokesman said.

 Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (SHE Transmission) has awarded MMT Sweden the HVDC cable re-route survey from Shetland to the Caithness landfall.

 Bowtech Products Ltd, a global market leader in subsea vision systems, will be showcasing its new products at the SUBSEA 2013 Exhibition and Conference, on Stand B90, which is being held at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) from the 6th to the 7th of February 2013.

 Sulzer Pumps Ltd and FMC Technologies, Inc. strengthened their existing relationship through the signing of a long-term and exclusive collaboration agreement. This agreement addresses the supply of pumps for subsea applications and the further development of pumping technology of Sulzer Pumps to meet the future needs of FMC Technologies and the subsea exploration and production industry.

 NETmc Marine is exhibiting at the local Subsea UK exhibition at the AECC on the 6th and 7th of February.

On display will be our HD DVR Inspector, a range of our pelicase DVRs and diver systems; our X-Ops pipeline DVR integrated with EIVA NaviModel and our NEW HiDef video camera DVCi.

 The cutting edge Seven Viking vessel, designed for operations in the harshest environments was unveiled and named at a ceremony in Stavanger, Norway, by Subsea 7, Eidesvik Offshore and Ulstein on, 30 January 2013. 

 AC-CESS will be exhibiting at the UKs premier subsea industry exhibition; Subsea 2013 at the AECC in Aberdeen on the 6th and 7th of February.

 Oceanteam Shipping ASA announced today that it has taken up one of its options and ordered a new, OTS design, 2000t modular carousel system, which will be delivered in April 2013.