:: Heerema to install Chinook flowlines
Petrobras America Inc. has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors to install infield flowlines at Chinook in the Gulf of Mexico.

:: Wellstream to supply Marlim Sul flowlines, risers
Wellstream do Brasil Industria e Servicos Ltda. has won a contract from Petroleo Brasileiro SA for £40 million ($81.9 million) to supply production flowlines and risers to Marlim Sul Module 2 (P-51) offshore Brazil.

:: Aker Kværner to deliver hardware to CNOOC
Aker Kværner has contracted to supply the China National Offshore Oil Corp. with a marine drilling riser system and mooring equipment for a deepwater semisubmersible rig.

:: Acergy secures subsea contract
Acergy S.A. has been awarded a $670-million contract for the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and installation of an export line, rigid in-field pipelines, riser, manifolds, and control umbilicals.

:: AK takes Morvin subsea contract
StatoilHydro has contracted Aker Kvaerner for the subsea production system for its Morvin field development in the Norwegian Sea.

:: Astero, Oselvar look like tiebacks
Revus Energy says concept planning is under way to develop the Astero field in the Norwegian North Sea.

:: Grenland to supply FMC components
Grenland Group ASA has signed a frame agreement to supply FMC Kongsberg Subsea AS with components for the manufacture of subsea production systems.

:: AGR introduces pipeline inspection tool
AGR Group has introduced a pipeline inspection tool that operates with a small, inspection class ROV to examine welds by performing both high-resolution wall thickness mapping and time of flight diffraction inspection.

:: CSL to support Causeway studies
Antrim Energy has contracted CSL for project management and subsea engineering services related to the Causeway development in the UK northern North Sea.

:: Aker Kvaerner signs frame agreement with Woodside
Aker Kvaerner has signed a three-year frame agreement to support Woodside Petroleum's proposed LNG developments.

:: Subsea 7 awarded Skarv installations
BP Norge has contracted Subsea 7 for general subsea construction works for the Skarv-Idun development in the Norwegian Sea.

:: Grenland to deliver subsea equipment for Pluto LNG
Grenland Group has signed a letter of intent with FMC Technologies in Kongsberg for the fabrication, assembly, and testing of subsea structures for the Pluto LNG project.

:: Hallin wins record order
Hallin Marine has won its largest contract to date with a $20-million award from Allseas Group.

:: Clough commissions two deepwater ROVs
Australian engineering group Clough has commissioned two Triton XLX ROVs from Perry Slingsby Systems.

:: Origin Energy contracts Fugro ROV for Kupe
Origin Resources (Kupe) Ltd. has contracted Fugro BTW Ltd. to provide an ROV in support of the Ensco 107 drilling rig and installation of the Kupe Gas Project jacket.

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