AKER SOLUTIONS HAS signed a contract with Framo Engineering AS to supply a subsea umbilical and associated equipment for Total's CLOV development project located in the deepwater Block 17 offshore Angola. The contract value is approximately US$14mn.

TECHNIP HAS CONFIRMED that a consortium, comprising two of its subsidiaries, Angoflex and DUCO, has been awarded a contract to supply umbilicals for the CLOV field development off Angola.

SUBSEA SPECIALIST DOF Subsea UK has been awarded multiple contracts by Saipem for work at the Kizomba field off Angola.

THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE of the oil & gas market in the global economy is well-known to everyone, also to those interested in taking advantage of the vulnerabilities deriving from delicate production processes, and any pertinent operational considerations.

FMC TECHNOLOGIES HAS signed a five-year Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) with Shell with an option to extend the agreement for an additional five years. This agreement facilitates to international projects the same mutual benefits that Shell and FMC have enjoyed through a strategic Gulf of Mexico relationship that has existed over the past 17 years.