AS REMAINING RESERVES of oil and gas become more difficult to access and technology makes older, mature fields more viable, there is an increasing requirement to attain longer subsea tiebacks to production facilities.

SEACOR MARINE'S NEW CrewZer Class of vessel, complemented by a purpose-built transfer solution in the form of Reflex Marine’s nine-passenger Frog crew transfer device, was designed to provide a superior service, in terms of safety, speed and passenger comfort.

HEAVY OIL ACTIVITY in the African continent is continuing to increase. Activity exists in Egypt, with most of the production for heavier crudes coming from Chad and Angola.

A partnership between Trelleborg and First Subsea has come up with a safe solution to a difficult problem faced by the offshore oil and gas industry.

Nigeria plans to repair pipelines in the Niger delta, increasing production of crude by the oil-rich country and easing worldwide supply concerns.