Statoil (OSE:STL; NYSE:STO) has awarded AF Group a contract, on behalf of operator Gassco, to remove and recycle the B-11 compressor platform in the German North Sea.

Petrobras has contracted Oceaneering International to supply 200 km (125 mi) of thermoplastic production control umbilicals for projects in the Santos basin offshore Brazil.

McDermott International Inc. (NYSE: MDR) subsidiary Berlian McDermott Sdn Bhd has won a contract for subsea engineering, procurement, construction, transportation, installation, and commissioning in deepwater offshore Malaysia.

FES International has secured a contract to supply stab plate connectors with retraction mechanisms to Bluewater Energy Services for a turret being delivered by AMEC to Marine Well Containment Co. 

SapuraClough Offshore has acquired the shares of Helix in the Sapura Helix JV (formerly known as Clough Helix JV).

Talisman Energy (TSX:TLM;NYSE:TLM) has contracted Reef Subsea to provide two maintenance support vessels for its brownfield modification programs on various UK North Sea fields.

Dana Petroleum has delivered first gas from the Van Nes field subsea development in the Dutch North Sea.

FMC Technologies has subcontracted Aveon Offshore to fabricate components for the subsea production system for Shell’s Bonga North West project offshore Nigeria.

Total E&P Angola (NYSE: TOT Paris: FP FP) has contracted Aker Solutions (Oslo Børs:AKSO) to provide seven subsea tree systems for Dalia at a value of NOK 470 million ($81.6 million).

Murphy Sabah Oil has contracted Aker Solutions for a subsea production system for the Siakap North - Petai deepwater development offshore Sabah, Malaysia.

Subsea power cables, umbilicals, pipelines, and flowlines must be protected against impact from trawling activities, anchors, heavy dropped objects, and ocean currents.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has first oil from the Caesar/Tonga subsea production installation in deepwater Gulf of Mexico's Green Canyon.

As the world of offshore exploration and production changes, more companies are looking to remotely operated vehicles for drill support, surveying, and light construction activities.

When Statoil's Ã…sgard subsea compression system comes onstream in the first half of 2015, it will be the world's first – unless pipped at the post by the company's Gullfaks subsea compression system, due to be operational at around the same time.

Venturing further and deeper into the world's offshore basins in search of hydrocarbon production requires economically and technologically savvy solutions.

ATP Oil & Gas (UK) Ltd. has contracted GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) to supply subsea production equipment and ancillary systems for the Cheviot field development in the UK North Sea.

Fabrication of the Liwan gas facilities in the South China Sea is progressing per the plan, according to Husky Energy (Toronto:HSE), with first production scheduled for late 2013/early 2014.

Nexen Petroleum (NYSE: NXY) says production efficiency has improved at its Buzzard complex in the UK central North Sea.

Reef Subsea subsidiary Scanmudring has won a seabed dredging contract from A/S Norske Shell for the Ormen Lange Mid-North field development.

EPC Offshore has contracted Penspen for detailed design services to support Ithaca Energy’s Greater Stella Area (GSA) development in the UK central North Sea.