SLB 和 Subsea 7 于 5 月 2 日宣布，Equinor ASA 与由 OneSubsea 和 Subsea7 组成的 Subsea Integration Alliance 签署了一项长期战略合作协议，为挪威近海 Wisting 油田和 Bay Du Nord 的勘探工作铺平了道路，加拿大纽芬兰和拉布拉多近海。

SLB 和 Subsea 7 在各自的新闻稿中表示，该协议实现了早期信息共享、技术创新和其他协作效益，预计将使海底项目在经济上更加可行。

该协议为立即开始两个主要项目的早期联合概念研究合作铺平了道路。根据同一协议，如果 Equinor 对这两个项目达成最终投资决定 (FID)，则任何由此产生的工程、采购、施工和安装工作将直接授予联盟。

SLB and Subsea 7 announced May 2 that the Equinor ASA and the Subsea Integration Alliance, which comprises OneSubsea and Subsea7, signed a long-term strategic collaboration agreement that paves the way for exploratory work to begin on the Wisting Field offshore Norway and Bay Du Nord, offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

The agreement enables early information sharing, technology innovation and other collaborative benefits expected to make subsea projects more economically viable, SLB and Subsea 7 said in separate press releases.

The agreement paves the way for collaboration to begin immediately on early, joint concept studies for two major projects. Under the same agreement, any resulting engineering, procurement, construction and installation work execution would be directly awarded to the alliance, if Equinor reaches final investment decision (FID) on the pair of projects.