Floating Production Unit News

 

Shell fails at Knarr FPSO audit

Dec 27, 2016

Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has unveiled a number of failings, following an audit of Shell's management of the integrity of flexible risers, transfer lines and associated safety equipment on Knarr floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit…

Stella set back

Nov 25, 2016

Start up on Ithaca Energy's Stella field has been set back after electrical faults were found on the floating production unit.  First oil via the FPF-1 floating production facility had been due at the end of this month, but is now expected early January…

Talos flows Phoenix field with Tornado project

Nov 22, 2016

Talos Energy has started production from its Tornado project within the Phoenix field, in Green Canyon Blocks 236, 237, 280 and 281, in the US Gulf of Mexico.   Production, in about 822m (2700ft) water depth started on 27 October and…

Video: Jack/St. Malo in 360 degrees

Oct 11, 2016

In this video, US supermajor Chevron shows a 360° video tour of its Jack/St. Malo facility, its largest deepwater offshore platform, offshore the US Gulf of Mexico.  The Jack and St. Malo fields were co-developed with subsea completions…

Turritella at Shell's Stones

Sep 09, 2016

SBM Offshore has released a video of the Turritella floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit, as the vessel started commercial production at Shell’s Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on 6 September. At Stones…

Shangdong, Northern deal goes ahead

Jul 16, 2015

The shareholders of Norwegian driller Northern Offshore approved a takeover deal by China's Shangdong Offshore. The acquisition will be done by amalgamation according to the law of Bermuda for US$0.96 per share, valuing Northern at $164…

ABB wins Bumi Angola automation deal

Jun 15, 2015

Malaysia-based Bumi Armada Berhad awarded ABB a contract to supply electrical and automation systems for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for a recently discovered oilfield off the coast of Angola. Bumi is reconfiguring the former Armada Ali supertanker…

Activity ramps up on FPF-1 conversion

May 14, 2015

Work on UK independent Ithaca Energy's Greater Stella Area (GSA) floating production unit is reaching a peak in Remontowa's Polish shipyard. Ithaca says manning levels on the FPF-1 vessel have been at historic highs over recent weeks…

InterMoor completes Equatorial Guinea project

Apr 23, 2015

InterMoor completed replacing critical components in an floating production unit (FPU) mooring system offshore Equatorial Guinea, enabling the prime contractor, Boskalis, to expand the InterMoor work scope. The Zafiro Producer…

Jack/St. Malo flows for Chevron

Dec 02, 2014

Production of crude oil and natural gas began for Chevron Corp.’s Jack/St. Malo project in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). The Jack/St Malo semisubmersible floating production unit. From Chevron…

Bluewater wins Kaombo project

Jun 06, 2014

Bluewater Energy Services has been picked by Saipem to provide engineering, procurement and construction work on the turret systems on Total's two Kaombo converted floating production units, destined for offshore Angola. Bluewater will…

Floating production to reach $130B

Feb 25, 2014

Energy Maritime Associates (EMA) predicts US$130 billion will be spent on floating production units by 2018. A report by the Society of Petroleum Engineers said that continued expansion in the use of subsea production technologies, coupled…

Shell invests in Anasuria

Jan 15, 2014

Oil major Shell is planning to breath new life into its oldest North Sea floating production unit after acquiring new 4D seismic data last year.  According to a partner on one of the fields produced by the Anasuria floating production…

ABB wins Western Isles FPSO contract

Jun 28, 2013

ABB has been awarded a US$20 million contract to provide power and automation technologies to a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The unit is being built to Sevan Marine's cylindrical design at Chinese shipyard COSCO Nantong for Dana Petroleum…

HHI wins Moho Nord facilities contracts

Mar 28, 2013

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) received a letter of award for a US$1.3 billion order for a floating production unit (FPU) and a US$700 million order for a tension leg platform (TLP) from Total E&P Congo, the company announced on 26 March 2013…

Current News

Marlink Upgrades Simon Møkster Shipping’s Network

Marlink Upgrades Simon Møkster

Seadrill Nets Two Drillship Commitments

Seadrill Nets Two Drillship Co

SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7 Win Contract for OKEA’s Bestla Project

SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7 Win

Jason Liu Named CEO of Wood Mackenzie

Jason Liu Named CEO of Wood Ma

Subscribe for OE Digital E‑News

Offshore Engineer Magazine