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Mubadala begins production at Manora

Nov 13, 2014

Mubadala Petroleum began production from two wells at the Manora oil field in the northern Gulf of Thailand. Manora field FSO. From Mubadala.   The field is located within the G1/48 concession…

GE wins Petronas FLNG 2 contract

Nov 12, 2014

Malaysia’s national oil and gas company Petronas awarded GE Oil & Gas a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressor train and mechanical drive technology for the second floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility off the coast of East Malaysia…

McDermott completes Ichthys installation

Nov 12, 2014

McDermott International delivered its 7,200-ton riser support structure (RSS) tower for the Ichthys project in the Browse basin, about 124mi off Western Australia. Engineered in Singapore and fabricated on Batam Island, Indonesia, the RSS tower is more than 328ft tall…

KPOC hits first gas at Kebabangan

Nov 12, 2014

Kebabangan Production Oil Co. (KPOC) began gas production from the Kebabangan (KBB) gas field, approximately 60 mi. offshore Sabah, Malaysia, according to ConocoPhillips Sabah Ltd. The CHIKYU vessel. From Jamstec…

McDermott gets Brunei Shell subsea work

Nov 11, 2014

Brunei Shell Petroleum Co. Sdn. Bhd. (BSP) awarded McDermott International, Inc. a three-year shallow water pipeline contract to transport and install pipelines and umbilicals for the Champion and Ampa Fields, offshore Brunei.   Image…

Total: Kashagan production to resume by 2017

Nov 11, 2014

Production could resume as early as 2016 for the Kashagan oil and gas project off Kazakhstan following the replacement of pipeline infrastructure, Total’s President of Exploration and Production Arnaud Breuillac told Bloomberg. Production…

Wärtsilä 50DF engine to power icebreaking LNG carriers

Nov 10, 2014

South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) yard ordered a total of 54 Wärtsilä Corp. dual fuel engines to power 172,600cbm icebreaking LNG carriers. The icebreaking LNG carriers…

Rosneft completes East Siberian seismic

Nov 07, 2014

Rosneft has concluded seismic data acquisition on the East-Siberian-1 Block in the offshore area of the East Siberian Sea. The company carried out the seismic data survey independently with R/V Orient Explorer, with the amount of 2D work totaling 2000km…

Höegh LNG orders 5th FSRU

Nov 06, 2014

Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. it taking its option to order a fifth floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea. The FSRU, which will be delivered during the 1H 2017, has full trading capability…

Technip snaps up Malaysian work

Nov 06, 2014

Technip has secured a five-year framework agreement with PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd (PCSB) for engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) or supply-only of flexible pipes for PCSB’s projects in Malaysia. The Deep Orient…

Pemex to build $6 billion LNG plant

Nov 05, 2014

Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) will develop a US$6 billion gas liquefaction facility on the Pacific coast to enhance its export opportunities to Asia. The company said that it is aiming for a 2020 start date. The goal is to take advantage…

Emerson gets in on Shah Deniz project

Nov 05, 2014

BP awarded Emerson Process Management a US$40 million contract to be the main automation contractor for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 development project in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian Sea. Upon the terms of the agreement, Emerson will…

Keppel to buy LNG from Petronas

Nov 05, 2014

Singapore’s Keppel is in a deal with Malaysia’s Petronas to buy up to 1 million-tonne of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, over a period of 10 years. The deal is between Keppel Infrastructure Holdings through its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary…

Brightoil going after upstream expansion

Nov 04, 2014

Brightoil Petroleum Ltd. is preparing to submit a formal bid to acquire all the issued shares of Newfield Global Inc., which holds 12% interest in Bohai Bay Block 05/36 and 49% interest in Pearl River Block 16/05, offshore China. According to Newfield…

Mubadala continues at Manora

Nov 04, 2014

Mubadala Petroleum completed drilling at the MNA-05 development well and began drilling at the MNA-07 and MNA-08 wells on the Manora Field, offshore Thailand. The Atwood Orca. From Atwood Oceanics…

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