Wellhead Platform News

 

Oseberg topside, jacket set sail

Jun 26, 2017

The topside and jacket for the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 unmanned wellhead platform set sail on 25 and 26 June respectively from Heerema Fabrication Group’s (HFG) Heerema Zwijndrecht yard in the Netherlands. The platform and jacket will be…

Ramboll wins Al-Shaheen pre-FEED

May 18, 2017

North Oil Co. (NOC) has picked Ramboll to carry out a pre-FEED study for three new wellhead platforms at the giant Al-Shaheen field, off the northeastern coast of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf. Al-Shaheen…

Heerema inks Peregrino II jacket deal

May 16, 2017

Image of Koos-Jan van Brouwershaven, CEO, Heerema Fabrication Group; and Martijn Smit, general manager, South Atlantic Holding, signing the contract. Image from Heerema.  Heerema…

Vietnam to have first 3-leg TLP

Apr 27, 2017

Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FloaTEC has won a US$40 million contract for design and management support work on the first three-column tension leg wellhead platform. The contract, from PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C)…

SPT completes Ophir wellhead platform installation

Apr 12, 2017

SPT Offshore says it has completed the installation of Ophir wellhead platform in “record-breaking” time. The company started the installation of the jacket in the early morning hours of 9 April. The following day, the boat-landing was lifted…

Maari back online after crack repairs

Jan 12, 2017

Austrian operator OMV is restarting production from the Maari/Manaia wellhead platform, offshore New Zealand, in which a crack was found late last year. A temporary repair has been made and now OMV, with advisors AMOG and Worley Parsons…

Wood Group, HFG sign NCS MOU

Dec 06, 2016

Wood Group and Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint efforts to offer wellhead platform development, from design to installation, hook-up and commissioning, to clients on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS)…

Black Sea development takes step forward

Nov 17, 2016

Black Sea Oil & Gas (BSOG) has awarded Xodus Group a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the development of the Ana and Doina discoveries in the Black Sea. Xodus will work on the offshore and onshore facilities for the development of the Midia Gas Development Project…

Block Zero partners start Mafumeira Sul EPS

Nov 11, 2016

Sonangol and its Block Zero partners Cabinda Gulf Oil Co., Total E & P Angola, and Eni Angola, started the early production system (EPS) operations at the South Wellhead Platform of the Mafumeira Sul project, off the Coast of Malongo, in the province of Cabinda on 31 October…

Wood Group works on Peregrino platform

Jun 28, 2016

UK-based engineering firm Wood Group has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract to provide detailed engineering and design, and procurement services on the development of the Peregrino field wellhead platform C, offshore Brazil. Wood…

Swiber inks US$215 million in contracts

Jun 07, 2016

Singapore-based Swiber secured three new contracts worth a total of US$215 million for separate projects in the Middle East and Southeast Asia regions. Swiber was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI)…

Harding in Culzean lifeboat win

Feb 17, 2016

Norway-based Harding was awarded contracts to deliver lifeboats and davits to the Culzean offshore gas complex, that will be constructed for Maersk Oil UK by Sembcorp Marine subsidiary SMOE Pte. Image from Harding…

Heerema bags two Oseberg Vestflanken 2 contracts

Feb 12, 2016

Statoil has awarded Heerema Fabrication Group (HFG) the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the unmanned wellhead platform at Oseberg Vestflanken 2, as well as the transport and installation of the platform…

Exxon to plug 22 wells at Jotun

Feb 09, 2016

ExxonMobil is seeking a permit to plug 22 wells at its Jotun field in the North Sea, with start-up planned for April, according to news reports. The Jotun vessel. Image from ExxonMobil. The…

Statoil awards $185 million for three fields

Feb 03, 2016

Norwegian giant Statoil handed out several contracts worth more than US$185 million (NOK 1.6 billion)for its Oseberg Vestflanken 2, Johan Sverdrup, and Ging Krog fields offshore Norway. CEO Steinar Riise is signing the contract for Ocean Installer…

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