Fjords Processing News


VIDEO: World's largest spar, Aasta Hansteen, mated in Norwegian fjord

Dec 12, 2017

Against a backdrop of snow covered mountains around a Norwegian fjord, Statoil has overseen the mating of the world’s largest spar-platform, Aasta Hansteen. The 24-000 tonne topside was towed from Ølensvåg to Stord on the west coast of Norway…

Aasta Hansteen topsides due to sail for Norway

Sep 26, 2017

Statoil's Aasta Hansteen spar platform topside has been loaded on to a heavy transport vessel and is set to sail for Norway in coming days. The 24,000-tonne topside will take two months to travel from Hyundai Heavy Industries' yard in South Korea to Norway…

Karoon still set on Brazil deals

Sep 15, 2017

Karoon Gas says it still intends to move forward with the proposed divestment deal with Petrobras for the Bauna and Tartaruga assets, and the development of Echidna. Map of Santos basin, from Karoon…

Bourbon joins race to build autonomous supply vessel

Jul 11, 2017

French offshore industry vessel operator Bourbon has agreed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Automated Ships Limited (ASL) to support the building of the world’s first autonomous, fully-automated and cost-efficient prototype vessel for offshore operations…

VIDEO: Aasta Hansteen spar float off

Jul 06, 2017

Statoil's Aasta Hansteen spar hull has been unloaded from Boskalis' Dockwise Vanguard heavy lift vessel and is being 'righted' in a fjord in Norway. The process in Sunnhordland will take days as tens of thousands of water are pumped to move the spar from horizontal to vertical…

VIDEO: Heavy lift on floating wind farm turbines

Jun 29, 2017

Norwegian operator Statoil has released footage of the mating of its Hywind floating wind turbine towers, complete with nacelle and blades, with the spar-hull structures that will support them. The operation, carried out in a fjord, Norway…

DNV GL kick off subsea processing project Phase 2

Jun 19, 2017

The second phase of a joint industry project aiming to reduce subsea processing costs has been kicked off. Phase 2 of the Subsea Processing JIP includes system suppliers Aker Solutions, GE Oil & Gas, OneSubsea and TechnipFMC, as well as operators Shell…

A monster facility

Jun 01, 2017

Johan Sverdrup is the largest ongoing project in the North Sea. Elaine Maslin looks at Statoil’s progress, cost reduction and technology use on the development. How it will look: Johan Svedrup…

Shearwater to reprocess Barents 2D

Apr 10, 2017

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) awarded Shearwater GeoServices the reprocessing of 2D seismic data in the Barents Sea. The reprocessing is of two projects to be run in parallel, including approximately 6000km of pre-stack time…

Shell taps CGG for Brunei processing center

Feb 21, 2017

French geoscience firm CGG has been awarded a contract by Brunei Shell Petroleum to operate a dedicated processing center (DPC) at its Seria office in Brunei Darussalam. The contract will run for a period of six years, from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2022…

Unmanned offshore vessel takes shape

Nov 01, 2016

UK firm Automated Ships and Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime have signed a memorandum of understanding to build the world’s first unmanned and fully-automated vessel for offshore operations. In January 2017, Automated Ships will contract the Hrönn…

Gloom, cuts cloud results round

Oct 27, 2016

Ongoing low oil prices and reduced spending by oil majors are continuing to hurt the oil industry, with a new round of layoffs in full swing. But, some, at least, are seeing the possibility of light at the end of the tunnel. The gloom…

NOV buys Fjords Processing

Oct 27, 2016

Norwegian oil services investment firm Akastor has agreed to sell Fjords Processing to National Oilwell Varco for US$145.7 million on a debt- and cash-free basis. Fjords is a leader in complete process support systems for gas, oil and water…

Boskalis nets Johan Sverdrup transport contract

Apr 01, 2016

Dutch offshore contractor Boskalis has been awarded a contract by Samsung Heavy Industries for the transportation of the three topside modules of the riser platform and the topside of the processing platform for the Johan Sverdrup project offshore Norway…

AIMS, HCG form alliance

Sep 11, 2015

AIMS Global Consulting has established a strategic partnership with The Houston Consulting group (HCG), a process safety and reliability-focused practice with broad experience in oil and gas, chemical process, and process manufacturing industries…

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