Gina Krog gets FPSO Statoil will build a floating production storage and offloading vessel for use on the Gina Krog field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. The FPSO will be converted from the shuttle tanker, Randgrid, currently 67% owned by Teekay Offshore…
Gryphon Alpha FPSO Maersk Oil’s vessel, stationed about 280km northeast of Aberdeen in the North Sea, has undergone a major dry dock overhaul, while infield subsea infrastructure was removed and replaced. A 4D seismic survey and near-field drilling was also done over the area…
FloaTEC mates P-61 modules FloaTEC Singapore Pte Ltd. mated the topsides and hull of Petrobras P-61, Brazil’s first tension-leg wellhead platform (TLWP) near the BrasFELS yard in Angra dos Reis, southern Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil…
Cidade de Paraty in production FPSO Cidade de Paraty went on stream, beginning production from the Lula Nordeste field in the Santos Basin presalt play. It is about 300km off Brazil, in the northeast corner of Block BM-S-11. The FPSO can process up to 120…
RWE in Suriname RWE Dea signed a farm-in agreement with Petronas Suriname E&P BV, acquiring 40% interest in Block 52 off Suriname. The block is in the Guyana-Suriname Basin 120km off the northeast coast of South America in 100-1,000m deep water and has potential in Upper Cretaceous strata…
CGG awarded Colombia survey CGG has been awarded a contract by a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and partner Ecopetrol to acquire and process a 5500sq km, 3D seismic survey on the Caribbean coast offshore Colombia. The CGG Viking will tow a 10m x 100m x 7050m spread…
Peru launches offshore round Peru’s international bid round will offer offshore blocks Z-56 and Z-57 (Cuenca Salaverry-Trujillo); Z-53, Z-54, and Z-55 (Lima-Pisco Basins); and Z-58, Z-59, and Z-60 (Cuenca Mollendo). The blocks are within seven miles of the coast…
Noble’s Gunflint find Noble Energy announced a non-commercial discovery at its second deepwater Gunflint appraisal well in the US Gulf of Mexico. The Mississippi Canyon 992 #1, located one mile west of the original discovery well, was drilled to 32…
Exxon, Rosneft establish ARC Rosneft and ExxonMobil signed agreements establishing a joint Arctic Research Center (ARC) in Russia and technology-sharing to support their joint ventures worldwide. ARC will provide research, development…
ThoughtStream: Opinion In today’s continually evolving oil and gas industry there are always emerging issues to address. Collaboration within the industry can be a vital cog to deliver new solutions to the most pertinent problems and plug technology gaps…
Colloquy: Editor’s Column The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) has developed a new African exploration GIS database, as the Edward G. Purdy Memorial Project, honoring the late geologist (b. 4 December 1931, d. 13 October…
US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James A. Watson will step down from the agency in order to join maritime class society ABS as its president and chief operating officer (COO) of the Americas Division, effective September 2…
Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) signed a contract with PEMEX worth US$99.8 million to conduct a 3D electromagnetic (EM) survey in the Gulf of Mexico. 'We have over the last few years reinvigorated our exploration organization and embraced technologies that give us an advantage…
IHC Merwede has announced that it has signed two new contracts for the EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) delivery of offloading system packages for five FPSO vessels (floating production storage and offloading). The first…
The Starfish-1 exploration well drilled offshore Ghana is to be plugged and abandoned after disappointing drilling results, said operator Ophir. The well, in the Offshore Accra Contract Area, was drilled in 1490m water by the Stena DrillMax drillship in the frontier Keta basin…
