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Rolls Royce on Njord A mooring spread

Apr 21, 2017

Rolls-Royce has been chosen by Norway-based engineering and construction services firm Kvaerner to provide a mooring system for Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil’s oil platform, Njord A. Njord A is being upgraded by Kvaerner and Rolls…

Alpha eyes 2019 Cheviot first oil with Teekay FPSO

Apr 10, 2017

Private equity backed independent Alpha Petroleum Resources is targeting first oil from its UK North Sea Cheviot oil field in 2019, after entering agreements with floating production system provider Teekay.   Alpha expects to achieve…

BW Offshore, ICBCL ink FPSO partnership

Apr 07, 2017

BW Offshore (BWO) signed a cooperation agreement with ICBC Financial Leasing Co. Ltd. (ICBCL) to form a long-term strategic partnership that will see the duo take on large international infrastructure projects with a focus on floating production and storage offloading units (FPSOs)…

Trelleborg completes Catcher elastomeric bearings

Apr 06, 2017

Trelleborg’s engineered products operation recently completed a milestone project for BW Offshore for the complete in-house design and fabrication of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) elastomeric bearing structures. Supplied to Premier Oil's Catcher FPSO in 2016…

Intecsea debuts low motion floaters

Apr 04, 2017

Intecsea (WorleyParsons Group) has launched a range of low-motion (LM) floaters – the flagship LM-FPSO, the LM-FLNG and the LM-SEMI. Suitable for all water depths, the LM-FPSO transforms the economics of harsh, remote offshore fields with savings of US$500 million – $1…

March of the Penguins

Apr 01, 2017

With Shell’s Brent Charlie due to shut down in 2018, the supermajor has had to find a new home for its Penguins cluster subsea tieback. Elaine Maslin outlines the redevelopment plans. Lucy Ritchie…

Ship shape

Apr 01, 2017

Polymer steel composite repairs are becoming a popular solution for worn out plates in the growing floating production vessel fleet. Elaine Maslin reports. The FPF3 on station. Images from Intelligent Engineering…

TMC delivers Catcher compressors

Mar 30, 2017

International compressor supplier TMC Compressors (TMC) has completed its delivery of a marine compressed air system to BW Offshore’s Catcher floating production, and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel.   The system consists of 3 x 185…

Exxon sells Norway upstream business

Mar 29, 2017

Newcomer Point Resources has entered the playing field as a mid-sized Norwegian exploration and production (E&P) company, signing a deal with ExxonMobil to acquire the supermajor’s operated upstream business in Norway. The Jotun A…

ExxonMobil eyes 2017 Liza FID, first oil 2020

Mar 02, 2017

ExxonMobil is looking to make a final investment decision on its Liza discovery offshore Guyana this year, with first oil expected by 2020, less than five years since its discovery. In an investor presentation yesterday (1 March), the…

Faster start-up

Mar 01, 2017

Ronnie Bains, of Emerson Process Management, explains how the use of dynamic simulations and operator training systems can support engineering and workforce training to help bring offshore assets online quicker. Glen Lyon sets sail from South Korea…

Neural networking by design

Mar 01, 2017

Artificial neural networks are being used to help design floating production system hulls in the concept and front-end engineering phases. Elaine Maslin reports. Libra and her possible smaller…

Ophir secures FPSO off Malaysia

Feb 28, 2017

Ophir Production has contracted a vessel for its Ophir floating production field development offshore Malaysia.  The tanker Puteri Bangsa will be converted into the MTC Ledang floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit by Malaysian firm MTC Engineering for use on the Ophir field…

Maersk Oil awards Sparrows floating assets contract

Feb 27, 2017

Sparrows Group has secured a five-year contract to deliver hydraulic, lifting and rigging services for Maersk Oil’s UK floating assets. The agreement will see Sparrows support the operator in strengthening its lifting operations for the…

Latest SNE well reaches total depth

Feb 23, 2017

Cairn Energy's latest well on the SNE (Shelf North Edge) field offshore Sengal has reached total depth, at 2852m, says partner FAR Ltd.  Wireline logging operations have been completed on the SNE-5 appraisal well, in Senegal's Sangomar Deep block…

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