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Aqualis bags Ichthys positioning gig

Jun 01, 2016

Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has signed a contract to provide position keeping services for the installation of the Ichthys LNG Project FPSO. Under the contract, Aqualis Offshore will manage the position…

BP inks Actemium for Angola FPSOs

May 26, 2016

The oil and gas division of Vinci Energie's industrial processes unit Actemium has won a US multi-million contract with BP Angola.   The ”two-asset” agreement, the first of its kind for BP’s Angolan operations, will see Actemium become…

Sevan tested for ultra-deep GOM

May 24, 2016

Model testing of Norwegian ship designer Sevan Marine's cylindrical hull concept for use in the Gulf of Mexico's ultra deepwaters has shown positive results, the firm has reported. The hull design has been tested at the Offshore Technology…

Newly integrated FPSO headed for Lula

May 23, 2016

The Cidade de Saquarema floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit is sailing to the Lula field offshore Brazil for its 20-year contract, following its recent conversion at the BRASA shipyard. Cidade de Saquarema departs from BRASA shipyard…

FPF-1 to sailaway next month

May 16, 2016

Ithaca Energy's UK North Sea Stella field production is on schedule for September 2016, following planned sailaway of the FPF-1 floating production facility from Poland next month.   The FPF-1, previously used by Hess on the North Sea Ivanhoe and Rob Roy fields…

Inpex completes Ichthys pre-lay

May 11, 2016

Inpex completed the offshore pre-lay of the 77km chain and cable mooring system for its Ichthys LNG project in the Browse Basin, located off the northern coast of Western Australia. As part of the mooring system, 49 chains were laid on…

Premier cuts 15% Catcher costs

May 11, 2016

UK independent operator Premier Oil says it has cut costs on its North Sea Catcher floating production project by 15% - and the project remains on schedule. Forecast gross capex to first oil is now anticipated to be about US$1.35 billion…

US oil major inks Sevan LNG study

May 10, 2016

Norway's Sevan Marine is to do further work around a possible floating LNG (FLNG) development using its cylindrical vessel concept for a US oil major.  The work follows a paid FLNG feasibility study for the use of the Sevan cylindrical hull for a specific FLNG development…

Eni shows Ghana's Offshore Cape Three Points project

May 09, 2016

In this illustrated video, Italian giant Eni give an overview of the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project that is located offshore Ghana. The existing project involves the development of multiple subsea wells tied back to a FPSO…

Nexen ends Ettrick, Blackbird production

May 06, 2016

Nexen Petroleum is to end production from the Ettrick field in the North Sea and remove the floating production facility FPSO Aoka Mizu from the location. Nexen, which is owned by China National Offshore Corporation, terminated a contract with FPSO provider Bluewater in March…

First oil flows from Aje, Nigeria

May 04, 2016

First oil has been achieved from the Aje field, offshore Nigeria, according to field partner Panoro Energy. The field is in OML 113, in the western part of Nigeria in the Dahomey Basin, and operated by Yinka Folawiyo Petroleum Company…

Repsol cleared for removing Varg FPSO

May 04, 2016

Repsol has been given the green light to remove the Petrojarl Varg floating production unit and related subsea structures from the Varg field offshore Norway. The Varg oil field is in the North Sea, about 220km south-west of Utsira in Rogaland county…

Harsh realities

May 01, 2016

Remaining competitive through the downturn is a tall order for some. Caitlin Shaw, of Quest Offshore Resources, examines how the exploration, drilling and subsea segments are expected to fare through 2017.   The…

EIC: Activity at a glance

May 01, 2016

The Energy Industries Council’s project tracking database EICDataStream is currently tracking 85 active and future projects in the US Gulf of Mexico, in various stages of development, and the outlook for 2017 and beyond is positive. Major…

More than mini eyeballs

May 01, 2016

Meg Chesshyre reports on how mini ROV systems have advanced significantly and, thanks to their size, they can get up close and personal. Deep Trekker’s DTG2.  Images from Deep Trekker. “It’s not just a camera in the water anymore…

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