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Apache starts up Coniston field

May 11, 2015

US-based operator Apache started oil production from the Coniston subsea oil field development offshore Exmouth, Western Australia, 10 May, says partner INPEX.  Coniston covers 45sq km saddling blocks WA-35-L and WA-55-L where the water is 380m deep…

Goliat in tow to Barents

May 07, 2015

Eni's Goliat platform is being towed from Hammerfest in Finnmark to the field location in the Barents Sea.   Goliat tow out. From Eni. The cylindrical platform – a so-called floating…

Erin Energy begins Oyo-8 production

May 04, 2015

Houston-based Africa focused Erin Energy Corp. began production from the Oyo-8 well offshore Nigeria. Oyo-8 flare. Image from Erin Energy. Oyo-8 is located in OML 120 in 1000ft of water…

OTC15: Day one roundup

May 04, 2015

The oil and gas industry must rely on technology, collaboration and several industries, including academia to excel in the advances of emerging offshore technology trends, BP Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir Development and IT&S James…

Putting hydrates under high-pressure

May 01, 2015

While methanol/glycol cleaning could be considered the primary removal method, its efficiency in open water is limited. BOURBON has started using high-pressure water jet cleaning as an alternative. The…

Offshore heavy oil economics

May 01, 2015

Jeannie Stell looks at offshore heavy oil development economics with an eye on the current low-price environment. ExxonMobil expects its 52-well Hebron development project offshore Newfoundland to bring in first oil in 2017…

Tracking floating production in Mexico

May 01, 2015

Bruce Crager profiles some of the floating production vessels already being used offshore Mexico, and highlights what is yet to come. FPSO Yùum K’ak’Náab is currently operating in the KMZ oilfield in the Bay of Campeche…

Developing KMZ

May 01, 2015

Jerry Lee provides an overview of Mexico’s Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) heavy oilfield in the Bay of Campeche. Pemex’s Ku-S central processing installation at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oilfield in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico…

Looking further afield

May 01, 2015

Italian engineering companies could offer competitive engineering, procurement and construction services in the Mediterranean Sea, should activity pick up, but West Africa is currently the hot spot for contracts. Litchendjili…

Border bust-up won’t stop TEN

May 01, 2015

John Bradbury profiles Tullow Oil’s major TEN development offshore Ghana, its second development in the area following its success at the deepwater Jubilee field. TEN project location offshore Ghana…

ExxonMobil starts Kizomba Phase 2

Apr 30, 2015

ExxonMobil started oil production at the Kizomba Satellites Phase 2 subsea development project off Angola. The Kizomba B FPSO. From BP. Phase 2 of Kizomba is a subsea infrastructure development of the Kakocha…

Kongsberg wins West African FPSO contract

Apr 29, 2015

Kongsberg Maritime entered into a US$26.5 million contract to supply a complete electrical, instrument and telecom solution, including e-house, for the new Yinson Genesis floating production storage offloading unit (FPSO). The FPSO contract…

Eni starts production of Cinguvu off Angola

Apr 29, 2015

Italian energy company Eni started production two weeks ahead of schedule at the deep offshore Cinguvu oil field in the West Hub development project in Block 15/06 offshore Angola. The development is sited 350km northwest of Luanda and 130km west of Soyo…

Goliat arriving in Hammerfest

Apr 28, 2015

In this video, Eni shows the Goliat floating and production storage offloading unit (FPSO) platform arriving in Hammerfest, Norway from the Ulsan shipyard in South Korea after a 63-day journey of 15,608 nautical miles. The platform was aboard the Dockwise Vanguard…

EIC: High value contracts awarded despite decline in overall quantity

Apr 27, 2015

The latest EIC Monitor report once again shows a significant decline in the levels of contracting activity across the global upstream sector in Q1 2015. Despite the overall number of contracts being awarded dropping, the value of some is substantial…

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