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3D Printing Brings New Dimensions to Field Commissioning

Aug 27, 2019

Access to and use of additive manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has increased in recent years due to the expiring of patents on techniques and technologies, says Hugues Greder, Lead Petroleum Engineer at Total.Computing power is…

FLNG Project Count Hits 20

Aug 26, 2019

Finance — or at least project economics based on long-term commodity prices — appear to be factors limiting a surge in investments in floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) a new study by U.S.-based numbers cruncher, World Energy Reports, revealed Monday…

Brazil Leads FPSO Crude Production Capacity

Aug 26, 2019

Brazil will also lead globally on crude production capacity through upcoming floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels with 2,430 thousand barrels per day (mbd) between 2019 and 2025.A total of 20 planned and announced floating…

Woodside Starts Production at Greater Enfield Project

Aug 25, 2019

Oil and gas explorer Woodside Petroleum said it started producing oil from the $1.9 billion Greater Enfield project off western Australia on Sunday.Reuters reported last month that commissioning activities at the field had started.Production…

Premier Oil Testing PB3 PowerBuoy in the North Sea

Aug 23, 2019

US-based ocean energy solutions company Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) said it has deployed a PB3 PowerBuoy to serve as an autonomous intelligent platform to provide communications and remote monitoring services for its customer Premier Oil…

Premier Oil to Upgrade Catcher Reserves

Aug 22, 2019

Premier Oil will announce a second reserves upgrade for its Catcher oilfield in the UK North Sea at the end of the year, Chief Executive Officer Tony Durrant told Reuters on Thursday.The field has reached a plateau production rate of 70,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day…

FPSO Market Growth Props BW Offshore’s Africa Plan

Aug 22, 2019

Global floating production services provider BW Offshore has confirmed a one-year extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Petroleo Nautipa on the Etame field offshore Gabon for VAALCO Energy.BW Offshore, which owns a fleet of 15 floating production…

Trelleborg to Equip MODEC FPSO

Aug 21, 2019

Trelleborg announced on Wednesday that its offshore operation has been awarded a fast track contract to produce more than 80 laminated elastomeric bearings for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel operator MODEC.The first…

Aker Energy Gets Extension for FPSO

Aug 21, 2019

Norwegian operator Aker Energy has again extended an option agreement for the use of floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel with Ocean Yield.'Ocean Yield has today agreed with Aker Energy to extend the option period until 31st December 2019 against additional compensation…

Petrobras Sees Sub-salt Oil Below $6/bbl

Aug 20, 2019

State-controlled oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA said the cost of extracting oil in subsalt areas may fall from the current level of $6 a barrel, Chief Executive Roberto Castello Branco said during an event.(Reporting by Marta Nogueira Writing by Ana Mano Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

Power Outage Shuts Hibernia Production

Aug 19, 2019

Production is shut down at the 220,000-barrel-per-day Hibernia oil platform off the coast of eastern Canada, Hibernia's largest shareholder ExxonMobil Corp said on Monday, after a temporary power cut led to oil and water leaking into the ocean…

INTECSEA Wins MJ Field Contract from RIL

Aug 19, 2019

Worley subsidiary INTECSEA has been awarded a project management consultancy (PMC) contract by Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) for the MJ Field deepwater gas and condensate project offshore India.Under the contract, INTECSEA will provide PMC services…

Vaalco extends BW Offshore FPSO charter

Aug 19, 2019

The owner and operator of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels BW Offshore has received a one-year contract extension for the lease of one of vessels from Vaalco Energy.The Oslo Stock Exchange-listed company said in a press…

White Rose to Resume Full Production

Aug 16, 2019

Canada's Husky Energy said on Friday it will resume full production at its White Rose field off the coast of Newfoundland & Labrador, which was shut down last year after an oil spill in November 2018.White Rose production will ramp up to reach full rates of approximately 20…

MODEC Raises $1bln Bond for FPSO Project

Aug 16, 2019

Japanese FPSO provider MODEC has decided to issue project bonds to international investors to refinance a floating production, storage and offloading  (FPSO) vessel chartered to the TUPI consortium.TUPI consortium is led by Petrobras with the…

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