Tullow Oil has achieved first oil from the Tweneboa, Enyenra, Ntomme (TEN) fields offshore Ghana with MODEC’s Prof. John Evans Atta Mills floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel. Prof…
Ithaca Energy is eyeing November as its start-up date for first hydrocarbons at the Stella field, as the company reduced its net debt to US$606 million in 1H 2016. The FPF-1 departing Remontowa yard…
Singapore-based KrisEnergy’s revenue has tripled in 1H 2016, as a loss of production occurred at its five Wassana wells in the Gulf of Thailand. Wassana illustration, from KrisEnergy. The…
Det norske has received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the Maersk Interceptor jackup to drill production wells at Ivar Aasen. Ivar Aasen is an oil and gas field in the North Sea, around 175km west-southwest of Karmøy in Rogaland county…
Noble Energy has been named the successor operator of the Thunder Hawk production facility, according to the company’s Q2 2016 report. Scant on details, Noble did confirm that the deal is expected to become effective within Q3 2016, subject to regulatory approval…
The oil price crash brings subsea processing opportunities, says Rystad Energy’s Jon Fredrik Müller. The Åsgard subsea compressor manifold station was installed in summer 2013 with the Saipem 7000…
In this video, Anadarko talks about its Heidelberg project, in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Heidelberg, which came onstream four months ahead of schedule in January 2016, is an 80,000 b/d floating production facility…
Dutch monopile manufacturer SIF already produces the equivalent to the Eiffel Tower every 2.5-3 weeks. It’s looking to increase that capacity further, reports Elaine Maslin. SIF monopile offloading…
Oceaneering’s Justin Pizzitola discusses the use of an open water dual coiled riser based system for rigless stimulation. Back deck of an Oceaneering vessel. Images from Oceaneering International…
Malaysia’s MISC has built a minimal facilities FPSO for use on marginal fields. John Sheehan takes a look. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering handle the conversion (fabrication, installation and integration) of the FSO MaMPU 1…
Could we on the verge of embracing the industry 2.0 era? Intelligent energy, or the digital oilfield, is set to be discussed in Aberdeen next month. We take a dip into the debate. Image from iStock…
Oil and gas production from Chevron's Erskine field in the North Sea has restarted following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform, says partner Serica Energy. The pipeline blockage…
A hydrocarbon leak Thursday morning (28 July) aboard the Alvheim FPSO prompted a production halt at the field, according to operator Det norske. The leak occurred in the FPSO's pump room, triggering an alarm, and stopping production.…
BP, operator of the Tangguh LNG (liquified natural gas) project, awarded Saipem a contract for offshore work related to the Tangguh LNG Expansion Project. The award is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of offshore facilities…
Noble Energy started production at Gunflint in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the Houston-based explorer announced today (21 July). Map of Gunflint, from Noble Energy. The Gunflint oil development…