Turret News


Eni Begins Hull Work at Coral South FLNG

Jul 23, 2019

Italian energy major Eni has started installation works on the hull of the Coral Sul floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) treatment and liquefaction unit that will be moored offshore in Mozambique.According to a press note from ENI, the unit is part of the Coral South project…

NOV to Supply STP for MJ FPSO

Jul 03, 2019

APL, a business unit within NOV's Completion & Production Solutions segment, has secured the contract from South Korean builder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply a large submerged turret production (STP) system for a newbuild floating production…

TechnipFMC Wins MJ1 Subsea Contract

Jul 01, 2019

TechnipFMC announced on Monday it has been awarded 'significant' subsea contracts from India's Reliance Industries to build and install flexible risers, rigid and flexible flowlines and umbilicals for the the MJ1 field located offshore India in the deepwater Krishna Godavari basin…

Equinor Awards Brazil Gig to Prosafe

Jul 01, 2019

Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor said that its subsidiary Equinor Brasil Energia has awarded a contract to the offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe for the Safe Concordia.As per the contract, Safe Concordia, a dynamically…

Mooring Monitor System for Coral Sul FLNG

Jun 18, 2019

Mooring solutions supplier SOFEC has selected an innovative mooring monitoring system (MMS) for a major new deepwater development offshore Mozambique.The new system, supplied under a teaming agreement between BMT and Sonardyne, will involve…

FLNG Satu Achieves First LNG at Kebabangan

May 21, 2019

Petronas has produced its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a floating LNG (FLNG) facility at the Kebabangan cluster field, 90 kilometers offshore the eastern state of Sabah, the Malaysian state-owned oil company announced on Tuesday.First…

InterMoor Wins COOEC Contract

May 20, 2019

Mooring services, foundation solutions and offshore installations provider InterMoor said it has signed a contract with COOEC, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), to install deepwater mooring systems for the Liuhua…

DNVGL: New Mooring Line Solution for Offshore Ops

May 06, 2019

DNV GL has developed a solution that is designed to reduce the risk of offshore floating vessel mooring line failure going undetected by replacing physical sensors with a machine learning algorithm that accurately predicts line failure in real time…

Aoka Mizu FPSO Hooks Up to Lancaster Field

Mar 19, 2019

Hurricane Energy's floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has been connected to the group's North Sea Lancaster oilfield, another milestone for the group as it seeks to extract so-called fractured basement oil in Britain.Hurricane…

Hurricane updates on Lancaster EPS progress, works on schedule

Dec 12, 2017

West of Shetland fractured basement explorer Hurricane Energy says work on its Lancaster early production system EPS) floating production unit and turret in Drydocks World, Dubai, are on schedule.  The Lancaster EPS is a two-well tieback to a floating production…

TechnipFMC inks Lancaster iEPCI

Sep 15, 2017

TechnipFMC has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Hurricane Energy for the Lancaster early production system (EPS), west of Shetland. Hurricane took final investment devision on the project yesterday…

SOFEC inks Eni Coral South FLNG contract

Jul 18, 2017

SOFEC, a MODEC Group company, has been awarded the turret mooring system supply contract for Eni's Coral South Project. The contract was awarded by TechnipFMC and JGC Corp. joint venture is is for the engineering, procurement and construction…

Kosmos to accelerate off West Africa

Feb 27, 2017

Dallas-based Kosmos Energy is looking to drill “the industry’s most prospective exploration wells,” as the company moves towards its second phase of exploration offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Map of the Greater Tortue area…

Kraken FPSO hooked up, on track

Feb 17, 2017

UK independent EnQuest says first oil from its US$2.6 billion Kraken heavy development in the UK North Sea is on track for Q2 after hook-up works completed.  The Kraken development, about 125km east of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland…

Kosmos posts major loss in Q3

Nov 07, 2016

Dallas-based Kosmos Energy posted a net loss of US$59.8 million in Q3, however, is moving forward with its plans for a multi-well drilling program next year. Image of the Atwood Achiever, from Atwood…

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