Brazilian oil company Petrobras said Friday that the recently delivered FPSO P-70 was stable after a storm that hit Rio de Janeiro last Thursday pushed the FPSO near a beach in Niteroi.'Due to the storm that hit the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday night (01/30)…
Japanese FPSO giant MODEC has ordered a seawater treatment package for the FPSO Almirante Barroso from Veolia Water Technologies.Under the contract, Veolia will be responsible for the design and procurement of equipment with construction for a seawater treatment plant sizedfor 280…
Japanese companies MODEC, Mitsui, MOL, and Marubeni will jointly invest in the Petrobras-bound Marlim FPSO.MODEC in October 2019 received a letter of intent from Petrobras for the supply, charter, and operations of the Marlim-1 FPSO.Now Mitsui…
The swollen number of orders felt in 2019 for floating production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSO) was, it turns out, well above the average number of yearly go-aheads seen in over the past 10 years, a new floater report says.Oil prices…
Japan's Modec has won an order from Equinor to supply an FPSO for the Norwegian firm's Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) field offshore Brazil. According to Equinor and Modec, this will be the largest FPSO in Brazil.'This contract is based on a two-step award…
UK-focused oil company Hurricane Energy has said that its Lancaster oil field production has exceeded expectations. The North Sea field started producing oil via the Aoka Mizu FPSO in June 2019. In an operational update on Wednesday, Hurricane said that the field had produced 15…
BW Offshore has slightly reduced the valuation of its planned oil and gas spin-off, the Oslo-listed company said as it presented details for the initial public offering on Wednesday. The valuation of BW Energy was shaved to a range of between $700 million and $750 million…
Malaysian FPSO supplier Bumi Armada might appeal a recent ruling by an Australia court in an FPSO contract termination case against the Australian oil company Woodside.Woodside in 2016 terminated the contract for the Armada Claire FPSO unit that was operating at the Balnaves Field…
Australian unions have negotiated permanent contracts for 70 percent of their members working for Monadelphous aboard Inpex facilities.'The Offshore Alliance and [Electrical Trades Union] negotiated Monadelphous INPEX facilities EBA [Enterprise…
Malaysian FPSO specialist Bumi Armada's claim against Australia's oil firm Woodside for a 2016 FPSO contract termination has been dismissed in court.Woodside in 2016 terminated the contract for the Armada Claire FPSO unit that was operating at the Balnaves Field…
U.S. oil giant Chevron Corp is considering selling its participating interest in the Indonesian Deepwater Development (IDD) gas project, the company said on Friday, as it makes sweeping changes to cut costs and streamline operations. No final decision has yet been made…
Australian oil company FAR Ltd. has signed a deal with Glencore, one of the world's largest oil marketers, for the full allocation of Far's share of the future oil production from the Sangomar field offshore Senegal.FAR, which owns a 15% stake in the recently sanctioned…
BW Energy has completed the second production well of the Tortue Phase 2 development, offshore Gabon.'The DTM-5H well marks the completion of the first of two new well clusters on the Tortue field which will be tied back to the FPSO BW Adolo and boost oil output…
A vessel carrying Guyana's first-ever shipment of crude set sail on Monday bound for the U.S. Gulf Coast, oil major Exxon Mobil Corp said, marking the tiny South American nation's long-awaited debut as an oil exporter.The Suezmax vessel Yannis P…
SOFEC announced it has been awarded a contract from MODEC to supply an external turret mooring system for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Sangomar project offshore Senegal.SOFEC will be responsible for all engineering…