Offshore Floating Production News - page 98


Kraken FPSO sets out for deep water

Oct 31, 2016

First oil on EnQuest's Kraken heavy oil field in the UK North Sea is on track for 1H 2017 after the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the project set out for a deepwater anchorage.  Vessel operator Bumi Armada…

MODEC upgrades Brazil FPSOs communications

Oct 24, 2016

O3b Networks, technology solutions company RigNet and floating production service provider MODEC, have agreed to provide high-throughput, low latency connectivity for MODEC’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels off the coast of Brazil…

Arnlea inks Tullow Ghana contracts

Oct 24, 2016

Arnlea Systems has been awarded a contract by Tullow Oil to roll out its hazardous area inspection system, Intrinsix Ex, across the company’s Ghanaian operations in the Jubilee and TEN fields. Under the contract Arnlea will roll out the…

Keppel delivers latest FPSO

Oct 24, 2016

Keppel Offshore & Marine's (Keppel O&M) subsidiary Keppel Shipyard is on track to deliver a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Armada Madura EPC. Armada Madura is a joint venture between Shapoorji Pallonji and Bumi Armada…

Repsol Sinopec extends FPSO lease

Oct 19, 2016

Repsol Sinopec North Sea (formerly Talisman North Sea) has extended its lease on the Bleo Holm floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit up to 30 June 2018.  The Bleo Holm is the sixth Bluewater designed, built, owned and operated FPSO…

SPS used to repair FSO hull

Oct 19, 2016

Intelligent Engineering has seen its SPS repair system used on a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel offshore Cameroon.  The FSO Komi Kribi 1 (KK1), converted in 1977 from a VLCC and operated by ExxonMobil for Cameroon Oil Transportation Co…

Video: Jack/St. Malo in 360 degrees

Oct 11, 2016

In this video, US supermajor Chevron shows a 360° video tour of its Jack/St. Malo facility, its largest deepwater offshore platform, offshore the US Gulf of Mexico.  The Jack and St. Malo fields were co-developed with subsea completions…

Sevan CEO to step down

Oct 10, 2016

Sevan Marine CEO Carl Lieungh will step down from the company, effective 1 January 2017. The company's board of directors has appointed current CFO, Reese McNeel, as the new CEO. He will carry out both functions in parallel, the firm said in a statement today (10 October)…

Suncor completes Rosebank acquisition

Oct 07, 2016

Canada's Suncor Energy has closed a deal to acquire a 30% stake in the UK North Sea Rosebank project from Austria's OMV. Suncor has made an initial payment of US$50 million. In the event the co-venturers approve the Rosebank project final investment decision and Suncor elects to participate…

DOF Subsea scores Ithaca decom job

Oct 07, 2016

Subsea services provider DOF Subsea said it has been awarded a contract by Ithaca Energy for phase 1 of the decommissioning of the Ithaca-operated Athena field in the UK North Sea. Athena is in UK Continental Shelf block 14/18B in the…

Greater Stella remains on track

Oct 06, 2016

Ithaca Energy is edging closing towards first oil from the Greater Stella Area Development in the UK North Sea.  First oil, from the FPF-1 floating production unit, is scheduled for next month, as planned.  The unit set sail from Poland in August and was safely towed to location…

Video: Aker debuts Lean Semi concept

Oct 05, 2016

Aker Solutions has introduced a new lighter weight and faster to deliver semisubmersible platform that will help producers unlock more marginal oil and gas fields in harsh environments across the globe. Lean Semi…

Keeping cool, cutting costs

Oct 01, 2016

Scope reduction has been the key focus on Statoil’s Johan Castberg floating production project. Elaine Maslin reports. An illustration of the Johan Castberg field layout. Image from Statoil.  Statoil’s…

Exmar FLNG unit completes testing

Sep 28, 2016

Exmar's barge-based FLNG unit, at one time meant to operate off the coast of Colombia, has completed performance testing at Wison Offshore & Marine's Nantong, China yard, the engineering firm announced on 27 September. While the deal…

Goliat resumes production

Sep 27, 2016

Production has resumed at the Goliat field early Tuesday morning (27 September), in the Norwegian Barents Sea, according to operator Eni Norge. Eni says full production is expected to be reached shortly, with full reinjection of gas and produced water…

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