Mubadala Petroleum has reached agreement with Petrofac for the modification and extension of contracts related to the FPF-003 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), which continued extension of the Jasmine development’s field life…
Santos and its partners have decided to go ahead with the Sampang Sustainability Project (SPP), a project to extend the life of the Sampang area fields, off East Java, Indonesia, to at least 2020. The project will involve switching the…
EM&I has been awarded a contract from an international floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) operator for diverless UWILD inspections on an FPSO due to be deployed in Angola. The FPSO will be deployed at Block 15/06 East Hub field development…
Oilfield services firm Proserv has won a multi-million dollar contract from Apache Corp for work on the UK Continental Shelf. Proserv will supply a subsea control system and associated topside and subsea interface equipment for use on the new Callater wells south of the Beryl Alpha platform…
GE Oil & Gas and SapuraKencana Well Services have agreed an Asia-Pacific deal to deliver light well intervention services, which they say will unlock previously uneconomic subsea intervention activity. The strategic alliance will enable oil and gas operators to bring wells into production…
Subsea services company Acteon has launched a new service offering to directly address the demands and changing conditions of the global oil and gas industry. Acteon Field Life Service (FLS) offers a “joined-up” approach to the capex…
The international engineering and design consultancy Ramboll Oil & Gas has been awarded an important contract by Zakum Development Co. (ZADCO), Abu Dhabi, which entails an integrity study of 15 subsea pipelines. The project will enable…
Wood Group has been awarded a new contract by PetroRio to deliver services to the Polvo A platform, in the southern Campos basin, approximately 100km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Integrated operations and maintenance services will be provided by Wood Group PSN under the two year contract…
In February 2011, Maersk Oil's Gryphon FPSO suffered significant damage in heavy storms in the turbulent North Sea. After nearly 20 years of uninterrupted service, the FPSO had to leave the Gryphon field for the first time for repairs and upgrade…
OneSubsea has won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract on the Browse FLNG development offshore Australia. Browse FLNG development concept is based on three FLNG facilities utilizing Shell’s FLNG technology and Woodside’s expertise to commercialize the Brecknock…
Aker Solutions and Baker Hughes are teaming up for their second alliance together for early-phase studies that will provide improvements to the overall economics and value of oil and gas field developments. Image from Aker…
Subsea 7 has been awarded a two-year extension to two Underwater Services Contracts (USCs) by Shell Upstream International Europe, worth approximately US$240 million. Under these life of field contract extensions for diving support vessel…
Statoil is hoping to extend the life of the Norwegian Sea Norne field to 2030 - more than 15 years after it was originally scheduled to be shut down. The Norway-based operator says the field life will be extended by tying in new discoveries in the area…
BP’s request to extend the operating life of the Valhall field quarters platform (QP), has been denied by the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) stating that BP has failed to define realistic acceptance criteria for non-linear analyses…
Atkins has been awarded two contracts by Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) for structural analysis services worth over US$3 million. The work will support ADMA-OPCO’s expansion program for its offshore production facilities…