Oceaneering International will support the design, fabrication and installation of ancillary flowline hardware at Royal Dutch Shell’s Appomattox development in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract, Oceaneering will procure and install pre-lay and post-lay crossing mattresses…
Kongsberg Maritime Inc., the North American division of Norway headquartered marine and offshore technology company Kongsberg Maritime, and Houston headquartered Stress Engineering Services have formed a strategic alliance to better serve…
Private equity backed independent Alpha Petroleum Resources is targeting first oil from its UK North Sea Cheviot oil field in 2019, after entering agreements with floating production system provider Teekay. Alpha expects to achieve…
The floating production systems market remains challenging. Will cost-cutting measures made over the past two years help projects reach final investment decision in 2017? Infield’s Catarina Podevyn assesses the market. Johan Castberg…
The past year has undoubtedly been one of the toughest for the oil and gas industry in recent memory. As we enter 2017, we consider three key themes that could shape the industry over the year ahead. A North America-led oilfield services…
Malaysia's MISC Berhad has launched arbitration proceedings against Shell to seek resolution on contractual disputes worth some US$245 million concerning the construction and lease of the Gumusut-Kakap semi-floating production system (Semi-FPS)…
GE Oil & Gas has signed a major agreement with MODEC, an owner/operator and engineering, procurement, construction and installation general contractor of floating production systems including floating production storage and offloading (FPSO)…
Oceaneering International has completed its acquisition of Meridian Ocean Services. Meridian uses remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) to perform surveys on mobile offshore drilling units and floating production systems that satisfy the…
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…
Water treatment solutions company Water Standard secured a contract with Shell Offshore for the design, fabrication, testing, and shipment of an ultrapure water generation package (UWGP) to be integrated on Appomattox, Shell’s floating production system located in deepwater…
The 6th annual Global FPSO Forum to be held on 30 August to 1 September 2016 in Galveston, TX, announces supermajor Shell’s Curtis J. Lohr, Stones project manager, as its first keynote speaker. Curtis J…
Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration’s Delta House floating production system (FPS) achieved its nameplate oil capacity of 80,000 b/d in the Gulf of Mexico during the last days of 2015. Image of Delta House…
While depressed commodity prices lend to pessimism, floating production systems are projected to remain an integral component of offshore field development. Quest Offshore analyst Andrew Jackson explains. The…
Amsterdam-based SBM Offshore announced that it received from Petrobras the formal invitation to tender for the Sépia and Libra FPSOs (floating production, storage and offloading), as referenced in the company’s Q3 trading update of 11 November…
With a mere four orders so far this year the floating production system (FPS) sector is suffering. However, things are anticipated to be better next year, with the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in particular, having a surprisingly bright future…
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