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Alma/Galia first oil due "within weeks"

Aug 19, 2015

North Sea independent EnQuest expects to reach first oil on its Alma/Galia development within a few weeks, the firm announced this morning.  The development, a subsea project tied back to the EnQuest Producer floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel…

WGK inks FEED deal for Vietnam TLP

Aug 17, 2015

Wood Group has been awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the subsea development of the Talisman Energy Ca Rong Do (Red Emperor in Vietnamese) field offshore Vietnam; estimated to contain around 67 MMboe.  Wood…

Det norske ramps up on Alvheim

Aug 14, 2015

Det norske is ramping up activity and production on its Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) development in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea.  The FPSO (pictured), which produces Alvheim field (comprising the Kneler…

SOCO marks H5 start-up off Vietnam

Aug 13, 2015

First oil and gas was produced from the H5 wellhead platform (H5-WHP) on the Te Giac Trang (TGT) field 10 August offshore Vietnam, says SOCO.   The start of production was achieved one month ahead of schedule and the H5 development project has been completed with zero lost time accidents…

Great Stella Area back on track

Aug 13, 2015

The subsea infrastructure installation campaign on Ithaca Energy's Greater Stella Area (GSA) development is nearly complete, following the conclusion of the projects five-well development drilling campaign in April.  The project, in the central North Sea…

First Subsea completes Goliat installation

Aug 12, 2015

Subsea connector specialist First Subsea, has successfully completed the installation of bend stiffener connections for gas lift and production risers, power cables and umbilicals, for the Goliat FPSO. Operated by ENI Norge, the…

Jubilee back to full production

Aug 12, 2015

Production has restarted on the Kwane Nkrumah FPSO (pictured) on Tullow Oil's giant Jubilee field offshore Ghana ahead of expectations.  The FPSO had suffered issues with its gas compressor late last month, resulting in a gas export outage from 3 July…

Keppel O&M secures FPSO conversion and more

Aug 11, 2015

Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) wholly owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard  has secured a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) conversion contract as well as three repair, upgrade and modification contracts worth a total of about US$89 million (S$125 million)…

Chevron's Rosebank re-emerges

Aug 07, 2015

Chevron's multi-billion dollar deepwater west of Shetland Rosebank development appears to be edging closer back to fruition after a contract was awarded for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel turret.  The Rosebank project was on track until 2013…

Shell, Esso sell Anasuria Cluster stake

Aug 06, 2015

Shell along with partner Esso Exploration agreed to sell their entire stakes (50-50) in the Anasuria Cluster in the UK Central North Sea to a Malaysian joint venture consisting of Ping Petroleum and Hibiscus Petroleum. News reports put the sale price at US$105 million…

Peregrino marks 100 MMbo production

Aug 04, 2015

After just four years in production, the Peregrino field in the Campos basin offshore Brazil has passed a significant milestone, with 100 MMbo produced since April 2011. The field, jointly owned by Statoil and Chinese Sinochem, achieved the milestone on 2 August…

Petrobras starts Iracema Norte production

Aug 03, 2015

Petrobras has begun production at the Iracema Norte development, in the Lula field of the pre-salt Santos basin, just less than 30 days after the FPSO Cidade de Itaguaí arrived at the field, the Brazilian national confirmed on 31 July. Cidade de Itaguaí…

Corrosion fatigue behavior of high-strength steel wire

Aug 01, 2015

Applying materials and corrosion science to the study of corrosion fatigue in high-strength steel wire aids flexible riser performance understanding. Intertek’s Peter Barnes explains. Example of a riser performing on a platform…

Shell’s 4D optimizes Brazil waterflood project

Aug 01, 2015

Shell’s second waterflood monitor survey offshore Brazil shows technical success. Jeannie Stell reports. SBM Offshore’s Espirito Santo FPSO can produce up to 100,000 bo/d and inject up to 75,000 b/d of water…

Finding an alternative

Aug 01, 2015

Already deployed off Brazil and West Africa, Jerry Lee investigates a new way to intervene on wells — from the drill pipe. Animated picture of the ocean floor properties of Vallourec. Image from Vallourec…

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