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Shell taps Technip for Prelude services contract

Dec 15, 2016

Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia. The contract will provide multi-disciplinary engineering and design services in support of the Prelude FLNG project, and will allow the…

Chevron cancels Rosebank FPSO newbuild

Dec 14, 2016

Chevron has canceled a US$1.8 billion floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) newbuild order with Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) that was destined for the supermajor’s Rosebank deepwater project in the North Sea. Illustration of the FPSO…

RINA bags Chevron Indonesia work

Dec 12, 2016

RINA Indonesia, in consortium with PT Depriwangga, has been awarded a  contract by Chevron Indonesia to provide QA/QC inspection services as part of the offshore Bangka Field development project. The Bangka Field is located approximately…

Video: BP sanctions Mad Dog 2 in GoM

Dec 01, 2016

BP has sanctioned the US$9 billion Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the Gulf of Mexico, with first production set to start in late-2021. Illustration of Mad Dog 2, from BP. The UK supermajor’s…

SPS repair on floating producer in field

Nov 30, 2016

Work to repair five separate areas on board floating production unit FPF-003, operated by Petrofac South East Asia Pte, using SPS has been completed on-station in the Mubdala, Jasmine oil field, off the coast of Thailand.     The repair work on this ABS classed vessel…

BHP awards EM&I Macedon, Pyrenees inspection contract

Nov 28, 2016

EM&I, a provider of asset integrity, inspection and specialized repair and maintenance services, has signed a contract with BHP Billiton Petroleum Australia (BHP Billiton) to provide inspection management services to their Macedon Gas Plant…

BW Offshore takes Addax to task

Nov 28, 2016

Floating production firm BW Offshore has started an arbitration process against Addax Petroleum Exploration over payment for use of the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Sendje Berge.  BW Offshore says Addax as…

Stella set back

Nov 25, 2016

Start up on Ithaca Energy's Stella field has been set back after electrical faults were found on the floating production unit.  First oil via the FPF-1 floating production facility had been due at the end of this month, but is now expected early January…

Scolty/Crathes online, Kraken on its way

Nov 21, 2016

UK independent EnQuest has brought its Scolty and Crathes development in the UK North Sea onstream. The firm also confirmed sailaway of the US$2.6 billion Kraken development floating production, storage and offloading vessel is due in coming days…

Wisting contains 1 billion barrels

Nov 18, 2016

OMV's Norway VP said the Wisting discovery in the Norwegian Barents Sea could contain more than 1 billion boe in place. Image of Eni's Goliat FPSO in the Barents Sea. David Latin stated the figure at an energy conference…

Eni board greenlights Coral LNG - Mozambique

Nov 18, 2016

Eni is a step closer to moving ahead with its 16 Tcf deepwater Coral discovery development offshore Mozambique following investment approval from its board of directors. Eni's board has approved the first phase of development, called the Coral South project…

Catcher costs reduced further

Nov 17, 2016

Premier Oil says it has further reduced costs on the Catcher floating production development in the North sea, to a forecast total US$1.7 billion. The drop, a 24% reduction on the original sanctioned estimate, comes after costs had been reduced 20% to $1…

Chinguetti to cease 2017

Nov 14, 2016

Partners on the Chinguetti oil field offshore Mauritania are considering options for its decommissioning. Production on the field, which is produced via the Berge Helene floating, production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), is expected to end next year…

Ithaca: Stella will be step-change

Nov 14, 2016

Start up on the Stella field will mark a step-change in operator Ithaca Energy's business, the firm said this morning.  First oil on the field, due at the end of this month, will see the firm's production more than double to 20-25,000 boe/d and unit operating costs drop to under US$20/boe…

SBM picked for floating wind farm project

Nov 10, 2016

Dutch floating technologies firm SBM Offshore has been picked to provide a floating wind systems solution for a pilot project, offshore France.  EDF Energies Nouvelles was selected by the French government last week to construct a pilot floating wind farm for its Provence Grand Large project…

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