"FPSO" News

WGK on Prelude flexibles integrity

Jan 19, 2016

Wood Group has secured a three-year contract with Shell Australia's Prelude, floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. Wood Group Kenny will provide specialist consultancy services for flexible riser integrity management prior to and during operation of Prelude FLNG…

Low oil prices cast shadow on Middle East’s FPSO market

Jan 19, 2016

The United Arab Emirates (UAE)'s chances for taking on some of the world’s future floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessel construction are diminishing as the global market looks set to stall for at least five years, with local demand for floating facilities little better…

TEN sailaway due this month

Jan 13, 2016

Tullow Oil's TEN project is now 80% complete, with first oil scheduled for between July and August this year, the firm said this morning. Sailaway of the TEN FPSO from Singapore to Ghana is expected late January, with arrival in Ghana in early March…

Premier inks first major Sea Lion contract, expands scope

Jan 13, 2016

The first major contract on Premier Oil’s Sea Lion field offshore the Falkland Islands has been awarded following completion of pre-front end engineering and design (FEED) on the project.  Netherlands headquartered floating production…

Greater Stella set back again

Jan 12, 2016

First production from the Greater Stella Area development in the UK North Sea has been set back once again.  Sail-away of the FPF-1 floating production facility is expected to be delayed by six-12 weeks due to slippage in completion of…

Transocean Winner to drill on Volund

Jan 11, 2016

Det norske oljeselskap has received consent from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility for production drilling and completion on the Volund field. Transocean Winner is a semi-submersible facility of the GVA 4000 type…

Eni in Mpungi start up

Jan 11, 2016

Italy’s Eni commenced production from the Mpungi field offshore Angola that will bring production ramp up in the West Hub Development Project to about 100,000 boe/d this quarter. N’Goma FPSO. Image from SBM Offshore…

FPSO suffers mooring failure in storm

Jan 08, 2016

A floating production vessel working on CNR International Banff field has become the latest victim to bad weather in the UK.  The Teekay-owned Petrojarl Banff unit, based some 190km east of Aberdeen, saw two of its 10 achor lines 'lose tension' at around midnight on 3 January…

Cathelco wins ICCP orders for FPSO trio

Jan 05, 2016

Cathelco has won orders to supply hull corrosion protection systems for three FPSOs. Two of the systems are being supplied to MODEC, while the third will be installed by Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong yard in Singapore. The FPSO Cidade de Campos…

FPSOs: On the horizon

Jan 01, 2016

While the oil price has sucked much wind out of the sails of the FPSO industry, work must go on.  And there are still quite a few projects lined up from 2016-2018. Infield Systems presents this list of conversion and newbuild construction projects…

African FPSOs

Jan 01, 2016

Nigeria is eying an opportunity to integrate floating production units on home turf, potentially even building them from scratch. Elaine Maslin found out more. ADOL from the air.  Photos…

The floating production market: 2016 & beyond

Jan 01, 2016

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…

Keppel wins Ghana FPSO conversion

Dec 29, 2015

Yinson has awarded Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine conversion work on a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel meant for Eni’s Offshore Cape Three Points Block (OCTP), offshore Ghana. The award is one of four the…

ITC Global wins West Africa gigs

Dec 28, 2015

ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has announced that it has been awarded two multi-million dollar contracts, each spanning three years, to provide remote offshore communications to five floating production…

GlobalData: Bleak prospects for Brazil oil production to 2020

Dec 23, 2015

Marred by corruption and market turmoil, Petrobras, the operator of key pre-salt projects for Brazil’s oil production over the next five years, is one of many Brazilian oil and gas companies facing a difficult financial future in the short term…

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