"FPSO" News

Petrobras starts up Cidade de Saquarema

Jul 12, 2016

Petrobras has started production from the Cidade de Saquarema floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit on the giant Lula field, offshore Brazil. Cidade de Saquarema, from SBM Offshore…

Catcher FPSO project remains on track

Jul 12, 2016

Premier Oil's Catcher floating production project in the UK North Sea is on schedule to deliver first oil in 2H next year. The UK-based independent says further cost savings have been secured against the project estimates. Premier now forecasts capex to first oil of US$1…

SapuraKencana axes Berantai contract

Jul 11, 2016

SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiaries, Sapura Energy Ventures and Kencana Energy, along with their partner, Petrofac Energy Developments, have reached an agreement with Petronas to cease the Berantai risk service contract (RSC). The Berantai…

FPF-1 bound for Stella in two weeks

Jul 11, 2016

Ithaca Energy's FPF-1 floating production facility is set to leave its yard in about two weeks and start first oil from the Greater Stella area in about three months from then.  UK-based independent Ithaca said modifications on the unit in the Remontowa Yard in Gdansk…

EM&I wins FPSO work off Angola

Jul 11, 2016

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…

Ichthys generators fired up

Sep 12, 2016

The Inpex-led Ichthys LNG Project has reached a key milestone with both its central processing facility (CPF) and floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility safely starting up their main power generators in the South Korean shipyards where they are being constructed…

CNR extends Ivory Coast FPSO contract

Jul 08, 2016

CNR International has has exercised an option to extend the fixed term of the lease contract for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Espoir Ivoirien from 2017 to 2022. The vessel produces oil from the Espoir field since 2002…

NOV, GE enter FPSO pact

Jul 07, 2016

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) and GE Oil & Gas entered into an agreement to collaborate on delivering integrated solutions for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Image from GE…

Keppel inks US$90 million in projects

Jul 07, 2016

Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) wholly owned subsidiary Keppel Shipyard has secured four contracts worth a total of nearly US$90 million (S$120 million) in Europe and Western Australia.  Image from Keppel…

Endeavor opens FPSO best practices JIP

Sep 12, 2016

Endeavor Management has opened participation in its latest joint industry project (JIP) – Best Practices for the FPSO Industry. Image of the Cidade de Marica, from SBM Offshore.  In today’s price environment…

Aibel inks Greater Enfield modifications job

Jul 01, 2016

Aibel in Singapore has been awarded a contract for modifications on Woodside Energy Nguijma-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The work will be so that the FPSO, which operates on the Vincent oil field…

TEN due online in 3-6 weeks

Jun 30, 2016

Tullow Oil's TEN floating production project offshore Ghana is on schedule for first oil within the next three to six weeks, the firm announced this morning.  Tullow says the project, which is also within budget, is over 96% complete…

Keppel delivers Lapa FPSO

Jun 28, 2016

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M) subsidiary Keppel FELS Brasil SA's BrasFELS shipyard has recently completed the integration and completion works on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore) Pte…

Woodside sanctions $1.9bn Greater Enfield project

Jun 27, 2016

The US$1.9 billion Greater Enfield project offshore Australia has been given the green light by operator Woodside Energy and its partner, Mitsui E&P Australia. First oil is scheduled for mid-2019, via a 31km subsea tie-back to the existing Ngujima-Yin floating production…

UPDATED: FPF1 sailaway by end of month

Jun 21, 2016

Sailaway on Ithaca Energy's FPF1 floating production facility to the Greater Stella Area development in the UK North Sea is expected by the end of this month, according to contractor Petrofac. After a series of setbacks on the FPF1 modification project at the Remontowa Shipyard in Gdansk…

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