"FPSO" News

Sparrows gets Kraken contract

Jan 19, 2017

Sparrows Group has secured a contract to provide crane management services at the Kraken field in the UK North Sea.  Over three years, Sparrows will provide support during the pre-operations and operations phase aboard the floating, production…

Atkins inks Chevron Alba, Captain gig

Jan 18, 2017

Chevron North Sea awarded Atkins a three-year framework contract for structural integrity services across selected fixed and floating platforms in the UK North Sea. The contract covers assets including the Alba Northern platform and topsides…

SBM awards Ampelmann FPSO maintenance contract

Jan 17, 2017

Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore Contractors in support of an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) maintenance campaign in the Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. Ampelmann will provide an E-type system in January 2017 with a scope that includes transport…

Statoil mulls Norne tieback for Cape Vulture discovery

Jan 17, 2017

Statoil is considering a subsea tieback to the Norne floating production unit after making a 20-80 MMboe oil and gas recoverable discovery on the nearby Cape Vulture well in the Norwegian Sea. The tieback project consideration comes as…

Egina FPSO orders additional Amarinth pumps

Jan 17, 2017

Amarinth, which specializes in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial, power and renewable energy markets, has secured a further order…

Hurricane spuds Halifax probe west of Shetland

Jan 16, 2017

UK independent fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy has started drilling on its Halifax well west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. The well, being drilled using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig…

Guyana in the spotlight

Jan 13, 2017

ExxonMobil’s double hit offshore Guyana this week has put the country in the spotlight with expectations of becoming a serious upstream player by early next decade, however, some roadblocks lie ahead, according to Wood Mackenzie.  Map of Guyana…

Solstad supports McDermott on Ichthys

Jan 13, 2017

Norway's Solstad Offshore (SOFF) has been awarded a subcontract with US-headquartered McDermott for the provision of light construction vessel services associated with Ichthys gas field development project, offshore Western Australia. Solstad's…

Premier cuts Catcher costs, plans Tolmount

Jan 12, 2017

Premier Oil's Catcher North Sea floating production project is on schedule for startup later this year with a 29% reduced capital budget compared to when it was sanctioned, at US$1.6 billion.   The Catcher area is expected to produce 96 MMboe…

WoodMac sees first signs of growth

Jan 11, 2017

The first signs of growth in the oil and gas industry can be seen, says analyst Wood Mackenzie. The firm's forecast shows a double growth in the number of final investment decisions in 2017, compared to 2016.  According to Wood Mackenzie's global upstream outlook for 2017…

Energean selects FPSO for Israeli gas fields

Jan 11, 2017

Energean Oil & Gas is planning to develop the Israeli Tanin and Karish gas and condensate fields using a floating production solution, the firm announced in a press conference today.  Energean says it will submit a formal field development plan (FDP) for both fields…

Samsung wins Mad Dog FPU

Jan 05, 2017

Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has won the first offshore drilling project for Korean shipbuilders in 18 months, with an order for BP's Mad Dog II project in the US Gulf of Mexico.  The US$1.27 billion order is for a floating production unit (FPU) weighing 58…

Abo FPSO mini-extension as negotiations continue

Jan 03, 2017

BW Offshore has signed a short-term interim extension agreement for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Abo with Eni subsidiary Nigerian Agip Exploration. The unit, moored off Nigeria on the Abo field, will continue working for Eni until 20 January 2017…

Key oilfield themes for 2017

Jan 02, 2017

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…

Managing maintenance

Jan 01, 2017

Audrey Leon speaks with Lloyd’s Register about a new cloud-based software aimed at optimizing maintenance programs and reducing operational expenditures by up to 40%. Image from iStock. Managing…

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