Brazil will lead global growth in the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) industry despite the country’s national oil company, Petrobras, recently facing allegations of corruption, says research and consulting firm GlobalData…
The North Sea’s first producing oilfield, Argyll, has finally been brought back on stream by operator EnQuest, after being started and decommissioned twice in the past by previous operators. Argyll, now named Alma, and part of EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development…
Fred Olsen Energy has formally declared that construction contract for a newbuild semisubmersible rig which was originally destined for development drilling at the Chevron-operated Rosebank oil development in the UK West Shetlands region has been cancelled…
QGEP Participações has announced that Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção has signed a Crude Oil Sales Agreement (COSA) with Shell Western Supply and Trading for the early production system (EPS) of the Atlanta Field. This contract refers to QGEP's 30% share in the production from the field…
Dana Petroleum's Western Isles floating production unit will not be on stream until late 2017, some two years later than originally planned, it was confirmed today. In a statement, China's Cosco Corp (Singapore) said it and a European…
With ExxonMobil reported to be moving the Liza discovery in deepwater Guyana into pre-front-end engineering design (FEED) less than five months after confirming the find, the project has the potential to yield significant returns for investors…
JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration (Malaysia) has awarded Technip a subsea contract for the Layang field, Block SK10, offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, fabrication, installation and commissioning of three flexible pipes totaling 9…
African focussed exploration and production firm Addax Petroleum has extended its contract with Malaysia's Yinson Holdings for use of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The Knock Adoon FPSO has been working on the Antan field offshore Nigeria…
Technip has awarded SBM Offshore a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for three, large-scale turret mooring systems associated with the proposed Browse FLNG development offshore Australia. The three, large-scale turrets…
Image: Kaombo Ultra-Deep Offshore Project/Optical Metrology Services Optical Metrology Services (OMS) completed a series of pipe measurement surveys for the Kaombo Ultra-Deep Offshore…
VAALCO Energy has announced a re-sequencing update to its drilling and workover program offshore Gabon in the Etame Marin block. Previously announced on 16 September 2015, VAALCO planned to mobilize the Transocean Constellation II jackup…
BP's Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) is nearly finished and due to sail away to the North Sea next month, BP has said in posts on social media. The firm, which posted a video of the naming ceremony…
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway granted an extension to Eni for use of the Flotel Superior accommodation facility at the Goliat field, in the Barents Sea. Image from Eni. The…
Shell started production from the Bonga Phase 3 project offshore Nigeria, with expected peak production to hit about 50,000 boe/d. Image of the Bonga project. From Shell Flickr. Bonga…
Image: Deep Blue/Technip Shell awarded Technip a contract for the development of subsea infrastructure for the Stones project. Included in the service are two subsea production tie-backs to the floating production…
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