"FPSO" News

Seatrium to Develop FPSO Digital Twins

Dec 01, 2024

Seatrium and the Technology Centre for Offshore & Marine, Singapore (TCOMS) have agreed to explore cyber-physical modelling capabilities for predicting environmental loads on FPSOs.Following the scaled model testing of the latest series of FPSOs…

First Oil Starts Flowing from FPSO Atlanta Off Brazil

Jan 02, 2025

Brazilian oil and gas company Brava Energia has started production from the Atlanta floating, production storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Brazil.The achievement makes Brava Energia the first independent oil and gas company in the…

Petrobras Extends Tupi Field FPSO Stay, Lines Up System Upgrades

Jan 22, 2025

Petrobras, on behalf of the Tupi field consortium, has extended charter and service agreements for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Cidade de Angra dos Reis, announcing also the upgrades to the vessel.The amendments…

LR and SHI Join Forces for Green Ammonia FPSO System

Nov 15, 2024

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for the joint development of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) system for green ammonia. The FPSO process has been widely used in the oil and gas industries…

SBM Offshore and Technip Energies to Build TotalEnergies’ GranMorgu FPSO

Nov 14, 2024

TotalEnergies has awarded a contract to SBM Offshore and Technip Energies to build and install a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for its GranMorgu field, offshore Suriname.The contract award follows completion of front-end engineering and design studies…

Ultra-Deepwater FPSO Starts Oil Production Offshore Brazil

Oct 30, 2024

Petrobras has achieved first oil with the Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit Marechal Duque de Caxias, one of the largest ultra-deepwater FPSOs in the world, installed at the Mero field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The FPSO has the capacity to produce up to 180…

Fifth FPSO for Petrobras’ Mero Field En Route to Brazil (Photos)

Dec 19, 2024

Alexandre de Gusmão floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit has departed in China and is now on its way to Brazil where it will be deployed at Petrobras’ Mero field, in the Santos Basin.The Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO left China on December 16…

ABS Approves Hanwha Ocean’s FPSO Design

Dec 19, 2024

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has awarded Hanwha Ocean an Approval in Principle (AIP) for its Pre-FEED standard FPSO design intended to create an asset optimized for deployment in the deep waters of West Africa.The FPSO design is 340 meters long and capable of storing approximately 2…

FPSO Petrojarl Enters Decom Phase as FPSO Atlanta Readies to Take Over

Nov 19, 2024

Brava Energia, a Brazilian oil and gas firm created by the merger of 3R Petroleum and Enauta, has ceased production from Petrojarl floating, production storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit, as the new FPSO Atlanta gets ready to take over at a field offshore Brazil…

ExxonMobil Concludes $535M Liza Destiny FPSO Buy from SBM Offshore

Dec 20, 2024

SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation, have completed the transaction related to the purchase of floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) Liza Destiny, deployed at Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana…

Tanker Vessels Flock to Guyana as Oil Exports Soar 58%

Oct 09, 2024

“Year-to-date, Guyana’s oil exports have jumped to 598 thousand barrels per day (kbpd), a 58% year-on-year increase, adding to the growth achieved in previous years. Over the past three years, the average annual growth rate has hit 76%,” says Niels Rasmussen…

Hanwha Ocean Gets Bureau Veritas Clearance for FPSO Design

Dec 10, 2024

Shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from certification body Bureau Veritas for its standard Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit (FPSO) design, which includes the latest developments in advanced digital solutions to support more energy efficient operations…

Serica Energy Sees Another Production Setback with New FPSO Triton Outage

Dec 05, 2024

UK-based oil firm Serica Energy has suspended the production from its Triton floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) unit in the North Sea after identifying an issue with one of the compressors seals, prompting the company to further reduce its full-year production outlook…

ABS Gives Its Blessing to SHI’s Ammonia FPSO Design

Oct 02, 2024

American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has issued an approval in principle (AIP) to Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) for its new design of an ammonia floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit.Called Samsung Ammonia Blue, the concept features…

Petrofac Extends Stay for DDW Offshore’s Skandi Emerald AHTS

Dec 03, 2024

Akastor's subsidiary DDW Offshore has secured a contract extension with Petrofac for its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Skandi Emerald.The contract extension is for six months, meaning the contract term has now been extended to July 14…

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