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Techouse Delivers Voyageur Spirit FPSO Equipment

Apr 22, 2024

Norwegian company Techouse has delivered a new sulphate removal unit (SRU) that will be installed on board the Voyageur Spirit FPSO, which is set for deployment at Eni-operated Baleine oil field offshore Côte d'Ivoire.Having secured the contract in May 2023…

Altera Hires DOF to Install Voyageur Spirit FPSO Offshore Ivory Coast

Feb 12, 2024

Altera Infrastructure has hired DOF to install Voyageur Spirit floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit as well as one floating storage unit (FSO) at Eni-operated Baleine oil field offshore Ivory Coast.The project includes the complete installation of seabed mooring systems…

Karoon Lowers Production Forecast at Baúna Field as it Plans Well Intervention

Jan 24, 2024

Australian oil and gas company Karoon Energy has revised oil production forecast for its Baúna Field offshore Brazil, as it prepares for SPS-88 well intervention to resolve the issues relating to equipment on the Cidade de Itajaí FPSO.Due to operational issues encountered at its Baúna Field…

EIG to Buy Brazil’s Only FPSO Operator in $390M Deal

Dec 29, 2023

EIG, an institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors, has entered into definitive agreements to acquire a Brazilian-based offshore oil and gas solutions provider and the country’s only FPSO operator Ocyan for $390 million…

Eni to Deploy Cylindrical FPSO, Converted FSO at Giant Offshore Oil Field in Ivory Coast

Oct 03, 2023

Altera Infrastructure has been awarded contracts for the redeployment of the FPSO Voyageur Spirit and the shuttle tanker Nordic Brasilia for the Baleine Phase 2 project, located offshore Ivory Coast.The vessels are set for deployment on the Baleine field with a 15-year firm contract…

Rosebank Oil Field Project Approval Highly Likely This Year, Ithaca Energy's Executive Chair Says

Sep 20, 2023

Ithaca Energy's Executive Chair Gilad Myerson said on Wednesday that there was a 'very high likelihood' that Britain's Rosebank oil field development would be approved by authorities, Reuters has reported. A formal sanctioning of the project could take place by the end of the year…

Equinor and Ithaca Energy Greenlight $3.8 Billion Investment in UK's Largest Undeveloped Offshore Field, Rosebank

Sep 27, 2023

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor and its UK-based partner Ithaca Energy said Wednedsay they had taken the final investment decision to progress Phase 1 of the Rosebank development on the UK Continental Shelf, together investing $3.8 billion in the development…

Asian Energy Services to Operate and Maintain Svetah Venetia FPSO

Mar 27, 2023

India-based Asian Energy Services has recently secured a Letter of Award for the operations and maintenance works (O&M) of the Svetah Venetia FPSO unit. The UAE-based Svetah Energy Infrastructure awarded the contract.The FPSO will be deployed…

Norway Offers New Exploration Licenses for CO2 Storage in North Sea

Mar 31, 2023

The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy on Friday offered two new exploration licenses related to CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf in the North Sea.The two exploration licenses offered are located in the southern part of the North Sea…

Karoon Suspends Production at Brazilian Offshore Field Due to Leak

Apr 05, 2023

Oil and gas company Karoon has shut production from its Baúna field offshore Brazil, including from the Patola field, due to 'a loss of containment incident' associated with the high-pressure flare on the Cidade de Itajaí FPSO.Karoon said that production was shut-in on March 28…

Karoon Brings Online PAT-2 Well at Patola Offshore Field in Brazil

Mar 15, 2023

Oil and gas company Karoon said Wednesday that production had started from the PAT-2 at the Patola field in the BM-S-40 production license in Brazil.The well, one of two new production wells drilled at the field, came onstream on March 15, 2023 at a rate of 12…

Aker Solutions, Drydocks to Upgrade Petrojarl Knarr FPSO for Deployment at Equinor's Rosebank Field

Jan 09, 2023

Norway's Aker Solutions will upgrade Altera Infrastructure's Petrojarl  Knarr floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to be redeployed at Equinor's Rosebank field development, offshore the UK. Petrojarl Knarr was built by Samsung…

Drydocks, Aker Solutions JV Pens Deal to Upgrade FPSO for Equinor's Rosebank Field

Feb 03, 2023

Dubai's shipbuilding and shiprepair company Drydocks World and Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions have established a joint venture to upgrade the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO for Equinor's Rosebank offshore oil and gas field in the UK…

Norway Opens North Sea Area for CO2 Storage Applications

Jan 11, 2023

Norway on Wednesday announced an area in the North Sea for applications related to the injection and storage of CO2 on the Norwegian continental shelf.Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland said there was a great interest from companies…

DNV Recertifies Petrojarl I FPSO, Enabling Two-year Charter Extension, Enauta Says

Dec 14, 2022

The Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Tuesday that classification society DNV had issued the recertification for the Petrojarl I FPSO, enabling a contract extension for the production unit.The Petrojarl I FPSO is an early production system used for production at Enauta's Atlanta field…

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