AusGroup subsidiary MAS Australasia entered into an agreement with Technip Oceania to supply of scaffolding and rope access services on the Shell-operated Prelude floating Liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. The firm will be responsible…
Laurentino Rangel, a consultant with Poten & Partners, provides an overview of current floating LNG projects around the globe. PFLNG SATU. Photo from Petronas. A floating LNG…
We have the saying “digital oilfield” within the industry, but does it exist in reality? Audrey Raj reports. Technip CEO Thierry Pilenko. Images from OTC Asia. With offshore…
Floating LNG – it’s a big business, taking decades to develop and involving the world’s largest vessels and cutting edge technology. Or is it? Elaine Maslin explains how operator Ophir Energy is taking a different tack off West Africa. Block R…
Shell shows a video of its giant Prelude is taking shape deep beneath the sea, in the waters offshore Western Australia. With construction of the Prelude FLNG facility well underway in the shipyard in Geoje, Shell is now at the coast of Western Australia…
Wood Group has been awarded a three-year contract, extending its support of Shell’s eight UK Continental Shelf offshore assets. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will continue to deliver maintenance and construction services to the Shearwater, Gannet…
GE Oil & Gas has started production of four high-pressure, high-temperature (HP/HT) dynamic flexible risers destined for the world’s largest floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, Prelude, to be operated by Shell, located 250km off the coast of Western Australia…
ABB was awarded a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility. Illustration of the Shell FLNG, from Shell. The order includes the delivery of motors…
Chevron’s Gorgon project could put Australia s on track to be the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the world at 11.5 Bcf/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Gorgon…
POSH Terasea secured a project to provide towage and positioning services for the Shell Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) platform. As part of the project, POSH Terasea will tow the Shell Prelude FLNG over 3000nm from Samsung Shipyard in Geoje…
Wood Group has secured a three-year contract with Shell Australia's Prelude, floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project. Wood Group Kenny will provide specialist consultancy services for flexible riser integrity management prior to and during operation of Prelude FLNG…
Australia and New Zealand hold vast petroleum potential, much of which remains undeveloped. Audrey Raj sets out the detail. Samples of oil from various New Zealand discoveries. Photo from TAG Oil…
Audrey Raj speaks to Japanese gas giant INPEX about its US$34 billion Ichthys LNG development and the key components that make up the offshore production facilities of the project. The monoethylene…
Greg Hale takes a look at how Shell integrated an asset integrity program into its new Prelude FLNG project with the intent of saving millions over the next 20-25 years. Integrating an asset integrity…
While the oil price has sucked much wind out of the sails of the FPSO industry, work must go on. And there are still quite a few projects lined up from 2016-2018. Infield Systems presents this list of conversion and newbuild construction projects…