Technip and South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) are teaming up to develop a joint design of a low motion semisubmersible production platform. Technip and SHI already work together under a consortium arrangement, the Technip Samsung Consortium…
For decades, the number of large offshore resource discoveries has outstripped the onshore sector, and the significance of floating production and storage remains a distinct growth opportunity, despite oil price volatility, says Class NK…
Shell has made a hydrocarbon discovery on the West-1 (Auriga) well on the northern Browse Basin offshore Australia. Shell has been drilling the well, in Petroleum Permit Area AC/RL9, using the Stena Clyde semisubmersible drilling rig (pictured)…
Global FPSO orders have fallen off a cliff in 2015. But, SBM Offshore is weathering the storm and there’s more to the company than FPSOs, says its Schiedam managing director. Saskia Kunst, Managing Director of SBM Offshore’s Dutch base in Schiedam…
Drydocks World the leading provider of maritime and offshore services to the shipping, oil, gas and energy sectors marked a major milestone in successfully completing the world’s largest turret mooring system. At almost 100m-high, weighing more than 11…
Chevron's multi-billion dollar deepwater west of Shetland Rosebank development appears to be edging closer back to fruition after a contract was awarded for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel turret. The Rosebank project was on track until 2013…
Wood Group has secured a new contract to carry out front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the Woodside operated proposed Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) development, offshore Western Australia. Wood Group Kenny (WGK)…
Analysts at Douglas Westwood say despite a current pause in commitments to new projects, the capital expenditure (capex) for Floating LNG (FLNG) vessels is expected to amount to US$35.5 billion over 2015-2021. Spending on floating, storage…
After postponing a final investment decision due to the low oil prices last December, Australian operator Woodside Petroleum has announced it will press forward into the FEED phase for its long-struggling Browse LNG mega project. The…
OneSubsea has won a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract on the Browse FLNG development offshore Australia. Browse FLNG development concept is based on three FLNG facilities utilizing Shell’s FLNG technology and Woodside’s expertise to commercialize the Brecknock…
Technip Samsung Consortium has been named as the front-end engineering contract for the Browse floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project in Australia, operated by Woodside. The Browse project will comprise three FLNG units, used to develop the Brecknock…
Atlas Knowledge has been awarded a contract by INPEX to provide training for production workers involved in the US$34 billion Ichthys LNG project. The INPEX-operated project includes some of the world’s largest offshore facilities off the coast of Western Australia…
Shell Australia is taking safety to new heights with its new helicopter operated by CHC, to help with any rescue efforts needed offshore Australia. In this video, Shell shows a training run of new helicopter with a trained rescue…
Norwegian classification and verification outfit DNV GL unveiled an unmanned floating LNG concept, which it thinks could unlock the potential of remote offshore gas fields. DNV GL's Solitude concept…
Drydocks World is to build an external turret mooring systems for JX Nippon’s Layang field floating production vessel offshore Malaysia. Under a contract with UK-based naval architects Orwell Offshore, Dubai-based Dydocks World is expected to supply the turret system by Q1 2016…
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