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Shell to advance Appomattox GOM project

Jul 01, 2015

Royal Dutch Shell made the final investment decision (FID) to advance the Appomattox deepwater development in the Norphlet formation in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The project includes the construction and installation of Shell’s eighth and largest floating platform in the GOM…

Contract extension for Safe Astoria

Jul 15, 2015

Shell Philippines Exploration agreed to a one-month extension for the firm period for the provision of Prosafe’s Safe Astoria accommodation support vessel at the Malampaya Phase 3 Depletion Compression Project offshore the Philippines. The total value of the firm extension period is US$5 million…

Iran deal agreed - now for the fine print

Jul 14, 2015

Sanctions on Iran’s oil production look set to be lifted after the country and six world powers finally reached a deal over the country’s nuclear program.  The agreement, reached after two years of discussions, following a 12-year stand…

Technip, Samsung awarded Browse FLNG FEED

Jul 03, 2015

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…

Noble Discoverer now Arctic-bound

Jun 30, 2015

The US Coast Guard (USCG) reported that the Noble Discoverer drillship has left the Port of Everett, Washington, in the early morning hours of 30 June, and is now Arctic-bound. Thus bringing Shell closer to its Chukchi Sea drilling season…

Iranian hope remains, despite delayed deadline

Jun 26, 2015

A deadline between western nations and Iran over the country's nuclear activities in a move which could open the country to international oil firms has once again been delayed. A deal, which would see sanctions lifted on the oil and gas rich nation…

Prelude turret reaches milestone

Jul 06, 2015

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…

SBM Offshore sells Turritella stake

Jul 15, 2015

SBM Offshore has divested a 45% stake in the FPSO Turritella to Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line). MC purchased 30% stake and NYK Line purchased 15% stake in the joint venture companies incorporated for the purpose of owning and operating the vessel…

Woodside's Browse FLNG enters FEED

Jul 01, 2015

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 bags Browse FEED

Jul 07, 2015

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…

Sinopec, CNOOC want Petrobras stakes

Jul 06, 2015

China’s national oil companies, Sinopec and CNOOC, want more interests in Brazil’s oil and gas assets, reports Seeking Alpha. The two companies bought into Brazil’s giant deepwater oilfields two years ago, and now seek to increase their holdings as Petrobras continues to sell assets…

Iran nuclear deal on the horizon

Jul 13, 2015

The first step towards lifting sanctions on Iran’s oil production could be taken tomorrow (14 July) in a deal that would open up its territory to western nations and see the country’s oil exports double in the next six months is agreed. Image…

Saipem gets official South Stream axe

Jul 09, 2015

Gazprom handed Eni subsidiary Saipem a termination notice for the South Stream pipeline project to transport gas via a pipeline in the Black Sea. Image of South Stream pipelay. Images from Gazprom…

Energy Drilling’s EDrill-3 rig under commissioning

Jul 13, 2015

The construction of EDrill-3 semitender rig in COSCO’s Guangdong shipyard is in the final phase of testing and commissioning, reports Energy Drilling. EDrill-3 is a four-column, Ocean Class design by MSC Gusto. Edrill-3, which was designed to work in both shallow and deep waters…

CT-ing in the deep

Jul 01, 2015

Medical technology has been taken to the bottom of deepwater Gulf of Mexico to help operators understand their flow assurance and asset integrity issues. Elaine Maslin explains a technology first.  Discovery deployed…

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