The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is set to depart for Ghana to work on Eni's Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) development offshore Ghana after being named. The 1.7 MMbbl capacity John Agyekum Kufuor was named after Ghana’s President Emeritus…
Energean Oil & Gas has appointed TechnipFMC as the concept and front-end engineering design (FEED) contractor for the Karish and Tanin development program, offshore Israel. The move follows Energean’s decision to develop the fields using a floating production…
Costs have been cut in the industry, but has it been enough? Elaine Maslin looks at ongoing initiatives in the UK North Sea. Photo from iStock. The past two years of pain for the oil and gas industry is well known…
The floating production systems market remains challenging. Will cost-cutting measures made over the past two years help projects reach final investment decision in 2017? Infield’s Catarina Podevyn assesses the market. Johan Castberg…
GE Energy Connections has been chosen to supply its MV7Series 5 Level (MV7-5L) drive, which will sit topside on a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Greater Enfield project. Located 60km off Exmouth in Western Australia…
Nido Petroleum is set to drill its Galoc-7/7ST appraisal well in Block C1 SC 14 offshore the Philippines, starting in March. The firm has agreed a one-well drilling contract for the Odfjell Drilling operated ultra deepwater drillship Deepsea Metro I for the work…
EnQuest confirmed that its Kraken floating production and storage offloading unit (FPSO) arrived in the North Sea, set to deliver first oil in Q2 2017. Image of EnQuest. The US$2…
BW Offshore has signed an interim extension agreement for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Abo with Eni subsidiary Nigerian Agip Exploration, until 31 March this year. The short-term extension has been agreed…
Italian contractor Saipem has inked a contract for use of Solstad Offshore's construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Installer as part of offshore installation works on the Jangkirk floating production unit (FPU) offshore Indonesia. The Jangkrik FPU is a part of Jangkrik Complex Project…
Sparrows Group has secured a contract to provide crane management services at the Kraken field in the UK North Sea. Over three years, Sparrows will provide support during the pre-operations and operations phase aboard the floating, production…
Chevron North Sea awarded Atkins a three-year framework contract for structural integrity services across selected fixed and floating platforms in the UK North Sea. The contract covers assets including the Alba Northern platform and topsides…
Amarinth, which specializes in the design, application and manufacture of centrifugal pumps and associated equipment to the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, industrial, power and renewable energy markets, has secured a further order…
Ampelmann has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore Contractors in support of an FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) maintenance campaign in the Espírito Santo Basin, Brazil. Ampelmann will provide an E-type system in January 2017 with a scope that includes transport…
Statoil is considering a subsea tieback to the Norne floating production unit after making a 20-80 MMboe oil and gas recoverable discovery on the nearby Cape Vulture well in the Norwegian Sea. The tieback project consideration comes as…
UK independent fractured basement reservoir explorer Hurricane Energy has started drilling on its Halifax well west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. The well, being drilled using the Transocean Spitsbergen semisubmersible drilling rig…
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