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More than mini eyeballs

May 01, 2016

Meg Chesshyre reports on how mini ROV systems have advanced significantly and, thanks to their size, they can get up close and personal. Deep Trekker’s DTG2.  Images from Deep Trekker. “It’s not just a camera in the water anymore…

Small is beautiful

May 01, 2016

Tapping small fields and coming up with economic early production system solutions offers engineers an interesting challenge. Elaine Maslin reports. Amplus’ VPU. Image from Amplus.  There…

Ready for prime time

May 01, 2016

Kory Kinney, of IHS, takes a look at some of the projects underway in the US Gulf of Mexico.   As we move through 2016, construction activity in the US Gulf of Mexico has begun dwindling…

Schlumberger drops out of Fortuna LNG

Apr 29, 2016

Schlumberger and Ophir have terminated discussions over a move which could have given the oilfield services firm a 40% stake in the Fortuna floating LNG development offshore Equatorial Guinea.  Earlier this year, Schlumberger had reached a heads of terms agreement with Ophir over the project…

Tullow to resume at Jubilee, after production falls

Apr 28, 2016

Tullow Oil’s production levels fell some in Q1, following issues at its Jubliee field, offshore Ghana, which the company said is due to resume operations in the next few days. Image of the FPSO Prof…

Tullow eyes next Mauritanian move

Apr 26, 2016

Tullow Oil is eying exploration leads offshore Mauritania in order to fulfill a minimum work obligation of one well on the block before the second exploration phase runs out in November 2017.  Image from Tullow…

Petrobras extends BW Pioneer contract

Apr 25, 2016

Petrobras has exercised an option to extend the fixed term of the lease contract for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel the BW Pioneer from Q1 2017 to Q1 2020. The FPSO BW Pioneer started work on the Cascade…

Bumi hits Woodside with US$283.5 million claim

Apr 21, 2016

Woodside Energy has been served by Bumi Armada Berhad with a US$283.5 million legal claim, after the Australian company terminated a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) charter contract for operations offshore northwestern Australia…

DeepOcean bags Repsol EPRD for Varg

Apr 21, 2016

Repsol Norge awarded DeepOcean a contract for provision of engineering, procurement, removal and disposal (EPRD) of Varg Subsea facilities in the North Sea. Image of the Edda Freya, from DeepOcean…

Petrobras production down in March

Apr 21, 2016

Brazil’s Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) recorded a total of 2.55 MMboe/d of oil and natural gas production in March, of which 2.36 MMboe were produced in Brazil and 183,000 boe/d abroad.  Image of the P-31 FPSO…

Video: Glen Lyon FPSO arrives in Norway

Apr 20, 2016

BP's massive newbuild Glen Lyon floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel has arrived in Haugesund, Norway, for final commissioning work before heading west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. The 270m…

Lundin signs Aker for Alta Gohta study

Apr 20, 2016

Aker Solutions is to carry out a study on a design for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for Lundin's Alta and Gohta oil development in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway. The work is under a new three-year framework…

Ezra to divest its largest FPSO

Apr 15, 2016

Singapore-based Ezra Holdings is set to divest its largest floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit, the Lewek EMAS, in efforts to step away from the ownership of FPSO assets and streamline resources, the company revealed in its 1H 2016 report…

Tullow delays Jubilee restart

Apr 08, 2016

Tullow Oil is pushing back the start up of production at its Jubilee field offshore Ghana by an additional two weeks, after finding more damage to the Kwame Nkrumah floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit. Image of the Kwame Nkrumah…

Keppel bags Modec FPSO deal

Apr 06, 2016

Keppel Offshore & Marine (Keppel O&M), through its subsidiary, Keppel FELS Brasil BrasFELS shipyard has been awarded a US$137 million floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) module fabrication and integration project by Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore)…

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