EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development floating production vessel the EnQuest Producer has left its berth in Newcastle, northern England, where it was undergoing finishing and commissioning works, and has completed marine trials. The 249m-long unit…
Dana Petroleum awarded Balmoral Offshore Engineering a contract to design and manufacture key components for a pioneering mooring system to be used on its Western Isles project in the challenging northern sector of the North Sea. Image…
First production has started from the BG Group-operated Knarr field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Knarr, discovered in 2008, with estimated gross recoverable reserves around 80 MMboe, is being produced from two subsea templates…
GE Oil & Gas announced the booking of an US$850 million order across its oil and gas business for the supply of equipment to the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, Ghana. The OCTP block is located in offshore Ghana at a water depth of 500-1100 meters…
In this video, Eni shows the Goliat’s voyage from Korea to the Barents Sea. Eni’s operated cyclindrical floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) platform was built in South Korea and is now operating in the Barents Sea…
Petrobras started production from the P-61 platform at the Papa Terra heavy oil field, offshore Brazil, the operator confirmed on 16 March. The P-61 is a tension leg wellhead platform (TLWP), the first of its kind to be installed offshore…
Petrobras began early production at the deepwater Búzios field offshore Brazil. The Dynamic Producer. From Sembcorp Marine. Búzios is located in the Santos basin, about 200km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro…
Premier Oil’s Pelikan is onstream after gas production began from the field, offshore Indonesia. Map from Premier Oil. The Pelikan field is located in the Natuna Sea Block A and has 75 Bcf of reserves…
AWE Ltd. began the Pateke-4H subsea tieback and installation project offshore New Zealand. Map from AWE. Pateke-4H is located in the offshore Taranaki basin, in the PMP 38158 permit area…
The low oil price is having major impact across the oil and gas industry. However, DW’s recently released World Floating Production Market Forecast 2015-2019 expects capital expenditure on FPS units to total $81 billion between 2015 and 2019…
Swedish heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling firm Alfa Laval has won a US$30.7 million order to supply Framo pumping systems for floating production (FPSO) vessel projects in Angola. The order, scheduled to be delivered in 2015-16…
Lloyd’s Register Consulting completed safety work packages for Aibel regarding an engineering and design contract for the Vette floating productions storage and offloading (FPSO) project. The safety contracts cover quantitative risk assessments…
The Haewene Brim floating production (FPSO) facliity in the UK North Sea has resumed production after being shut-in just months after starting production following an overhaul. The Haewene Brim, which is operated by Bluewater on behalf of Shell…
Hoang Long Joint Operating Co. (HLJOC) has selected Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to handle critical project management and engineering for the TGT-H5 wellhead platform that will tap energy reserves off the coast of Vietnam. Image from HLJOC…
Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd. (MOUK) awarded Ampelmann a contract to use its motion compensation gangways (MCG). MOUK will use the Ampelmann system for a shutdown campaign in the UK sector of the central North Sea to extend the weather window and increase workability and efficiency…
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