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A rising spar

Oct 01, 2016

Elaine Maslin reports on the progress of Aasta Hansteen, Norway’s first spar development. Aasta Hansteen topside under construction at HHI. Living quarters in place. Images from Statoil. Statoil’s…

Aasta Hansteen Spar construction

Sep 22, 2016

Aasta Hansteen is the world's largest Spar-platform, and will be the first in Norway. The substructure is 200m-long, 50m in diameter and will weigh about 45,000-tonne. This summer the final mega block weighing 4500-tonne was installed and the substructure reached its full shape…

Anadarko boosts GoM acreage in $2 billion deal

Sep 12, 2016

Anadarko Petroleum will purchase the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) assets of Phoenix, Arizona-based minerals company Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) for US$2 billion cash consideration, the Houston-based independent said on 12 September. Anadarko’s…

Anadarko’s Heidelberg

Aug 01, 2016

In this video, Anadarko talks about its Heidelberg project, in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Heidelberg, which came onstream four months ahead of schedule in January 2016, is an 80,000 b/d floating production facility…

Aasta Hansteen Spar reaches complete form

Aug 01, 2016

Statoil's Aasta Hansteen Spar development substructure has reached its complete form in its yard in South Korea. The Spar will be the world's largest Spar platform weighing in at a whopping 70,000-tonne, and Norway's first Spar development…

Big hitters sign up for Mexico's deepwater round

Jun 03, 2016

Mexico’s highly anticipated deepwater bid round set for the end of the year is getting registered bids from as many as 21 companies, with some of the oil and gas industry’s heavy hitters, including ExxonMobil and Chevron. Image from CNH…

Aasta Hansteen platform takes shape

Apr 28, 2016

In this video, Statoil shows the Aasta Hansteen platform taking shape in the Norwegian Sea. Earlier this month, the third mega block was lifted into place, weighing 5700 tons. The hull will be 200m long and have a diameter of 50m…

Quadrant in Outer Barrow discovery

Apr 22, 2016

Quadrant Energy has encountered natural gas at its Davis-1 near-field exploration well, off the coast of Western Australia, according to joint venture partner Santos. Davis-1 is located some 12km from the existing John Brookes platform…

Trendsetter completes Gunflint subsea delivery

Mar 02, 2016

Trendsetter Engineering has completed delivery of the subsea equipment for Noble Energy’s Gunflint project. Trendsetter’s scope consisted of five subsea pipeline end termination (PLET) and inline sled (ILS) structures, three jumper kits…

All in the family

Feb 01, 2016

Many companies often try to replicate successful prior projects and one such company that has managed to do so is Houston-based independent Anadarko Petroleum. The Lucius spar. Anadarko Petroleum kept the Heidelberg design 87% identical to Lucius’…

Video: Aasta Hansteen living quarters installation

Jan 29, 2016

The living quarters module for Statoil's Aasta Hansteen development, offshore Norway, have been lifted onto the project's SPAR topside. The topside is currently being constructed in Hyundai Heavy Industries yard in Ulsan, South Korea…

Anadarko brings Heidelberg online

Jan 18, 2016

Anadarko Petroleum achieved first oil at Heidelberg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico last week. Map of Heidelberg. Courtesy of Anadarko. Heidelberg is located in Green Canyon 859…

Video: Heidelberg ahead of schedule

Dec 17, 2015

In Anadarko’s interim Q4 update, the company revealed it is making significant progress at its Heidelberg development in the Gulf of Mexico, in addition to achieving a strong production performance for the period. Image from Anadarko…

First Subsea installs Heidelberg mooring connectors

Dec 15, 2015

Deepwater mooring specialist, First Subsea, has completed the installation of subsea mooring connectors for Anadarko Petroleum's Heidelberg truss spar platform moored in 5310ft (1620m) of water in field development in the Gulf of Mexico. The 23…

VIDEO: Aasta Hansteen heavy lift

Nov 25, 2015

Statoil has released a video of a heavy lift as part of its Aasta Hansteen spar integration in Hyundai Heavy Industries' yard in South Korea. Weighing 2200-tonne and measuring 50 X 20 X 25m, the heavy lift of this 'mega module' was a…

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