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Anadarko's Lucius on stream

Jan 19, 2015

Anadarko began first production at the Lucius field in the US Gulf of Mexico. Image of the Lucius spar. From Anadarko.   Lucius is located approximately 380km southwest of Port Fourchon…

Hess hits first oil from Tubular Bells

Nov 17, 2014

Hess Corp. began production from the Tubular Bells field, located in the Mississippi Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Tubular Bells floating production facility. From Hess…

Deepest GoM decom job complete

Oct 30, 2014

InterMoor completed the decommissioning of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s Red Hawk spar in the Gulf of Mexico. Red Hawk spar being towed to reefing site. From InterMoor.   According to InterMoor…

Statoil agrees $1.3 billion Wintershall deal

Sep 12, 2014

Statoil has agreed to sell off stakes in the Aasta Hansteen spar development, the Polarled pipeline, and a discovery neighboring Aasta Hansteen to Germany’s Wintershall in a US$1.3 billion deal.  As part of the deal, Statoil will also…

ONS: Aasta Hansteen on schedule

Aug 26, 2014

The Aasta Hansteen project, one of biggest and most complex industrial projects in Europe, is on schedule to begin production in 3Q 2017, says Statoil. Statoil, which made a presentation about the project at ONS, in Stavanger, this week…

Bechtel and Gulf Island join forces

Jul 25, 2014

Gulf Island Fabrication has signed a cooperation agreement with Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Inc. to work together on offshore projects for the US Gulf of Mexico and abroad. Gulf Island Fabrication will offer its fabrication experience…

Anadarko: Lucius Topsides Installation

Jul 15, 2014

Anadarko provides this video on the successful installment of the 10,000-ton topsides on the Lucius truss spar, located nearly 275 mi. southeast of Galveston, Texas in approximately 5,300ft water depth in the Gulf of Mexico. The components used were built in Orange…

Inpex adds to Lucius stake

Jul 09, 2014

Inpex subsidiary Teikoku Oil (North America) has acquired an additional stake in the deepwater Lucius field, located in the US Gulf of Mexico, the company announced on 9 July 2014. The Japanese explorer entered the Lucius partnership in 2012 after acquiring 7…

Subsea 7 selects BMT for Aasta Hansteen

Jun 26, 2014

Subsea 7 has selected BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, to supply the riser monitoring system for the Aasta Hansteen Spar, about 300km off the coast of Norway.  The integrated system includes an innovative…

Gulfstar system nears completion

Apr 21, 2014

Crews upended the Gulfstar floating spar in February image source: Williams Partners Williams' Gulfstar floating production spar (FPS) system is nearly complete, and set to serve Hess' Tubular Bells field in mid-2014…

Numerology: March 2014

Apr 03, 2014

6.6MM Gazprom’s estimated annual production potential for the Prirazlomnoye field. US$1.9billion The estimated ROV market in 2017.  900 tons  The weight of the deck on the Jalilah B platform. 54 rigs were counted offshore the US…

UTEC completes work off Ecuador

Mar 21, 2014

Houston-based UTEC Survey Inc. provided survey services aboard the Ocean Spur jackup rig for rig move operations in Amistad Field, Gulf of Guayaquil, offshore Ecuador. The survey work was staffed and project managed from UTEC’s Houston headquarters…

Taking nodes to a new level

Mar 11, 2014

A truss node in heat treatment (Vulcan SFM). Deck, leg and truss nodes have been taken to a new level on Statoil's massive Aasta Hansteen spar development. Elaine Maslin reports. “Everything on the Aasta Hansteen project is on a different scale…

Kvaerner wins Aasta Hansteen hook-up

Feb 13, 2014

Hyundai Heavy Industries (Hyundai) has awarded Kvaerner a sub-contract to provide services for inshore and offshore hook-up and commissioning assistance for the topsides for the Aasta Hansteen spar project (pictured). The inshore-work…

Lankhorst ropes for Aasta Hansteen

Jan 23, 2014

Offshore rope manufacturer Lankhorst Ropes has been awarded a contract by HHITECH (Hyundai Heavy Industries and Technip USA consortium) to supply the mooring lines for Statoil’s Aasta Hansteen Spar platform. The platform is destined for the Norwegian Sea…

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