Sea Trucks was awarded a contract by an international oil major to West African Ventures, Sea Trucks’ principle Nigerian business, for the provision of an accommodation vessel to a deepwater field, offshore Nigeria. The scope of work covers accommodation support services for 250 passengers…
With the downturn taking many drillships off the market, ABS’ Dave Forsyth and Landon Fields discuss how to bring those ships back up to speed when the market recovers. Safe and rapid reactivation…
CGG has started a large broadband 3D multi-client survey in the pre-salt area of the deep water Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Santos VII (Saturno) is the third phase in CGG’s most ambitious pre-salt project to date, collectively known as the Santos Basin Trilogy…
Audrey Raj speaks to Shell and Technip about Malikai’s TLP, a first-of-its-kind designed and built in Malaysia for the field offshore Sabah. Malikai TLP onboard Dockwise White Marlin HTV. Photos from Shell…
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…
There’s potential for growth in the AUV market. However, operators and manufacturers will need to clearly demonstrate the benefits of the technology if they’re to move beyond being a niche solution. Douglas-Westwood’s Ben Wilby explains. BG…
Quest Offshore, recently acquired by Wood Mackenzie in August, outlines the highlights of the global deepwater drilling market, region by region. Melissa Sustaita sets out the details. Top…
Petronas entered into a deal to license a part of the WesternGeco Campeche wide-azimuth (WAZ) deepwater multiclient seismic survey in the southern Gulf of Mexico. The deal was reached through Schlumberger and Petronas subsidiary, Petronas (E&P) Overseas Ventures…
Shell Canada is moving on to its next prospect in the Shelburne basin, offshore Nova Scotia, after failing to find commercial hydrocarbons at its first exploration well in the program. Map of the Shelburne basin exploration project…
Shell has awarded the duo of Sulzer and FMC Technologies a subsea multiphase boosting pump contract to upgrade one of the pumping modules in the supermajor’s Parque das Conchas, a deepwater oil field off the coast of Brazil. Image from Sulzer…
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…
SBM Offshore has released a video of the Turritella floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit, as the vessel started commercial production at Shell’s Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico on 6 September. At Stones…
Supermajor Shell started production from its Stones development in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the firm reported on 6 September 2016. The field’s FPSO, Turritella, is the deepest floating production unit in the world, operating in 9500ft of water…
Chevron has achieved first gas on the Bangka field development project, the first stage of the Chevron-operated Indonesia Deepwater Development (IDD) project in East Kalimantan, offshore Indonesia. The Bangka Project includes a subsea…
The South American offshore market is back on the heat map, due to Exxon’s major Guyana discovery and Statoil’s interest in Brazil’s Carcará, says Rystad Energy’s Kjetil Solbraekke. Statoil took over as operator of the Peregrino field (FPSO pictured)…
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