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WGK inks FEED deal for Vietnam TLP

Aug 17, 2015

Wood Group has been awarded the front end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the subsea development of the Talisman Energy Ca Rong Do (Red Emperor in Vietnamese) field offshore Vietnam; estimated to contain around 67 MMboe.  Wood…

Big Foot production delayed until 2018

Aug 04, 2015

US-based Chevron isn’t expecting first production to come from its Big Foot platform in the Gulf of Mexico until 2018, a delay of about two and a half years that will result in reducing production estimates by up to 22,000 b/d net. The…

Energy Drilling’s EDrill-3 rig under commissioning

Jul 13, 2015

The construction of EDrill-3 semitender rig in COSCO’s Guangdong shipyard is in the final phase of testing and commissioning, reports Energy Drilling. EDrill-3 is a four-column, Ocean Class design by MSC Gusto. Edrill-3, which was designed to work in both shallow and deep waters…

2H Offshore wins two Stampede contracts

Jul 08, 2015

2H Offshore has been awarded two separate contracts, one by Hess Corp. and a second contract by Enbridge Energy Co., to verify the design, fabrication and installation phases of the steel catenary risers (SCRs) for the Stampede field development in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM)…

Big Foot delayed

Jun 02, 2015

First production for Chevron’s Big Foot in the Gulf of Mexico is being delayed after its subsea installation tendons suffered damages. Big Foot. From Chevron. The US supermajor…

CNOOC in eastern South China Sea find

May 27, 2015

China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) discovered a mid-sized oil find at Liuhua 20-2 in the eastern South China Sea. Oil was found at the LH20-2-1 well, located at the Liuhua 20-2 structure in Northern Slope Belt of Baiyun Sag in…

Taking the load

May 01, 2015

Calibrating the 64 load cells on the Snorre A tension leg platform was a lengthy arduous task, until a new solution, installed late 2014, was found. Elaine Maslin reports. The Snorre A tension leg platform…

CNOOC's Kenli 10-1 online

Apr 23, 2015

The Kenli 10-1 field offshore China is now online, according to China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). Image from CNOOC. Production at the field located in Bohai Bay began on 23 April at an average water depth of 17m…

First TLPs for offshore China

Apr 16, 2015

Technip is to help design China's first tension leg platforms (TLPs) under a contract with joint venture partner China Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC). Image from CNOOC. The…

BMT monitoring for Stampede

Apr 01, 2015

BMT Scientific Marine Services (BMT) is to supply an integrated marine monitoring system (IMMS) for Hess' Stampede tension leg platform (TLP) in the US Gulf of Mexico. The system includes instrumentation to measure the environmental conditions…

Big Foot steps towards Walker Ridge

Mar 18, 2015

Chevron’s Big Foot platform is on its way to the Walker Ridge area, offshore deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Big Foot. From Chevron.   Walker Ridge is located approximately 360km south of New Orleans…

Coor gets Statfjord, Snorre fields contract

Mar 13, 2015

Statoil awarded Coor Service Management a US$134 million five-year contract to provide offshore facility services on the Statfjord and Snoore fields. The Statfjord A. From Statoil.   The…

Snorre TLP calibration solution

Feb 20, 2015

Dutch supplier Holmatro and its Norwegian dealer EIVA-SAFEX have jointly supplied 64 cylinders, each with a capacity of 536-ton, to the tension-leg platform (TLP) Snorre A. The firms also supplied the corresponding control and storage for the hydraulic system…

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…

Initial phase FPSO plan for Sea Lion

Nov 14, 2014

International independent Premier Oil has said its Falklands Sea Lion development is to be scaled back, initially, to make it a phased development due to rising costs and low oil prices.  Initial costs on an initial, smaller floating…

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