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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…

BMT wins Kizomba maintenance contract

Nov 11, 2014

Esso Angolato selected BMT Scientific Marine Services, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, to provide maintenance services for systems installed on the two Kizomba tension leg platforms (TLP) offshore Angola. BMT previously installed integrated…

Wood Group to design Snorre TLP

Oct 14, 2014

Wood Group Mustang has been awarded the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) contract by Statoil for the proposed Snorre C tension leg platform (TLP) to be located on the Norwegian continental shelf. Work is being conducted by…

A deeper look into Cardamom

Sep 09, 2014

In Shell’s latest video, the supermajor shows how Cardamom is extending the life of Auger to provide as many as 50,000 more boe/d, increasing Auger’s production capacity to 130,000boe/d. OE reported earlier this week of Shell beginning…

Oil flows from Shell's Cardamom

Sep 08, 2014

Shell started production from its Cardamom subsea oil and gas field located in the Gulf of Mexico.  The Cardamom system is tied back to Shell's Auger tension leg platform (TLP), marking the seventh subsea development to come onstream through the platform since first oil was achieved in 1994…

Shell starts work on Malikai

Sep 08, 2014

Shell has started work drilling production wells on Malaysia's third deepwater development, the Malikai field, offshore Malaysia.  The Malikai development involves 17 wells drilled from a 23,500 tonne tension leg platform production facility…

RDS inked for Sea Lion study

Sep 02, 2014

Rig design and engineering firm RDS has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by AMEC for Premier Oil’s Sea Lion development in the North Falklands Basin. The FEED work is part of AMEC’s overall FEED contract for…

Crowley welcomes Ocean Sky

Jul 23, 2014

Crowley Maritime Corp. will christen the new ocean-class tug, the Ocean Sky, in Houston tomorrow. The 156-ft long Ocean Sky is the fourth of Crowley's new ocean-class tugs to leave the Bollinger shipyard, following its sister ship, the Ocean Sun…

Offshore wind ready to float?

Jul 14, 2014

The Fukushima Forward 2MW floating offshore wind turbine. Photo from Fukushima Forward. A growing number of companies are eying options for floating offshore wind. Elaine Maslin learned why at All Energy in Aberdeen…

AMEC confirmed for Sea Lion TLP

Jul 11, 2014

Engineering and project management group AMEC has been awarded the front end engineering and design contract for a tension leg platform for Premier Oil's Falklands Sea Lion development.  AMEC will be responsible for the design of the 30…

Drilling begins at Dolginskoye

Jun 30, 2014

Gazprom Neft subsidiary Gazpromneft-Sakhalin has started drilling an exploratory well in its Dolginskoye field, located 75km off Russia in the Pechora Sea, the operator announced today. It is the fourth well drilled at the site, after two drilled in North Dolginskoye and one in South Dolginskoye…

West Africa gets some TLP

Jun 24, 2014

Deeper and more difficult reservoirs are demanding different concepts offshore West Africa, including tension leg platforms. Jérôme Iacovella and Pauline Beraud discuss the options.  The Moho Nord TLP design…

Premier close to Catcher sanction

May 14, 2014

Premier Oil says government approval for its UK North Sea Catcher development is expected soon and that the FEED and drilling contracts on Sea Lion in the Falklands will be issued this quarter. Premier said key service contracts covering the Catcher FPSO (pictured)…

Kings of the Gulf

Apr 23, 2014

Two of the major deepwater developments that have started production so far in the Gulf of Mexico belong to Shell and BP. Sarah Parker Musarra examines the technology behind two mammoth projects: Mars B and Na Kika. In Greek and Polynesian mythology…

Tension legs for Sea Lion

Jan 16, 2014

London-based Premier Oil, and partner Salisbury-based Rockhopper Exploration Plc, selected a tension leg platform (TLP) with an integral drilling rig, to develop the Sea Lion project north of the Falkland Islands.  The company said that…

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