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FLNG Satu Achieves First LNG at Kebabangan

May 21, 2019

Petronas has produced its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a floating LNG (FLNG) facility at the Kebabangan cluster field, 90 kilometers offshore the eastern state of Sabah, the Malaysian state-owned oil company announced on Tuesday.First…

InterMoor Wins COOEC Contract

May 20, 2019

Mooring services, foundation solutions and offshore installations provider InterMoor said it has signed a contract with COOEC, a subsidiary of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), to install deepwater mooring systems for the Liuhua…

Hurricane updates on Lancaster EPS progress, works on schedule

Dec 12, 2017

West of Shetland fractured basement explorer Hurricane Energy says work on its Lancaster early production system EPS) floating production unit and turret in Drydocks World, Dubai, are on schedule.  The Lancaster EPS is a two-well tieback to a floating production…

TechnipFMC inks Lancaster iEPCI

Sep 15, 2017

TechnipFMC has been awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and installation contract from Hurricane Energy for the Lancaster early production system (EPS), west of Shetland. Hurricane took final investment devision on the project yesterday…

SOFEC inks Eni Coral South FLNG contract

Jul 18, 2017

SOFEC, a MODEC Group company, has been awarded the turret mooring system supply contract for Eni's Coral South Project. The contract was awarded by TechnipFMC and JGC Corp. joint venture is is for the engineering, procurement and construction…

Kosmos to accelerate off West Africa

Feb 27, 2017

Dallas-based Kosmos Energy is looking to drill “the industry’s most prospective exploration wells,” as the company moves towards its second phase of exploration offshore Mauritania and Senegal. Map of the Greater Tortue area…

Kraken FPSO hooked up, on track

Feb 17, 2017

UK independent EnQuest says first oil from its US$2.6 billion Kraken heavy development in the UK North Sea is on track for Q2 after hook-up works completed.  The Kraken development, about 125km east of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland…

Kosmos posts major loss in Q3

Nov 07, 2016

Dallas-based Kosmos Energy posted a net loss of US$59.8 million in Q3, however, is moving forward with its plans for a multi-well drilling program next year. Image of the Atwood Achiever, from Atwood…

Trelleborg provides bearings for Shell's Prelude

Oct 06, 2016

Trelleborg has manufactured and delivered 52 vertical elastomeric bearings and 156 horizontal bearings for use on the 13 modules onboard Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility, as well as 40 turret bogey bearings to enable natural movements of the turret…

OMV sells stake in Chevron's Rosebank

Aug 10, 2016

Canada's Suncor Energy is to acquire a 30% stake in the UK deepwater North Sea Rosebank project from Austria's OMV. The move will see OMV reduce its stake from 50% to 20% in what is a massive, challenging, deep water, very harsh environment…

TEN nears first oil

Jul 27, 2016

Independent explorer Tullow Oil has returned to a profit and is looking forward to first production on its TEN project offshore Ghana next month, on schedule, and focusing its exploration efforts on South America. TEN, a floating production…

First Subsea connector for Gina Krog

Jul 20, 2016

Subsea connector specialist, First Subsea, has supplied a relatchable bend stiffener connector to NOV Completion & Production Solutions for a flexible production riser for Statoil’s Gina Krog, turret moored, floating storage and offloading vessel in the Norwegian North Sea…

Aibel inks Greater Enfield modifications job

Jul 01, 2016

Aibel in Singapore has been awarded a contract for modifications on Woodside Energy Nguijma-Yin floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) off Western Australia. The work will be so that the FPSO, which operates on the Vincent oil field…

Woodside axe to spur legal action

Mar 04, 2016

Bumi Armada intends to take legal action against Woodside Energy after Woodside terminated a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) charter contract for operations offshore northwestern Australia. The Armada Claire…

ClassNK issues latest floater guidelines

Dec 04, 2015

Japan-based classification society ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Floating Offshore Facilities for LNG/LPG Production, Storage Offloading and Regasification (Third Edition).  The first edition of the guidelines laid out specific…

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