Malaysian FPSO supplier Yinson has signed two letters of intent with Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the charter, operations, and maintenance of Integrado Parque das Baleias (“IPB FPSO”), a floating, production, storage, and offloading vessel in the North Campos Basin…
Australia's Woodside Petroleum on Monday took a big step toward funding its biggest growth project, announcing the sale of a 49% stake in the planned expansion of its Pluto liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Western Australia.In a statement…
Italian energy industry giant Eni said Monday it had held the naming and sail away ceremony for the Coral-Sul FLNG unit, the first floating LNG facility ever to be deployed in the deep waters of the African continent. The event took place at Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje…
Exxon Mobil is in discussions with Dutch contractor SBM Offshore NV to build a fourth multibillion-dollar production unit to develop its Guyana oil discoveries, two people close to the negotiations said.The talks include the potential for some future platform assembly in Guyana…
Oil services group SBM Offshore on Thursday revised its full-year revenue guidance, citing a deferral in the expected timing of a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) joint venture.The Dutch company, which supplies floating oil and gas production vessels…
Norwegian oil and gas firm Equinor has awarded Aker Solutions a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for an FPSO to be deployed at the Wisting oil field in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway.According to Equinor, valued at around NOK 350 million…
Norwegian floating oil and gas production systems owner BW Offshore has secured a one-year contract extension in Nigeria for one of its FPSOs.The contract, with Addax Petroleum Exploration (Nigeria) Ltd, is for the lease and operation of the FPSO Sendje Berge…
A disruption at a gas well in Indonesia's Merakes gas field is likely to affect gas production for longer than expected, an official at the country's oil and gas regulator said on Monday.The issue, caused by a sand blockage, had been expected to be dealt with early this month November…
Oil and gas company Energean expects to bring online its Karish field offshore Israel next year, with the associated FPSO construction nearly complete in Singapore.While Energean said Wednesday the gas production start-up from the Mediterranean Sea gas field „remains on track“ for mid-2022…
Around 30 production floater contracts are now queued up for award over the next 18 months, assuming no major market disruption occurs and the supply chain can absorb the orders within this time frame. That’s the conclusion of an in-depth market analysis just completed by IMA/WER…
Austrian oil and gas company OMV has agreed to sell its 25% stake in the Wisting offshore oil field in the Barents Sea off Norway, to the Swedish oil firm Lundin Energy for $320 million. OMV, which discovered the oil field in 2013, said it was focusing increasingly on low-carbon projects…
Orcadian Energy, a UK North Sea-focused oil and gas development company previously known as Pharis Energy, has said it has received three expressions of interest for the provision of an FPSO for its Pilot field development.The company engaged…
A disruption at a gas well in Indonesia's Merakes gas field is likely to affect the project's production for as long as six months, an official at the country's oil and gas regulator said on Thursday.The disruption, caused by a sand blockage…
Hess Corp expects to produce more than 1 million gross barrels of oil per day (bpd) in Guyana by 2027 from at least six production units, the U.S. oil producer said on Wednesday.The projection comes shortly after a second floating production…
Exxon Mobil Corp's second floating production system for Guyana, the Liza Unity, arrived early on Tuesday in the South American country's waters, the U.S. oil company said.The production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility is expected to add 220…