- Industry easing the brakes on new production facilities, report finds
Westwood’s latest World Oilfield Equipment Market Forecast sees further improvements in offshore E&P activity...
- Sverdrup utility topsides transferred from fabrication hall
Sarens has completed the load-out, weighing, and jacking of a topsides for Equinor’s Johan Sverdrup utility...
- Mubadala onboard at Zohr offshore Egypt
Eni has completed its sale of a 10% stake in the Shorouk concession in the Egyptian sector the Mediterranean Sea to...
- Lukoil starts up third well at Filanovsky Phase 2 in the Caspian Sea
Lukoil has completed construction and commissioning of the third well for the second development phase of the...
- Petrobras puts more offshore Brazil fields up for sale
Petrobras has initiated the non-binding phase for sales of its interests in further fields offshore Brazil.
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- Petroleum Safety Authority PSA to review Norwegian offshore oil and gas field development process
The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority is conducting a review to assess potential improvement measures for field...
- Yinson in talks on Nigeria FPSO charter
Yinson Production and Yinson Operations & Production West Africa have entered a heads of terms with First...
- New local content regulations to accelerate FPSO deployments in Brazil
Brazil’s new local content regulations could fasttrack the deployment of FPSO units, boosting presalt oil...
- OKEA to replace Shell as operator of Draugen offshore mid-Norway
A/S Norske Shell has agreed to sell its 44.56% operated interest in the Draugen field in the Norwegian Sea and its...
- Equinor awards largest-ever drilling, well services contract
Equinor has awarded new four-year service contracts to Baker Hughes Norge, Halliburton, and Schlumberger Norge for...
- Iran, Azerbaijan consider joint Caspian Sea development
The presidents of Azerbaijan and Iran have signed protocols for development of a jointly owned deepwater oil field in...
- ConocoPhillips awards major FEED contracts for Barossa
ConocoPhillips has awarded three major engineering contracts for the Barossa gas field offshore northern...
- INPEX commissions Abadi offshore pre-FEED studies
INPEX Masela has awarded a consortium of Chiyoda International Indonesia and PT Synergy Engineering a pre-front-end...
- Woodside progressing Julimar Phase 2 subsea studies
The Chevron-operated Wheatstone project has started LNG production from Train 2 at the onshore plant near Onslow,...
- SOCO secures two jackups for offshore Vietnam wells
SOCO International expects the Japan Drilling Co. jackup Hakuryu-II to arrive soon at the CNV field wellhead...
- Offshore Mozambique partners sign LNG accord with Centrica, Tokyo Gas
Mozambique LNG1 Co., the jointly owned sales entity of the Mozambique Area 1 co-venturers, has signed a heads of...
- Subsea 7 to deliver flowlines for Vito in the Gulf of Mexico
Shell has awarded Subsea 7 S.A. a contract for the deepwater Vito development in the US Gulf of Mexico.
- North Sea Ekofisk water injection template ready for start-up
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has authorized ConocoPhillips to start up the Ekofisk 2/4 VC installation in the...
- Danos to supply coatings for Appomattox
Shell Exploration and Production Co. has contracted Danos to provide coatings for the Appomattox platform in the...
- Kongsberg Maritime broadens control system scope for North Sea Sverdrup project
Equinor Energy has commissioned Kongsberg Maritime to provide safety and automation systems for the Johan Sverdrup...
- More oil proven during Manora drilling campaign offshore Thailand
Tap Oil has issued an update on development drilling at the Mubadala Petroleum-operated Manora oil field in the...
- Ocean Infinity to deploy multiple AUVs for Scarborough route survey
Woodside Energy has contracted Ocean Infinity to provide data to support a survey for the Scarborough subsea field...
- Subsea 7 to expand WDDM subsea network offshore Egypt
Burullus Gas Co. has awarded Subsea 7 an EPCI contract for the West Delta Deep Marine Phase 9b development project in...
- ExxonMobil stresses local content for Liza development offshore Guyana
Drilling started last month on the first of 17 wells planned for the Liza Phase 1 project offshore Guyana, according...
- Deepwater projects driving revival of activity offshore India
Reliance Industries’ recent move to invite bids for the provision of an FPSO is the latest example of...
- Norway green lights Johan Castberg project in the Barents Sea
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has approved Equinor’s plan for development and operation of the...
- Hardy hoping to reactivate offshore India field
Hardy Oil & Gas has issued an update on the PY-3 field in block CY-OS 90/1 offshore India.
- Equinor looking to extend power from shore to more platforms
Equinor and its partners are considering a switch to power from shore for three platforms in the Norwegian North Sea...
- Subsea 7 to supply pipeline bundles for Penguins redevelopment
Shell UK has awarded Subsea 7 a wide-ranging subsea EPCI contract for the Penguins redevelopment project, 150 mi (241...
- First Tangguh jacket sails offshore Indonesia
A 1,900-metric ton steel jacket has departed the Karimun yard for BP’s Tangguh expansion complex offshore Papua...
- Equinor cleared to access North Sea Sverdrup platform
Equinor has approval from the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority to use parts of the newly installed drilling...
- Second South Pars phases 22-24 platform taking shape offshore Iran
Installation is under way of the second offshore platform for phases 22 to 24 of the South Pars gas field development...
- Corinth to manufacture Karish steel pipes
TechnipFMC has contracted Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry to manufacture and supply steel pipes for Energean’s...
- Point plots lifetime extension for Balder in the North Sea
Point Resources plans infill drilling on the Ringhorne and Ringhorne East fields in the Norwegian North Sea, along...
- Eni renews Petrofac’s role at Liverpool Bay
Eni UK Ltd. has extended Petrofac’s duty holder contract at the Liverpool Bay development offshore northwest...
- Repsol targeting upstream growth
Repsol aims to grow its production of hydrocarbons by 8% through 2020.
- TechnipFMC to upgrade Pluto platform for water handling
Woodside Energy has commissioned TechnipFMC to upgrade the Pluto production facilities offshore northwest Australia...
- Pioneering Spirit installs Sverdrup drilling platform topsides
Allseas’ multi-purpose construction vessel Pioneering Spirit has completed its first platform installation...
- Buoyancy tanks assist shallow-water Bahrain jacket installation
Aqualis Offshore has completed offshore installation engineering of an 1,800-ton steel jacket structure offshore...
- Schlumberger opts out of Fortuna FLNG venture
Schlumberger has decided to withdraw from its OneLNG upstream joint venture with Golar due to a lack of progress at...
- Lancaster test wells to be fitted with dual-pod ESPs
Well re-entry and completion operations have started for the Lancaster field early production system west of...
- Shell brings deepwater Kaikias project online in the Gulf of Mexico
Shell Offshore Inc. has started production at the deepwater Kaikias project in the US Gulf of Mexico, about one year...
- Sverdrup drilling topsides heading to the North Sea
The 22,000-ton topsides for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 1 drilling platform has departed the Aibel yard in Haugesund,...
- Ichthys platform ready for service
Commissioning has finished of the central processing facility (Ichthys Explorer) for INPEX’s Ichthys LNG...
- PG providing range of pumps for latest Valhall platform
Aker BP has contracted PG Flow Solutions to supply pump systems for the new Valhall Flank West wellhead platform in...
- Fabricom crews onboard North Sea Rough platforms
Centrica Storage Ltd. has appointed Fabricom Offshore Services to provide engineering, procurement, construction, and...
- TechnipFMC to provide subsea trees for Liuhua
CNOOC has awarded TechnipFMC a subsea contract for the Liuhua 16-2, 20-2, and 21-2 oilfield joint development project...
- Shell orders isolation valve system for Vito FPU
Deep Down Inc. has received an order from Shell for work related to its deepwater Vito development in the US Gulf of...
- McDermott to deliver platforms, ancillaries to two offshore Vietnam fields
PSTC Offshore Service has subcontracted McDermott for transportation and installation of platform and subsea...
- Fiscal terms, cost cuts drive Zinia tieback offshore Angola
Total and its partners have committed to the Zinia 2 development in deepwater block 17, 150 km (93 mi) offshore...
- North Sea Oseberg platform permit extended
Equinor has received authorization from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate for continued use of the Oseberg Ãst...
- Petrofac to support Liuhua 29-1 gas project offshore China
Husky Oil China has awarded Petrofac’s Engineering & Production Services East division a three-year contract to...
- Second South Pars phases 22-24 platform set for installation
Pars Oil and Gas Co. is preparing to install the second platform for phases 22-24 of the South Pars gas field in the...
- North Sea Fram partners approve three more wells
Equinor and its partners have committed to drill three new development wells on the Fram field in the Norwegian North...
- North Sea confidence reviving in Aberdeen area
Offshore suppliers and service companies in the Aberdeen area are more optimistic about E&P activity across the...
- EnQuest drills first two wells as North Sea Magnus operator
EnQuest says production from the Magnus field in the UK’s East Shetland basin has performed above expectations over...
- Repsol contracts HydraWell for North Sea Gyda P&A campaign
Repsol Norge AS has awarded HydraWell a four-year frame agreement to provide technology and services for a P&A...
- Bureau Veritas offers decommissioning guidance
Bureau Veritas has presented its latest decommissioning guide at the Decom Offshore 2018 conference.
- Sembcorp delivers three Culzean fixed platform topsides
Sembcorp Marine has completed three integrated fixed platform topsides for the Total-operated...
- InterMoor delivers replacement FSO to Benchamas in the Gulf of Thailand
InterMoor has completed an installation program for the new FSO Benchamas 2 in the Gulf of Thailand, built by...
- Equinor orders seawater sulfate handling system for Castberg wells
The SUEZ/Halvorsen TEC consortium will deliver a seawater sulfate removal unit system to Equinor’s Johan Castberg...
- Sembcorp Marine to construct Vito FPU
Shell has commissioned Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte. Ltd. to construct and integrate the hull, topsides,...
- Xodus reviews scope for two Apache North Sea tiebacks
Apache Corp. has contracted Xodus Group to conduct studies for two subsea tiebacks in the UK central North Sea.
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- Rosenberg WorleyParsons to adapt North Sea Gjøa topsides for Nova
Neptune Energy has contracted Rosenberg WorleyParsons to build and install a topsides module on the Gjøa...
- Chevron extends Wood’s frame agreement offshore Australia
Chevron Australia has lengthened Wood’s framework agreement to provide master contractor services to the Gorgon...
- Oil and Gas Authority offers guidelines for offshore UK field developments
Britain’s Oil & Gas Authority has issued updated guidance to help support the next wave of UK offshore oil and...
- Rosneft wells to expand block 06.1 production offshore Vietnam
Japan Drilling Co.’s semisubmersible Hakuryu-5 has spudded the LD-3P (Lan Do field) production well offshore...
- Aker BP to coordinate asset integrity with contractor trio
Aker BP has formed an “Asset Integrity Alliance” with Kaefer, Prezioso Linjebygg, and Force Technology.
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- DORIS provides screening study for Equus field offshore northwest Australia
DORIS Engineering has completed an engineering study for Western Gas, which is looking to developing the Equus...
- South Pars 11 will not be halted, Iran says
Other parties may assume control of the South Pars 11 gas project in the Persian Gulf if Total pulls out, according...
- Pipelay under way at Leviathan offshore Israel
Noble Energy’s Tamar gas field offshore Israel has completed its fifth year of operations, producing a cumulative...
- Partners submit next-phase drilling plans for Zama offshore Mexico
The Talos Energy-led partnership has submitted an appraisal program for the shallow-water Zama discovery in block 7...
- BW steps up drilling in Dussafu PSC offshore Gabon
BW Energy and partner Panoro Energy have decided to drill an additional well in the Ruche area of the Dussafu EEA...
- Sanctions could force Total to exit South Pars project
Total has warned it may have to pull out of the South Pars 11 gas field development in the Persian Gulf following the...
- Aker Solutions to supply process kit for North Sea Troll expansion
Equinor (formerly Statoil) has awarded Aker Solutions a NOK1 billion-plus ($123-million) order for a module for...
- Wintershall issues PDO for Nova in the North Sea
Wintershall and its partners have submitted a plan for development and operation for the Nova field to the...
- North Sea Catcher area wells producing ‘above expectations’
Development drilling is drawing to a close at Premier Oil’s Catcher area project in the UK central North Sea.
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- First subsea trees in place at Lancaster west of Shetland
Hurricane Energy says offshore installation is under way for its Lancaster early production system development west...
- ALE completes module lifts for FPSO Egina
ALE claims to have performed the heaviest ever land-based crane lift using a jib while working on Total’s FPSO...
- JDR to supply umbilicals for Safaniya subsea connection
McDermott has contracted JDR Cable Systems to manufacture various components for Saudi Aramco’s Safaniya...
- Appomattox sets sail for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Shell has reported that the Appomattox platform has departed Ingleside, Texas, and is on its way to its final...
- Johan Sverdrup power cable laying under way
The NKT Victoria has started laying the subsea power cables that will bring electricity from the Norwegian...
- Japanese group to support Mero FPSO deployment
A consortium has agreed to invest in an FPSO for use on the deepwater Mero field offshore Brazil.
- Gas finds offshore Equatorial Guinea to connect to ‘megahub’
Equatorial Guinea’s government plans to construct an offshore-onshore natural gas megahub.
- Sembcorp delivers Culzean FSO vessel
Sembcorp Marine has completed the FSO Ailsa at its Tuas Boulevard Yard.
- Eni ramps up production at deepwater Ochigufu, Zohr fields
Eni has completed ramp-up of the Ochigufu field in block 15/06 offshore Angola, reaching the production plateau of...
- Anadarko taps McDermott for Lucius tieback
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has awarded McDermott International Inc. a subsea umbilical and flowline installation...
- McDermott to design jackets for North Field expansion
Qatar Petroleum has contracted McDermott International to work with Qatargas on detailed design of the platform...
- Aker BP favors central hub platform for North Sea NOAKA project
Aker BP is progressing studies on its North of Alvheim and Askja-Krafla (NOAKA) area project in the Norwegian...
- Ithaca completing North Sea Harrier subsea tieback
Ithaca Energy expects to start-up the Harrier gas/condensate field tieback to the Greater Stella Area platform in the...
- DNV GL approves design of offshore Israel FPSO
Energean Oil & Gas has secured Class approval from DNV GL for the basic design of the newbuild FPSO that will...
- Jumbo awarded Vito installation contract in the Gulf of Mexico
Jumbo has been awarded an installation contract for the Shell deepwater Vito development project.
- First oil flows from Atlanta offshore Brazil
QGEP Participações S.A. has produced first oil from the Atlanta field offshore Brazil.
- Mobilization under way for Sverdrup hook-up in the North Sea
Statoil has started preparations for hook-up and completion at the Johan Sverdrup field Phase 1 complex in the...
- Shell enlists Stork for southern North Sea engineering assistance
Stork has secured a three-year to provide technical support for Shell UK’s-based ONEgas assets in the southern...
- Korchagin Phase 2 platform in the Caspian Sea readied for drilling
Lukoil has installed the topsides of the wellhead platform for the Yuri Korchagin Phase 2 development in the Russian...
- Israel dismisses opposition to offshore gas project
Israel’s Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Hof Hacarmel Regional Council regarding Energean Oil &...
- IOG issues more contracts for southern North Sea gas projects
Independent Oil and Gas has contracted Subsea 7 to provide a diving support vessel for the Thames pipeline...
- Santos transfers offshore Southeast Asia E&P interests to Ophir
Ophir Energy has agreed to acquire various offshore Southeast Asia interests from Australian company Santos for $205...
- Field development, production progressing offshore UK, Norway
Wintershall commits to subsea tieback for Nova field development in the North Sea. Statoil employs new type of jackup...
