- Second Shah Deniz 2 platform topsides unit installed
The Shah Deniz consortium has reported that the topsides of the production and risers platform for the Shah Deniz...
- Thialf connects Sverdrup drilling modules
Aibel has completed assembly of the three modules for the Johan Sverdrup drilling platform in Klosterfjorden,...
- FES supplies connectors for OCTP project offshore Ghana
FES International has delivered equipment for Eni’s Offshore Cape Three Points project, 60 km (37 mi) offshore...
- Xodus advises Japanese groups on decommissioning liabilities
Xodus Group has completed a decommissioning ‘trend survey’ for Japan Oil & Gas and Metals National Corp.
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- Phase 13 jacket in place at South Pars offshore Iran
Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Co. has completed installation of the South Pars platform 13A jacket in...
- TechnipFMC to manage Lancaster subsea scope
TechnipFMC has confirmed the award of an EPCI contract from Hurricane Energy for the Lancaster oil field early...
- Xodus starts studies for deepwater SNE oil project offshore Senegal
Xodus has secured two environmental and social impact assessment contracts for projects offshore Senegal.
- Mooring completed on Ichthys semisub platform
The Ichthys Explorer, the central processing facility for the INPEX-led Ichthys LNG project, has been safely...
- Babcock joins North Sea Rough decommissioning campaign
Babcock is supporting Centrica Storage’s decommissioning studies for the Rough 47/8A platforms and infrastructure...
- Alpha builds team for North Sea Cheviot project
Alpha Petroleum Resources expects to take a final investment decision in November for the Cheviot development in the...
- BP-led partners sign extension, altered terms to Caspian Sea ACG agreement
Azerbaijan’s government and state oil company SOCAR have sanctioned an amended and re-stated version of the joint...
- CNOOC drafts Wood Group for Lingshui 17-2 subsea studies
China National Offshore Oil Corp. has contracted Wood Group to support the Lingshui 17-2 gas development in the...
- SOCO outlines drilling progress at TGT field offshore southern Vietnam
SOCO International has issued updates on its development and exploration programs offshore Vietnam.
- Main building blocks in place for Lancaster production system
Hurricane Energy has awarded FPSO and rig contracts for its Lancaster field early production system west of...
- Assessment of floater equipment capacity underpins successful development plan
Offshore developments occur in a variety of water depths and environments and present a variety of subsurface...
- Unmanned Oseberg wellhead platform engineered for 25-year lifespan
Statoil and its partners have opted for an unmanned wellhead platform for the latest phase of the Oseberg field...
- Vietnam offshore gas project approaching FID
PTTEP President and CEO Somporn Vongvuthipornchai and other partners in the block B and 48/95 and block 52/97 project...
- Shell, Petrobras to pool expertise for presalt projects
Shell and Petrobras have signed a memorandum of understanding to enter into a long-term collaboration on developing...
- Topsides work restricting output at Kraken floater in the North Sea
EnQuest has issued an update on its progress at the Kraken oil field development in the UK northern North Sea, which...
- Eni commissions Saipem for further SURF work offshore Angola
Eni Angola has awarded Saipem’s E&C Offshore division a new contract for the West Hub Development project in...
- LLOG progressing Buckskin in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
LLOG Exploration Co., L.L.C. has issued an update on its Buckskin project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
- Baker Hughes to supply wide-ranging subsea kit for Zohr offshore Egypt
Petrobel has contracted Baker Hughes, a GE company to provide subsea production equipment for the deepwater Zohr gas...
- InterMoor to deliver mooring and tow services for Mad Dog Phase 2
Subsea 7 has contracted InterMoor to provide mooring and wet tow services for BP’s Mad Dog Phase 2 project in the...
- Offshore Falklands Sea Lion FEED nearing completion
Rockhopper and operator Premier Oil remain committed to a phased development solution for their fields in the...
- Low liquid flow rate for Dvalin chemical injection system
Aibel has contracted PG Flow Solutions to supply a chemical injection package for the tie-in of the Dvalin field to...
- Greek government approves Katakolo field development plan
Energean Oil & Gas has received approved from Hellenic Hydrocarbons Resources Management for its field...
- OE 2017: JIP develops UK decommissioning Safety Case guidelines
ABB’s Engineering and Consulting Group has overseen a project designed to allow offshore duty holders to better...
- Petrofac secures work on Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd. has awarded Petrofac a contract worth more than $700 million for its onshore...
- OE 2017: Misconceptions hindering industry’s full embrace of digitalization, report finds
More needs to be done to increase the use of digitalization within the offshore oil and gas industry as a way of...
- OE 2017: BP sees scope for further innovation, cost cuts
BP is positive about the future of the North Sea according to CEO Bob Dudley, one of the speakers at the plenary...
- Johan Sverdrup costs still falling
Statoil says that a focus on quality in project delivery and execution has reduced costs for the first phase of the...
- Iran holds multilateral talks on offshore Farzad gas development
National Iranian Oil Co. is in three parallel discussions with various parties on developing the Farzad B gas field...
- Total withdraws from Gina Krog development offshore Norway
Total has agreed to sell its remaining 15% interest in the Gina Krog field in the Norwegian North Sea to Kuwait...
- Swire to support North Sea Sverdrup hookup
Aker Solutions has contracted Swire Oilfield Services to provide offshore workshops, offices, storage, x-ray and...
- Survitec suits to protect Statoil staff at North Sea Mariner complex
Statoil has commissioned Survitec to provide leased lifejackets and immersion suits for offshore personnel on the...
- Statoil sanctions mini-ROV inspections at Gina Krog offshore Norway
Statoil has awarded Stinger Technology and its partners a test pilot for mini-ROV structural inspections offshore...
- North Sea Sverdrup drilling platform moves into connection phase
The completed drilling support module for Statoil’s Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea has departed Aibel’s...
- R2S completes digital survey of offshore T&T platform
Visual asset and data management specialist Return To Scene has completed its first offshore project for BP Trinidad...
- Shell ties up Draugen platform brownfield needs
Norske Shell has awarded Aker Solutions a four-year framework agreement for brownfield modifications services and...
- Talks under way on North Sea field liabilities
Decommissioning has started of the FPSO serving the recently shut-down Ettrick and Blackbird fields in the UK central...
- Israel’s government approves offshore Karish, Tanin proposals
Energean Israel has received approval from Israel’s Petroleum Commissioner for its field development plan for the...
- BHGE to supply compression kit for Coral South FLNG
Baker Hughes, a GE company has secured further contracts for Eni East Africa’s Coral South FLNG development...
- N-Sea supporting Hilli FLNG subsea program offshore Cameroon
Subsea inspection, repair and maintenance specialist N-Sea is working on a floating LNG project offshore Cameroon...
- Video link speeds Upper Zakum pump solution
ZADCO has commissioned Amarinth to supply a super duplex API 610 OH3 emergency seawater sanitary pump for the Upper...
- Cooper commits to Sole gas project in the Gippsland basin
Cooper Energy Ltd. has taken a positive final investment decision for the Sole gas project offshore southeast...
- TechnipFMC to provide West White Rose subsea connections
Husky Energy has awarded TechnipFMC an engineering, procurement, construction, and installation contract for the West...
- Catcher FPSO sets sail for the North Sea
The FPSO BW Catcher has departed the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore and is in transit to the Catcher oil field...
- Ichthys LNG FPSO in place offshore Australia
The FPSO Ichthys Venturer has been moored in 250 m (820 ft) of water, 220 km (137 mi) offshore Western...
- Planning under way for North Sea Liberator oil project
i3 Energy says that all site survey and pipeline route sampling operations have been completed at its Liberator field...
- Premier updates drilling initiatives offshore Vietnam, Mexico
Premier Oil plans to start a two-well infill drilling program next month at block 12W offshore Vietnam, to sustain...
- North Sea Catcher floater close to sailaway from Far East
The FPSO for Premier Oil’s Catcher project in the UK central North Sea is at deepwater anchorage offshore...
- Prolonged commissioning delays Kraken production ramp up
EnQuest has provided an update on its field developments in the North Sea and offshore Malaysia.
- Apsara offshore Cambodia moves closer to development
The Royal Government of Cambodia and KrisEnergy Ltd. have signed the fiscal and technical agreements for the...
- Tortue DST results confirm development parameters offshore Mauritania
Kosmos Energy has completed the drillstem test of the Tortue-1 well in block C-8 offshore Mauritania.
- John Crane Asset Management Solutions to devise Culzean maintenance needs
Maersk Oil has contracted John Crane Asset Management Solutions to deliver data services to support the planned...
- Cairn progressing projects offshore Senegal, UK
Cairn Energy says that detailed planning work has started for a phased development of the SNE oil field offshore...
- Noble books Ensco drillship for remaining Leviathan wells offshore Israel
Noble Energy has contracted the ultra-deepwater drillship ENSCO DS-7 to drill two wells and complete four...
- Wheatstone nears start-up offshore Australia
Woodside Petroleum has issued an update on its international exploration and development programs.
- Fortuna partners nominate LNG buyer
The Ministry of Mines and Hydrocarbons, Ophir Equatorial Guinea (Block R) Ltd., OneLNG SA, and GEPetrol have...
- KBR secures more work for sour gas project offshore Abu Dhabi
OMV Offshore Abu Dhabi GmbH has awarded KBR Inc. a project management services contract for the front-end engineering...
- Damen delivers refurbished FPSO Petrojarl 1
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam has delivered the FPSO Petrojarl 1 to Teekay Offshore following a two-and-a-half...
- ConocoPhillips gets clearance for Ekofisk structure removals
ConocoPhillips has permission from the Petroleum Safety Authority to begin preparations for and the start of the...
- KBR wins Tortue pre-FEED assignment
BP has awarded KBR Inc. pre-front-end engineering design and project support services contracts for the Tortue field...
- KBR to manage FEED for sour gas project offshore Abu Dhabi
Occidental of Abu Dhabi has contracted KBR to manage the front-end engineering and design services phase of the Dalma...
- Dresser-Rand turbines to power two fields offshore China
Dresser-Rand, part of Siemens Power and Gas, has secured orders to supply power generation equipment for two projects...
- KrisEnergy moves closer to offshore Cambodia oil field development
KrisEnergy expects to sign a petroleum agreement for Cambodia’s offshore block A next week, allowing it to move...
- CNR steps up decommissioning at Ninian North in the North Sea
Canadian Natural Resources has started well abandonment at the Ninian North platform in the UK northern North Sea,...
- BP starts up subsea gas projects off Trinidad, Australia
BP has started production from the Juniper gas field offshore Trinidad on schedule and under budget.
- Ichthys LNG FPSO arrives in Australia
The INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project has reached another major milestone with the safe arrival of FPSO Ichthys...
- Decommissioned Buchan semi reaches Lerwick
The Buchan Alpha semisubmersible floating production vessel has reached the Shetland Isles after being towed...
- Strong Iranian involvement in South Pars Phase 11
A consortium of Iranian contractors will build and install two offshore platforms for the initial Phase 11 of the...
- Service companies shift to wind to weather downturn
While the onshore oil and gas industry is shaking off the downturn and going back to work this year, many industry...
- North Sea deals position INEOS as major producer, pipeline operator
Offshore recently spoke to Geir Tuft, CEO of the newly established INEOS Oil & Gas division, about the...
- Bumi Armada to install further pipelines in the Caspian
Bumi Armada Caspian LLC has signed a supplementary agreement with LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft LLC for additional...
- European operators advance redevelopment, wind projects
The UK's offshore oil and gas production is rising, with 49 new fields coming onstream since the start of 2012.
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- Assembly on schedule of North Sea Sverdrup drilling modules
Aibel expects to complete construction this summer of the modules for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 1 drilling...
- Petrobel alters Zohr offshore construction campaign
Saipem has finalized offshore contract variations valued at $900 million with Petrobel for activities related to the...
- Shell’s Appomattox platform hull en route to Ingleside
Shell reports that it has achieved a key milestone in the development of its Appomattox project, which is slated to...
- SBM adopts new approach to lower deepwater FPSO project costs
SBM Offshore is progressing its Fast4Ward program for FPSOs, designed to make deepwater project returns more...
- More orders imminent for floating production systems, report claims
Westwood Energy sees signs of a resurgence in the floating production systems market.
- IOOC reactivates Soroush platform turbine
Iranian Offshore Oil Co. has overhauled and installed a Siemens SGT-500 industrial gas turbine used at the Soroush...
- Baker Hughes wins major role in the Pasca project offshore Papua Guinea
Baker Hughes has entered into what it claims is the industry’s first full-stream agreement in support of the Pasca...
- Bahr Essalam, Zohr development phases nearing completion
Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi has held talks with two North African leaders concerning major ongoing offshore development...
- Stampede TLP installed in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s ocean class tugboats and 455-series barges recently supported the safe, successful tow-out...
- No magic wand for offshore market recovery, analyst finds
There remains too much construction capacity within the offshore market that will not be absorbed even with a...
- Centrica budgets £500 million for full-year North Sea area capex
Centrica has provided an update on it Norwegian and UK offshore development programs.
- Active drilling campaign ahead for Lundin in the Barents Sea
Lundin Norway expects drilling to start this month on the potential multi-billion barrel Korpfjell prospect in...
- First Sverdrup jacket in position offshore Norway
Heerema Marine Contractors’ crane vessel Thialf has installed the jacket for the Johan Sverdrup riser...
- RS updates offshore construction rules
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has revised its rules for planning and execution of marine operations.
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- Husky/CNOOC start up BD field offshore Indonesia
Husky-CNOOC Madura has started production from the BD gas/condensate field development in the Madura Strait offshore...
- Thialf sets down remaining Culzean jackets in the North Sea
All three platform jackets are in place at the high-pressure/high-temperature Culzean field in the UK central North...
- Zama appraisal well reaches final depth offshore Mexico
The Ensco 8503 has completed drilling operations in the final hole section of the Talos Energy-operated Zama-1...
- OGA issues guidance for UK offshore area developments
The Oil & Gas Authority has published guidance on the use of Area Plans to help improve collaboration across the...
- Workover to address falling output from Casino in offshore Otway basin
Production from the Casino gas project in the Otway basin offshore Victoria, southeast Australia fell 16% during 2Q...
- North Malay Basin platforms deliver first gas
Gas production has started from the Hess-operated North Malay Basin full-field development in the Gulf of Thailand,...
- Two vessels join McDermott’s Middle East construction fleet
McDermott’s construction vessels DLV 2000 and Amazon have joined the company’s Middle East area...
- Cooper updates construction progress on Sole subsea tieback
Cooper Energy predicts first gas from the Sole field in the Gippsland basin offshore southeast Australia should enter...
- Iran considers further development of South Pars oil
National Iranian Oil Co.’s reservoir advisor committee has reviewed Maersk Oil’s proposed plan for further...
- Tullow updates exploration offshore Suriname, Guyana
Tullow Oil says a rig, reportedly the drillship Noble Bob Douglas, has been secured for a well this fall on...
- Subsea 7 wraps up offshore installations in the North Sea
Subsea 7 has issued progress reports for its various offshore oil and gas construction programs.
