- Petrobras starts up second Buzios field floater
Petrobras has produced first oil and gas from the Búzios 2 area of the presalt Santos basin through the FPSO...
- Browse JV, Chevron sign offshore Australia gas accords
The North West Shelf Joint Venture offshore Western Australia has signed non-binding preliminary agreements with the...
- Alimak to supply tenth elevator for North Sea Sverdrup development
Aibel has awarded Alimak an SEK27-million ($2.96-million) contract to provide an elevator is for the Johan Sverdrup...
- Eni admitted to sour gas project offshore Abu Dhabi
ADNOC and Abu Dhabi’s government have signed the first of a series of planned concession agreements with Eni,...
- ADNOC prolongs Upper Zakum support contract
ADNOC Offshore has awarded Wood a one-year extension to a contract to provide services to the Upper Zakum oilfield...
- Four subsea wells planned for Tortue Phase 2 offshore Gabon
Panoro Energy has issued an update on its E&P programs offshore West Africa.
- Digitalization could open development of ‘sub-commercial’ reserves
A new report from Wood Mackenzie suggests that digitalization could save the upstream sector $75 billion annually by...
- Sole pipeline test reveals defect
Cooper Energy says testing of the newly installed Sole pipeline in the eastern Gippsland basin offshore Victoria,...
- Two more multi-well tiebacks sanctioned at block 17 offshore Angola
Total and its partners in block 17 offshore Angola have committed to two new fasttrack satellite field...
- Keppel to upgrade barge for offshore Cambodia project
KrisEnergy subsidiary, SJ Production Barge has contracted Keppel Shipyard to modify and upgrade a production barge...
- OMV, Sapura formalize partnership
Sapura Energy Berhad and OMV have signed two agreements to form a strategic partnership.
- Shell submits draft decommissioning plan for North Sea Goldeneye field
Shell U.K. will remove the Goldeneye platform in the UK central North Sea and some of the subsea infrastructure,...
- Aquaterra to support more well preparations at Johan Sverdrup
Equinor has contracted Aquaterra Energy to provide early well construction operations for the next 16 wells of the...
- Subsea 7 updates Middle East construction progress
Subsea 7’s vessel utilization during 3Q was the highest for any individual quarter since 2014, according to CEO...
- Etinde well results could alter development plans
New Age’s appraisal drilling program on the Etinde field offshore Cameroon has been completed at low cost, helped...
- Giant African fields hard to monetize
Exploration over the past decade over sub-Saharan Africa has delivered more giant discoveries than any other region,...
- Strong performance from North Sea Grieg field
The Edvard Grieg field in the Norwegian North Sea continues to perform strongly, according to operator Lundin Norway,...
- Leviathan construction passes two-thirds point
Gross gas sales from Noble Energy’s fields offshore Israel rose by 9% during 3Q to 1,090 MMcf/d, due to increased...
- Jumbo to install Leviathan subsea production manifold
TechnipFMC has awarded Jumbo’s offshore division a transportation and installation contract for the Leviathan field...
- Telford 25 to install subsea structures for TSB project offshore Indonesia
Timas Suplindo has chartered Telford Offshore’s DP-3 offshore construction vessel Telford 25 under a...
- Production rising from North Malay Basin
Hess’ net production from its North Malay Basin project offshore Malaysia doubled during 3Q to 31,000 boe/d.
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- New offshore oil platform is biggest built in Mexico in 10 years
The largest offshore oil platform to be built in Mexico in 10 years is now bound for Campeche Bay.
- Jubilee, TEN FPSOs nearing nameplate capacity
Gross sales volumes from the Tullow Oil-operated Jubilee and TEN fields averaged about 156,900 b/d of oil during 3Q...
- Danos wins coatings maintenance contract in the Gulf of Mexico
Shell Exploration and Production Co. has awarded a contract to Danos for the coatings maintenance campaign for the...
- North Sea Liberator project expanding
i3 Energy plans to submit a revised field development plan by year-end for its interests in UK North Sea blocks...
- Production increasing at Hebron offshore eastern Canada
Drilling of the fourth production well is under way at the ExxonMobil-operated Hebron field development offshore...
- ADX eyes re-development of offshore Sicily oil field
ADX Energy has agreed to farm out a 50% interest in the D363 CR-AX permit offshore western Sicily to SDP...
- Gazprom Neft investigating further potential at Arctic Prirazlomnaye field
Gazprom Neft is undertaking a seismic survey offshore northern Russia with a view to exploring...
- Apache to speed up first oil from North Sea Garten field
Apache Corp.’s UK North Sea production averaged 51,000 boe/d during 3Q 2018, down slightly from the previous...
- Safaniya platform construction program on schedule
McDermott’s third-quarter revenues of $473 million in the Middle East North Africa region were driven primarily by...
- Kvaerner to supply fourth jacket for North Sea Johan Sverdrup
Equinor has contracted Kvaerner to build the steel jacket for the processing platform for Phase 2 of the Johan...
- Iranian Offshore Oil Co. sanctions well enhancement campaign at three Persian Gulf fields
Iranian Offshore Oil Co. has contracted PetroIran Co. to maintain and enhance oil production capacity at the Sivand,...
- OGA sanctions North Sea Columbus-Shearwater tieback
Britain’s Oil and Gas Authority has approved Serica Energy’s plan for the development of the Columbus field in...
- Construction under way for Rakushechnoye project
A ceremony has been held to mark the start of construction of infrastructure facilities for Lukoil’s Rakushechnoye...
- Bilfinger assigned Sverdrup flare change-out
Bilfinger Norge has won follow-up orders from Aibel for Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup project in the Norwegian North...
- Partners wait on rig for Henry well offshore Victoria
Front-end engineering and subsurface studies continue for a development well on the Henry field in the Otway basin...
- Panoro provides Tortue production update
Initial production rates at the Tortue field in the Dussafu Marin PSC offshore Gabon are fully in line with...
- Base slab of the West White Rose CGS completed
Husky Energy has provided updates on its E&P programs offshore Southeast Asia and eastern Canada.
- Partners submit SNE development plan
Cairn Energy and its partners have submitted the development and exploitation plan for the deepwater SNE field to the...
- Two CNOOC gas projects nearing first production
CNOOC achieved a total net production of 113.8 MMboe during 3Q 2018.
- Upstream spending must increase to meet future demand, report finds
Global oil and gas development spend needs to increase by around 20% to meet future demand growth and ensure...
- Aker to supply subsea equipment for Lingshui 17-2
CNOOC has contracted Aker Solutions to provide the subsea production system and umbilicals for the Lingshui 17-2 gas...
- First Ichthys LNG shipment heads to Japan
The first cargo of liquefied natural gas from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project has left Darwin in the Northern...
- TechnipFMC to deliver subsea equipment for Liza Phase 2
ExxonMobil has commissioned TechnipFMC for the engineering of the subsea system for the proposed Liza Phase 2 project...
- Sembcorp to refurbish Cheviot FPSO
Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte. Ltd. has signed an agreement with Varg L.L.C. for engineering, procurement,...
- BP gets go-ahead for west of Shetland subsea tieback
BP has received approval from the Oil and Gas Authority to proceed with the Alligin development west of...
- OGA approves Finlaggan tieback in the North Sea
The Oil & Gas Authority has approved Zennor Petroleum Ltd.’s Finlaggan field development in the UK central...
- Teething problems for North Sea Valhall stimulation technique
Aker BP has tested a new well stimulation method as part of a drilling campaign at the Valhall IP platform in the...
- Sembcorp to modify North Sea Cheviot FPSO
Alpha Petroleum Resources has entered agreements with Teekay Offshore Partners for deployment of the FPSO...
- Dril-Quip secures frame agreement for Sea Lion subsea production systems
Dril-Quip (Europe) Ltd. has entered into a FEED contract and frame agreement with Premier Oil Exploration and...
- BP starts up latest Thunder Horse expansion project in the deepwater GoM
BP has started up the Thunder Horse Northwest Expansion project in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, four months ahead of...
- Van Oord to deploy two vessels at West White Rose
Husky Energy has contracted Van Oord to perform installation works for the West White Rose project offshore...
- Shell set to exit Danish North Sea consortium
Shell has agreed to sell its Danish subsidiary Shell Olie-og Gasudvinding Danmark for $1.9 billion to Noreco...
- Crondall to assess Cambo FPSO options
Siccar Point Energy has awarded Crondall Energy a frame agreement to support studies for the Cambo oil field west of...
- Claxton to assist Deep Panuke well P&A
Claxton will provide high-pressure riser and abrasive jet cutting services for Encana’s Deep Panuke decommissioning...
- Construction under way for Tyra redevelopment
McDermott International Inc. has held a first steel-cutting ceremony at its fabrication yard in Batam, Indonesia, to...
- Oseberg Vestflanken 2 goes onstream
Equinor has started production from the Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea.
- Asia/Pacific NOCs on look-out for upstream deals, joint ventures
The number of upstream projects sanctioned this year in the Asia/Pacific region is similar to 2017, according to new...
- Caspian consortium to manage Absheron subsea engineering
Total has awarded a consortium of Saipem Contracting Netherlands, Boshelf LLC, and STAR GULF FZCO a SURF contract for...
- Lancaster FPSO departs Dubai
The upgraded FPSO Aoka Mizu has departed Drydocks World in Dubai following sea trials and will now sail to...
- Sapura divisions supporting Asia/Pacific, Nigeria construction campaigns
Sapura Energy subsidiaries have won three offshore construction contracts.
- Lukoil close to completing second-stage Filanovsky wells
Lukoil has brought onstream the fifth well at the second-phase development of the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the...
- Able to dismantle seven Sable Offshore Energy platforms
Able UK’s complex on the River Tees in northeast England will dismantle, recycle, and disposal of gas platforms...
- KBR wins Tortue FEED contract
BP has awarded KBR Inc.’s UK operating subsidiary a front-end engineering design contract for Phase 1 of the Tortue...
- Maersk Intrepid secures contract extension
Equinor has exercised two options extending the current contract for the jackup rig Maersk Intrepid by two...
- AF Gruppen decommissioning contract extended
AF Gruppen has received an extension notice to a frame agreement from a client covering future removal and disposal...
- CNR opts to cut short Gabon floater contract
CNR International has given Yinson Holdings subsidiary Knock Allan notice that it will terminate its contract for...
- Eni orders FPSO for first offshore Mexico project
Eni Mexico has awarded MODEC a letter of intent for supply, charter, and operations of an FPSO in Offshore Area...
- KBR to conduct concept definition engineering for Browse FPSOs
Woodside Energy Ltd. has awarded KBR the concept definition engineering contract for two gas FPSOs for the proposed...
- Subsea 7 to deliver export pipelines for Vito in the Gulf of Mexico
Subsea 7 has won a second construction contract for Shell’s deepwater Vito development in the Gulf of Mexico.
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- Subsea 7, APL to supply and install Jubilee buoy turret loading system
Tullow Oil has awarded Subsea 7 and NOV Oil & Gas Services Ghana an EPCI contract for the Jubilee field FPSO...
- PSA approves North Sea Snorre extension plans
Equinor has received approval from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to extend the lifespan of the Snorre B...
- UK offshore operators maintaining grip on costs
Operating expenditure and unit costs/boe rose by 2% last year across the UK continental shelf, according to the Oil...
- Shell to lead North Sea Arran-Shearwater tieback
Shell will operate the Arran field development in the UK central North Sea after the partners took a final investment...
- Norwegian power connected to North Sea Sverdrup field center
Kjell-Børge Freiberg, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, has opened the new power-from-shore service...
- Near-shore platform connected for Bahrain re-gasification project
Aqualis Offshore has completed the floatover installation of the REGAS topsides offshore Bahrain.
- Costs rising at North Sea Martin Linge project
Equinor has achieved cost cuts on various new Norwegian development projects totaling around NOK30 billion ($3.62...
- US Office of Foreign Assets Control decision eases North Sea Bruce, Keith and Rhum transition
Serica Energy and BP have received a conditional license and assurance from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control...
- Global outlines Njord re-installation program for 2019-20
Equinor has contracted Global Maritime to provide marine operations to assist programs offshore Norway until 2020,...
- BMT to monitor Mad Dog Phase 2 FPS
BMT has won a contract to provide multiple marine monitoring systems for BP’s Mad Dog Phase 2 semisubmersible...
- Qeshm Island yard completes Forouzan platform
The topsides for platform 18F of the Forouzan offshore oilfield in the Persian Gulf has been loaded out of the yard...
- NKT to install second-phase Sverdrup power cables
Equinor and its partners have issued a letter of award to NKT for an NOK1 billion-plus ($121-million) EPCI contract...
- Slow improvement ahead for drillers, report claims
DNV GL’s 2018 Oil and Gas Industry Outlook research has re-affirmed the general view that confidence is rising...
- Aker to supply presalt Mero subsea trees
Petrobras has contracted Aker Solutions to provide a subsea production system and associated services for the Mero 1...
- Boskalis to install North Sea Tyra subsea spread
Total E&P Denmark has awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster the Tyra redevelopment subsea installation Phase II...
- Culzean FSO on station at North Sea location
Maersk Supply Service has completed hookup of the FSO Ailsa for Total at the Culzean field complex in the UK...
- HAF consortium to remove Brae Bravo platform
Marathon Oil Decommissioning Services LLC has contracted Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom for the...
- Contractor trio to manage ONGC’s largest deepwater India development
ONGC has awarded a consortium of Baker Hughes, a GE company, McDermott International, and L&T Hydrocarbon...
- Chevron retains Petrofac for North Sea engineering
Chevron North Sea has extended Petrofac’s engineering services contract extension by a further 12 months.
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- Subsea Integration Alliance wins Katmai contract
Fieldwood Energy has contracted Subsea Integration Alliance for the deepwater Katmai field development in the US Gulf...
- Equinor expands North Sea Sverdrup monitoring system
Equinor has contracted Alcatel Submarine Networks to undertake a second stage of development of a permanent reservoir...
- First condensate departs Ichthys FPSO
INPEX has completed the first shipment of condensate from the Ichthys LNG project offshore northwest Australia.
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- Rex reaffirms commitment to oil production offshore Oman
Rex International Holding aims to start oil production from block 50 offshore Oman next year following new studies of...
- Offshore oil and gas market upturn to continue through 2022
A recent surge in final investment decisions on offshore oil and gas projects has set the scene for a healthy increase...
- Private equity boosting Gulf of Mexico recovery
A recent surge of private equity-backed interest in Gulf of Mexico deepwater is injecting renewed optimism in the...
- Chock Liner mooring technology designed to enhance safety, performance
Nylacast has introduced the Chock Liner, a new mooring system that is designed to support safe and reliable moorings of...
- Probabilistic approach can make deepwater pipeline design more efficient, economical
Deepwater pipelines present a unique challenge to pipeline engineers. Such systems are normally laid on the seabed...
- Partial platform suspension less costly than full-scale shutdown
Suspending platforms for structural repairs or extended shutdowns could be less costly and labor-intensive by avoiding...
- Widespread take-up of enhanced oil recovery on UK fields unrealistic, study finds
Enhanced oil recovery can extend the producing lives of mature fields by delaying abandonment and maximizing economic...
- Universal field development approach can help advance stalled Gulf of Mexico projects
The general state of the deepwater industry is distressed. In 2014, the industry hit the reset button to urgently find...
