- RIL, BP sanction deepwater gas project off eastern India
BP and Reliance Industries Ltd. have sanctioned development of the Satellite cluster deepwater gas fields in block KG...
- Aibel to overhaul Njord FSO for extended service
Statoil has contracted Aibel to upgrade the Njord Bravo floating storage and offloading vessel in the...
- Energean steps up drilling at Prinos offshore Greece
Oil production from the Prinos complex offshore western Greece averaged 2,803 b/d last year, according to operator...
- Offshore Falklands Sea Lion project enters final planning phase
Rockhopper Exploration and operator Premier Oil have submitted a revised draft field development plan for the...
- Indonesia sanctions deepwater Merakes gas tieback
Indonesia’s Energy Minister has approved Eni’s development plan for the Merakes gas field offshore East...
- Dvalin subsea template heads to field location
The subsea template for DEA Norge’s Dvalin field development has been loaded out from Egersund and is heading for...
- Proserv to refurbish Yme subsea control system
Repsol has commissioned Proserv to upgrade and build new subsea production control equipment for the Yme field...
- BP contracts TechnipFMC for Tortue/Ahmeyim FEED
BP has commissioned TechnipFMC to perform front-end engineering design for the FPSO for the Tortue/Ahmeyim field...
- McDermott updates global construction projects
McDermott International has completed most of the offshore work program on the Safaniya field off Saudi Arabia under...
- Serica juggles development options for Columbus in the North Sea
Serica Energy intends to submit a develop plan for the Columbus gas/condensate field in the UK central North...
- Aasta Hansteen spar departs Stord for Norwegian Sea setting
Five tugs have started the 500-nautical mile tow-out of the Aasta Hansteen spar platform from Stord, western Norway,...
- RS signs off on plan for Rakushechnoye in the Caspian Sea
The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping has completed the plan approval documentation review for Lukoil’s...
- Partners to develop SK408 gas fields offshore Sarawak
Sapura E&P and its partners Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd and Sarawak Shell Berhad have taken the final investment...
- Platinum Explorer spuds first well of latest ONGC deepwater project
ONGC has initiated its KG-DWN-98/2 oil project in the Bay of Bengal offshore eastern India.
- First Tortue well completed offshore Gabon
The first development well has been completed on the Tortue field in the Dussafu PSC offshore Gabon, according to...
- Ocean Installer wins further Chinguetti decommissioning work
Petronas has contracted Ocean Installer to assist in decommissioning the Chinguetti field offshore Mauritania.
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- Total issues tenders for South Pars Phase 11
Total has issued tender for subcontracts for the South Pars Phase 11 gas/condensate development in the Persian...
- BP to develop tiebacks to two North Sea hubs
BP has committed to two new North Sea developments, which are expected to produce 30,000 boe/d at peak...
- McDermott completes Atlanta EPS installation offshore Brazil
McDermott International Inc. has completed the first phase of the deepwater Atlanta early production system, 115 mi...
- Aquaterra installs conductor supported platform offshore Trinidad
Aquaterra Energy has completed the delivery of a Sea Swift conductor supported platform for DeNovo Energy in the Gulf...
- Norway sanctions two subsea tiebacks
Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy has approved the plans for development and operation for the VNG...
- Petroleum Safety Authority authorizes two Barents Sea wells
Petroleum Safety Authority has sanctioned two new exploration wells in the Barents Sea, and issued further approvals...
- Statoil issues LoIs for Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 construction contracts
Statoil has signed two letters of intent for construction contracts for the Johan Sverdrup Phase 2 development in the...
- Cost cuts driving new projects, analyst claims
The number of upstream projects sanctioned for a final investment decision in 2017 was more than double the previous...
- Masirah targeting oil production early next year from GA South offshore Oman
Rex International Holding has issued an update on the exploration program of its subsidiary Masirah Oil in block 50...
- Norway sanctions Yme redevelopment in the North Sea
Repsol Norge has attained approval for its revised development plan for the Yme field in the southeastern Norwegian...
- INPEX outlines goals for revised Abadi LNG project
INPEX is preparing to start pre-front-end engineering design for the Abadi onshore LNG project in Indonesia.
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- BSEE inspects Appomattox topsides
As Shell finishes construction on its Appomattox semisubmersible platform hull, Bureau of Safety and Environmental...
- Parkmead considers stimulation for twin-field North Sea oil project
Parkmead has commissioned AGR Tracs International to conduct a reservoir study concerning well stimulation for the...
- Lancaster subsea, mooring installations get the all-clear
Hurricane Energy has issued an update on the boulder relocation program at the site of the Lancaster oilfield early...
- Sembcorp Marine to construct Karish FPSO
TechnipFMC has contracted Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters Pte. Ltd. to engineer, procure, and construct the hull...
- LLOG orders multi-phase pumping system for Who Dat
LLOG Exploration has awarded TechnipFMC an integrated engineering, procurement, construction, and installation...
- UK offshore production could extend beyond 2050, report claims
Investments in facilities across the UK North Sea could reach £268 billion ($378 billion) over the next three...
- Energean contracts TechnipFMC for Karish FPSO, SURF facilities
Energean Oil & Gas has awarded TechnipFMC an iEPCI contract for the Karish gas field development in the...
- Ichthys preparations enter final phases
Commissioning has finished of the FPSO, subsea production systems, and the first train of the onshore liquefaction...
- TechnipFMC to deliver Gumusut-Kakap subsea spread
Sabah Shell Petroleum has awarded TechnipFMC an EPCI contract for the Gumusut-Kakap Phase 2 project offshore Sabah,...
- Sapura Energy starts up B15 field offshore Sarawak
Sapura Energy subsidiary Sapura Exploration and Production (Sarawak) has produced first gas from the B15 field in the...
- Statoil awards Askeladd subsea hardware contracts
Statoil has issued two installation contracts for the Askeladd gas field development in the Norwegian sector of the...
- EnQuest adding wells at Magnus in the North Sea
EnQuest expects to drill three wells at the Magnus field east of the Shetlands, having assumed operatorship from...
- PD&MS to oversee Morecambe Bay decommissioning
Spirit Energy has contracted PD&MS Group to manage decommissioning of the topsides on two unmanned Morecambe Bay...
- Floater issues slow Petrobras’ production
Petrobras’ oil and gas production in Brazil last month averaged 2.08 MMboe/d, 1% lower than in January.
- Mubadala sanctions Pegaga gas project offshore Malaysia
Mubadala Petroleum and its partners Petronas Carigali and Sarawak Shell Berhad have reached the final investment...
- UK offshore recovery needs to be sustained, report warns
Up to 16 new oil and gas developments could go forward this year in UK waters with a combined investment cost of...
- Lancaster subsea equipment rolls off production lines
Hurricane Energy has issued an update on its Lancaster oil field early production system project west of...
- PSA authorizes use of Hansteen spar, subsea equipment
Statoil has permission from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to use the Aasta Hansteen spar platform, subsea...
- EnQuest continues offshore Malaysia facility, well overhauls
EnQuest is working on low-cost well interventions and other programs to raise production efficiency at its PM8/Seligi...
- Total strengthens presence offshore Abu Dhabi
Total has signed 40-year concession agreements for three fields offshore Abu Dhabi with the Emirate’s Supreme...
- First-phase North Sea Beatrice P&A close to completion
Repsol Sinopec Resources UK has provided an update on its P&A campaign at the decommissioned Beatrice field in...
- Deepwater Ochigufu oil field goes online off Angola
Eni and Sonangol have started oil production from the Ochigufu project in block 15/06 offshore Angola.
- Spirit starts offshore decommissioning process at Morecambe Bay fields
Spirit Energy plans to remove subsea equipment from Morecambe Bay off northwest England, as part of a program to...
- Xodus reviews decommissioning options in Tunisia
Xodus Group has performed a decommissioning and abandonment study for wells, surface, and subsea facilities in...
- Spirit cleared to start Oda development drilling in the North Sea
Spirit Energy has approval from Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority for the jackup Maersk Interceptor to...
- Deepwater project returns competitive with shale, analyst claims
Many conventional oil and gas pre-final investment decision projects are now cost-competitive with Lower 48 shale...
- GSP to drill three wells in Prinos area offshore Greece
Energean Oil & Gas has awarded GSP an EPCI and drilling contract for the production expansion program at the...
- Bibby wins IRM, installation work offshore the UK, Tunisia
Bibby Offshore has secured three new subsea contracts from an unnamed major oil company.
- Subsea 7 contracts Corinth for linepipe for two offshore Norway tiebacks
Corinth Pipeworks Pipe Industry has signed agreements with Subsea 7 to supply steel pipes for two Aker BP-operated...
- BP commissions dynamic simulator for Mad Dog Phase 2
BP has contracted Kongsberg Digital to design, engineer, build, install, and perform acceptance testing of a...
- MAN Diesel & Turbo supplying compressors for offshore Vietnam gas platform
PTSC Mechanical & Construction has contracted MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply two compressor trains for the Sao...
- Woodside commissions Wood for Senegal subsea studies
Woodside has awarded Wood three contracts to perform subsea and flow assurance studies supporting the SNE field...
- Askeladd subsea tie-in to sustain Barents Sea LNG
Statoil and its partners have committed to spend more than NOK5 billion ($643 million) in further development of the...
- Eni admits Mubadala as latest partner to Zohr offshore Egypt
Eni has agreed to sell 10% of its interest in the Shorouk concession in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea...
- BP appoints McDermott, BHGE for joint Tortue/Ahmeyim FEED studies
McDermott International Inc. and Baker Hughes, a GE company will conduct front-end engineering design studies for...
- Petrobras puts offshore Piranema fields up for sale
Petrobras has initiated the opportunity disclosure stage concerning the transfer of its 100% interests in the...
- FLNG vessel in operation offshore Cameroon
Golar LNG has confirmed that first production of LNG has started from the floating LNG vessel Hilli Episeyo...
- BP contracts Subsea 7 for long-term support of two Caspian projects
BP Exploration has contracted Subsea 7 to provide subsea inspection, repair and maintenance services on the...
- Premier may defer closure of Balmoral in the North Sea
Premier Oil is working on plans to decommission the Balmoral field area in the UK central North Sea.
- PEMEX, Talos-led group progressing appraisal of Zama discovery
Talos Energy, Premier Oil, and Sierra Oil & Gas are in talks with PEMEX on appraisal drilling of last year’s...
- Total finalizes takeover of Maersk Oil
Total has completed its acquisition of Maersk Oil, first announced last August.
- Ophir adding third platform at Bualuang offshore Thailand
Ophir Energy has committed to a fourth development phase at the Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand.
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- Premier plots 2019 start-up for Natuna Sea subsea tiebacks
Premier Oil expects to start development drilling early next year on the Bison, Iguana, and Gajah Puteri gas fields...
- Supply chain innovation key for offshore Western Europe oil and gas decommissioning
Westwood Energy expects about $102 billion to be spent on decommissioning offshore Western Europe between now and...
- Hebron to stabilize eastern Canada’s mid-term offshore oil production
According to Rystad Energy, Hebron is set to contribute to a ~25% year-on-year offshore supply increase in 2018 and...
- TechnipFMC delivers last Kaombo umbilical
TechnipFMC has completed the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and supply of umbilicals for the Total-operated...
- North Sea platform add-on structures modeled using Tekla software
Pinnacle Consulting Engineers has used Trimble’s Tekla software to assist steel structural modeling for two...
- Chevron injecting polymer into latest North Sea Captain development wells
Chevron has embarked on the first major application of polymer in the North Sea to enhance oil recovery from the...
- As-built 3D digital model unifies data across seven platforms on Caspian project
LLC Volgogradnefteproekt was selected to deliver an as-built 3D digital model for the seven platforms commissioned...
- Insulation optimization improves safety, reduces corrosion risks
It is common practice for the project team to use conservative assumptions when estimating process properties due to...
- Industry executives offer sustainable development strategies at second Offshore Leadership Forum
Speakers and attendees at the recent Offshore Leadership Forum had a cautious but unmistakable air of optimism about...
- Exploration and production activity ramping up offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, eastern Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador’s fourth offshore production facility recently began operations, and the fifth is on its...
- Petrobras enters alliances with three major oil companies
Offshore exploration drilling, field development, and leasing news from around the world.
- Deepwater players benefiting from oil stability, lower costs
With the oil price stabilizing and confidence returning to the industry, companies are now positioning for growth and...
- Energean secures funding for Karish development offshore Israel
Energean Israel has signed a $1.275-billion facility agreement with four international banks to finance the Karish...
- Mozambican government approves Golfinho/Atum development plan
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has received official approval from the government of Mozambique for the Golfinho/Atum field...
- McDermott secures Cassia C compression platform assignment
BP Trinidad & Tobago, LLC has awarded McDermott International Inc. a detailed engineering and long lead...
- IMCA issues Jones Act update
IMCA has updated its findings with regard to the Jones Act changes that were proposed last year.
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- Gangway system adapted for personnel transfers in Arctic conditions
Safe transfer of personnel to and from offshore facilities is a high priority for operators, and in some of the...
- Addressing six key issues vital to successful offshore decommissioning strategy
Offshore exploration and production of oil and gas is one of the most prominent business activities across the globe....
- Third deepwater Liwan gas field development offshore China gets green-light
The Husky Energy board of directors has sanctioned Liuhua 29-1, the third deepwater field serving the Liwan gas...
- DeepOcean wins riser replacement assignments offshore Norway
Statoil has contracted DeepOcean AS to perform riser replacement and construction work in the North Sea and the...
- Offshore oil and gas field development project activity ramping up across Asia/Pacific
Fifty oil and gas fields, with collective resources of 4 Bboe, in Southeast Asia are expected to be approved for...
- Offshore Cameroon FLNG vessel prepares for start-up
Golar expects first LNG production soon through the FLNG vessel Hilli Episeyo offshore Cameroon.
- Statoil progressing Sverdrup, Castberg field developments offshore Norway
Statoil has achieved further cost cuts with its giant Johan Sverdrup field development in the North Sea, while BP has...
- Westwood Energy forecasts $1.7 trillion of upstream capex in next five years
Westwood Global Energy Group’s latest Upstream Investment Outlook (1Q 2018) suggests a dramatic shift in the oil...
- Leviathan on target for late 2019 start-up
Noble Energy’s Israel division has added 3.3 tcf of natural gas to its reserves base following sanction of the...
- NPCC to supply platforms for Ratna project offshore India
ONGC has awarded National Petroleum Construction Co. a $327-million contract to supply and install five wellhead...
- South Pars Phase 14a gas platform flare lit
The flare has been lit on the new 14a platform serving Phase 14 of the South Pars gas field development in the...
- McDermott outlines offshore Saudi Arabia project scopes
McDermott International has issued progress reports on its offshore construction programs in the Middle East and...
- Drilling under way from Oseberg H platform offshore Norway
Development drilling has started at Statoil’s Oseberg Vestflanken 2 complex in the Norwegian North Sea.
- More innovations needed to drive development west of Shetland
The UK’s west of Shetland region remains under-explored, according to Westwood Global Energy Group.
- Wintershall commissions subsea hardware for Nova in the North Sea
Wintershall Norge has awarded two subsea contracts for the Nova (ex-Skarfjell) tieback project in the Norwegian North...
