- ONE extends Petrofac’s duty holder status at North Sea Sean field
Oranje-Nassau Energie Resources Ltd. has renewed Petrofac’s duty holder support services contract at the Sean gas...
- Kosmos preparing to drill offshore Suriname
Kosmos Energy expects drilling to start mid-month of the Pontoenoe-1 well in block 42 offshore Suriname.
- Oil companies, contractors support North Sea production buoy study
An international group is collaborating on a project to determine whether a new-concept reusable production buoy...
- DNV GL supporting North Sea Penguins redevelopment
Shell has awarded DNV GL a ‘cross-service’ contract to support the Penguins field redevelopment in the UK...
- Nexen commissions pipeline bundle for latest North Sea Buzzard program
Nexen has contracted Subsea 7 to supply a subsea pipeline bundle for the Buzzard Phase 2 project in the UK central...
- Serica set to strengthen control of North Sea Bruce area
Serica Energy has signed an agreement to acquire interests held by Total in the Bruce and Keith fields and associated...
- Lancaster moorings in place west of Shetland
The turret mooring system for the FPSO Aoka Mizu, including a buoy newly constructed by Drydocks World, is now...
- McDermott updates Aramco, offshore Qatar programs
McDermott International has issued an update on its offshore construction activity in the Middle East.
- Total transaction gives Aker BP tieback potential offshore Norway
Aker BP has agreed to acquire Total’s interests in 11 Norwegian offshore licenses for $205 million, pending...
- Latest V.Filanovsky platform arrives at field location
Lukoil has completed transportation and started installation of the substructure for the new wellhead platform for...
- Construction under way at Epsilon field in the Aegean Sea
GSP Offshore’s jackup GSP Jupiter has started a work program for Energean’s Epsilon field development in...
- Eni to fasttrack Area 1 development offshore Mexico
Mexico’s National Hydrocarbon Commission has approved Eni’s development plan for the Amoca, Miztón and...
- PEMEX contracts McDermott for Ayatsil pipelines offshore Mexico
PEMEX has awarded McDermott International an EPCI/design contract for two subsea flowlines for the heavy-oil Ayatsil...
- High-temperature safety valve to assist steam flood of North Sea Pilot field
Pragma Well Technology and Pharis Energy have agreed to jointly pursue development of a high-temperature downhole...
- Subsea 7 sees further pickup in offshore market
Subsea 7 has been conducting J-lay and S-lay campaigns in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea for the West...
- FPSO issues force closure of North Sea Brynhild field
Lundin Norway and its partners have decided to permanently shut down production from the Brynhild field in the...
- INPEX starts up Ichthys LNG offshore northwest Australia
Production has started from the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG project offshore/onshore northwest Australia.
- Third Sverdrup jacket departs Verdal
Kvaerner has shipped out the third of three jackets ordered by Equinor for the Johan Sverdrup field development in...
- Total starts up Kaombo offshore Angola
Total has started up production from the Kaombo project in block 32 offshore Angola.
- PSE applies to decommission offshore Ireland gas fields
PSE Kinsale Energy and PSE Seven Heads are seeking permission to decommission various production facilities in the...
- PTTEP sells Montara to Jadestone
PTTEP has agreed to sell its 100% stake in the producing Montara oil field offshore northwest Australia to Jadestone...
- TechnipFMC wins Gorgon subsea contract, helps Shell start up Kaikias ahead of schedule
Chevron Australia has contracted TechnipFMC for subsea installations for the Gorgon Stage Two development offshore...
- Partners defer offshore New Zealand appraisal plans
Cue Energy has issued updates on ongoing programs at its fields offshore New Zealand and Indonesia.
- Keppel nears delivery of Yombo FPSO
Keppel Shipyard will soon deliver a converted FPSO to Perenco affiliate Dixstone Holdings for deployment on the Yombo...
- Husky reviewing options for offshore China oil find
Husky Energy has issued updates on its E&P programs offshore Southeast Asia and eastern Canada.
- Two rigs to step up drilling, completion at offshore Ghana fields
Tullow Oil aims to have five new wells onstream across its Jubilee and TEN fields offshore Ghana before...
- Lukoil drills more wells at Y.Korchagin in the Caspian Sea
Lukoil has completed drilling of the first production well from the wellhead platform at the second-stage Yury...
- Report highlights cost reduction efforts of three majors
A Rystad Energy review of recent projects suggests three European oil majors are outperforming their peers.
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- ExxonMobil considering five FPSOs offshore Guyana by 2025
ExxonMobil has raised its estimate of the discovered recoverable resources across the Stabroek block offshore Guyana...
- BrasFELS to construct presalt Sepia FPSO topsides
Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiaries have secured two offshore construction contracts with a combined value of...
- Lukoil sanctions shallow-water Rakushechnoye project in the Caspian Sea
Lukoil has committed to the Rakushechnoye field development in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.
- More South Pars platforms nearing completion
Five new platforms are due to be installed by late September at the South Pars field in the Persian Gulf.
- UK Centre backs marginal fields initiative
The Oil & Gas Technology Centre is supporting an industry-backed ‘Facility of the Future’ initiative designed...
- Petrobras outlines terms for Sapinhoá area fields
Petrobras has submitted declarations of commerciality concerning oil accumulations in areas adjacent to the...
- Aasta Hansteen emerging as Norwegian Sea gas hub
Equinor and its partners plan to turn the Aasta Hansteen development facilities into a gas hub for other nearby finds...
- Equinor gets approval to remove North Sea Huldra platform
Equinor has the approval of Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority to dispose of the Huldra field facility in the...
- Calder pumps to assist flow from North Sea Nova field
Rosenberg WorleyParsons AS has contracted PG Flow Solutions subsidiary Calder to supply an MEG pump package for...
- SNC-Lavalin, KJO sign engineering framework agreement
SNC-Lavalin Engineers and Constructors Inc. has signed a five-year framework agreement to provide international...
- Latin America, Africa set to sustain long-term global production
Wood Mackenzie expects OPEC to maintain its role as a key oil supplier through to 2040, with non-OPEC producers...
- Exploration, development surging offshore Norway, report finds
Twenty field development projects are under way offshore Norway at present, according to the Norwegian Petroleum...
- Kvaerner to further adapt Njord A platform for Fenja
Equinor has awarded Kvaerner additional upgrade work for the Njord A floating production platform to allow it to...
- Dril-Quip awarded LoI for Sea Lion subsea production systems
Dril-Quip (Europe) in Aberdeen has a letter of intent with Premier Oil to provide subsea production systems for the...
- Aker BP progressing further development of North Sea Valhall area
Aker BP estimates total capex this year for its various projects offshore Norway of around $1.3 billion.
- Boskalis to transport, install Bokor platform offshore Malaysia
Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering has issued a letter of award to Royal Boskalis Westminster for a project...
- Ophir streamlining production at Bualuang offshore Thailand
Phase 4 development activities will start this month at the Bualuang oil field in the Gulf of Thailand with a rig...
- Dragados, Sif to collaborate on North Sea Tyra jackets
Dragados Offshore and Sif Netherlands have signed a contract for the supply of legs, caissons, and piles for two...
- Omnisens to monitor Fenja pipe-in-pipe system offshore mid-Norway
TechnipFMC has contracted Omnisens to design, manufacture, and service the monitoring solution installed on the...
- Aker BP, Aker Solutions to work on upgrades at three Norwegian fields
Aker BP is forming an alliance with Aker Solutions to deliver modification work on the Valhall, Ula, and Skarv fields...
- Ichthys project in final inspection phase
INPEX says a recent inspection program has finished for the Ichthys LNG project offshore northwest Australia.
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- Perenco retains Aker Solutions for southern North Sea maintenance
Aker Solutions has secured a three-year contract extension from Perenco UK to continue operations and maintenance...
- BHGE orders VSD module for Ringhorne platform
OEG Offshore will design, manufacture, and supply an A0 fire-rated Zone 2 blast rated variable speed drive control...
- Area 4 group submits gas project proposals to Mozambique’s government
The Mozambique Rovuma Venture has submitted its development plan to the government for the first phase of the Rovuma...
- Lancaster buoy arrives in Shetland
The turret buoy mooring system for the FPSO for Hurricane Energy’s Lancaster development west of Shetland has...
- Equinor cleared to proceed with major Snorre field expansion
Equinor has authorization from Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to proceed with its development and...
- Spirit set to gain control of North Sea Babbage area
Spirit Energy has agreed to take on operatorship of the producing Babbage gas field in the UK southern North Sea, in...
- Mooring operations under way at Lancaster west of Shetland
Well completion operations have finished for the Lancaster oil field early production system west of Shetland,...
- Eni delivers first gas from OCTP project offshore Ghana
Eni has started producing gas from the Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points integrated oil and gas project...
- BP, ConocoPhillips agree to Clair/Alaska asset swap
BP has entered agreements to buy a 16.5% interest from ConocoPhillips in the Clair oil field west of Shetland.
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- Lundin targeting further exploration, infill drilling in North Sea Edvard Grieg area
Lundin Norway has completed its planned development drilling program at the Edvard Grieg field on the Utsira High in...
- Qatar in pole position to ease long-term LNG shortfall
Qatar’s decision last year to lift its moratorium on gas production from the giant offshore North Field could have...
- Bank appointed to draw backing for offshore Falklands project
Rockhopper Exploration says Standard Chartered Bank will serve as Pathfinder Bank for the proposed senior debt...
- SBM to adapt Fast4Ward concept for second Liza FPSO
EEPGL has contracted SBM Offshore to perform front-end engineering and design for a second FPSO for the deepwater...
- Equinor to develop 2 Bboe more from Troll field in the North Sea
Equinor and its partners have submitted a plan for further development of the Troll field in the North Sea to...
- MODEC in Barossa FPSO design competition
ConocoPhillips Australia has awarded MODEC International a front-end engineering design contract for an FPSO for the...
- First gas flows from Shah Deniz 2 offshore Azerbaijan
BP has started up the $28-billion Shah Deniz 2 project, the first subsea development in the Caspian Sea.
- Total commissions TechnipFMC for Zinia subsea production system
Total has awarded TechnipFMC an EPC contract covering subsea equipment for the Zinia Phase 2 field development in...
- Cost improvements easing brakes on deepwater projects
Over the past 18 months, the oil and industry has approved investments in development projects of more than $110...
- PSA grants Equinor technicians access to Martin Linge complex
Equinor Energy has permission to use parts of the new Martin Linge complex in the North Sea from the Norwegian...
- Al Yasat to double oil production from Bu Haseer offshore Abu Dhabi
ADNOC subsidiary Al Yasat Company for Petroleum Operations has awarded NPCC an EPCC contract for the full development...
- RTS software performs high-res sweep of Solan platform
Return To Scene has completed a new digital survey of the Solan platform, west of Shetland for Premier Oil.
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- North Sea Liberator farm-in talks progressing
i3 Energy is in discussions concerning a potential farm-in to its Liberator field development in the UK central North...
- Field development in spotlight offshore Norway
Shell to exit Draugen
- Serica proposes North Sea Columbus-Shearwater pipeline tie-in
Serica Energy has submitted a development plan for the Columbus gas/condensate field in the UK central North...
- Dvalin subsea structures in place offshore mid-Norway
The Far Superior vessel has completed the 2018 offshore construction program at DEA Norge’s Dvalin gas field...
- Saipem/PMS to manage Zohr life of field operations
Saipem, in a consortium with Petroleum Marine Services, has won a contract to provide life of field operations for...
- Nexans to provide static umbilical package for Askeladd in the Barents Sea
Equinor has contracted Nexans to supply subsea equipment for the Askeladd gas project in the Barents Sea.
- Neptune agrees to terms to acquire VNG’s Norwegian business
Neptune Energy Group has an agreement to acquire VNG Norge, the Norwegian E&P subsidiary of German energy group...
- Sembmarine’s UK division dispatches North Sea Culzean platform components
Sembmarine SLP Ltd. has completed fabrication of a power generation module and two bridges for Total’s Culzean gas...
- Two rigs to speed drilling, completion operations offshore Ghana
Tullow Oil has issued progress reports on its two deepwater development projects offshore Ghana.
- Subsea 7 to manage Zinia tieback offshore Angola
Total has awarded Subsea 7 an EPCI contract for the Zinia Phase 2 project in block 17, 150 km offshore Angola in...
- Rovuma LNG partners closing in on final investment decision
ExxonMobil and Eni are progressing marketing for the Rovuma LNG project, which will liquefy and sell production from...
- UK offshore decommissioning costs decreasing, report finds
Britain’s Oil & Gas Authority has lowered its estimate of decommissioning costs for oil and gas infrastructure...
- Wintershall books West Mira for North Sea Nova wells
Wintershall Norge has contracted Seadrill Norway Operations to manage development drilling for the Nova field subsea...
- Petrofac takes on Tui Phase 3 well design
Tamarind Taranaki has contracted Petrofac’s Engineering and Production Services division to provide well project...
- McDermott, BHGE win Shwe Phase 2 EPCIC contract
POSCO Daewoo Corp. has contracted McDermott and Baker Hughes, a GE company for phase two of the Shwe gas field...
- Shell, ExxonMobil commit to North Sea Fram tieback
Shell U.K. has taken a final investment decision on the Fram field development in the UK central North Sea.
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- Total retains KCA Deutag for platform drilling
Total E&P UK has renewed KCA Deutag’s drilling contract on the North Alwyn and Dunbar platforms in the UK...
- RockRose reviewing options for Tain in the North Sea
RockRose Energy expects to complete its acquisition of North Sea E&P specialist Dyas B.V. for $124 million by...
- Tartaruga Verde FPSO starts operations offshore Brazil
MODEC says the FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29 has produced first oil for Petrobras from the...
- Lloyd’s Register overseeing design and construction of Coral FLNG
Lloyd’s Register is providing support services for Eni’s Coral South field development in Area 4 of the Rovuma...
- Aquaterra assisting North Sea Sverdrup pre-drill campaign
Equinor has contracted Aquaterra Energy to provide well construction operations for the Johan Sverdrup project in the...
- BHGE wins Gorgon Stage 2 contracts
Chevron Australia has contracted BHGE to supply subsea production systems and well completion equipment for Gorgon...
- 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...
