- 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...
- 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.
- Faroe starts subsea tieback studies for Brasse offshore Norway
The semisubmersible Deepsea Bergen will P&A the 31/7-2S Brasse side track appraisal well in the license PL...
- RWG to overhaul Fateh turbines offshore Dubai
Dubai Petroleum has awarded RWG a three-year master service agreement to maintain Siemens SGT-A20 AV gas generators...
- Prelude FLNG vessel nears offshore Australia destination
Shell’s Prelude vessel has arrived in Australian waters, the first deployment of the company’s floating...
- Proserv wins Far East decommissioning work
Proserv has won contracts with a total value close to $4 million to provide well severance, platform and FPSO...
- Preparations under way for West White Rose construction
Husky Energy expects construction of the fixed wellhead platform for the West White Rose project offshore...
- Husky contracts 3D seismic survey offshore Taiwan
Husky Energy has commissioned a 3D seismic survey over the 7,700-sq km (2,973-sq mi) exploration block DW-1 offshore...
- PSA authorizes North Sea Troll B modifications
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has approved Statoil’s request for major modifications, installation, and...
- Centrica, Bayerngas Norge to create new North Sea-focused independent
Centrica and Stadtwerke München have agreed to combine Centrica’s European oil and gas E&P business with...
- Noble-led group to pursue alternate rig for remaining Leviathan wells
Noble Energy expects work on the Leviathan 5 appraisal/development well offshore Israel to finish soon, according to...
- Toyo and NIOC to co-finance Salman field rehabilitation studies
National Iranian Oil Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Toyo and Petropars for rehabilitation of...
- Three wells planned for initial development of Dussafu offshore Gabon
Panoro Energy has approved BW Offshore’s proposed work program and budget for development of the Dussafu oil fields...
- Huntington leads the way for Premier in North Sea production
Premier Oil’s 2Q UK production averaged 45,500 boe/d, up 105% on the corresponding period last year.
- TAQA commissions subsea boosting system for North Sea Otter tieback
TAQA has awarded OneSubsea an EPCIC contract for a subsea multi-phase boosting system for the Otter oil field in the...
- Aker BP extending water injection at Valhall in the North Sea
Aker BP has issued a progress report on incremental development projects at its Norwegian offshore production...
- Aramco contracts Saipem for 19 platform jackets
Saudi Aramco has awarded Saipem an offshore contract in Saudi Arabia, covering EPCI activities and trunklines and...
- Interventions, infill wells sustaining Chim Sáo offshore Vietnam
Premier Oil’s Chim Sáo field offshore Vietnam has passed 50 MMboe of production, exceeding the total forecast at...
- DeepOcean set to work on Sverdrup pipeline tie-in offshore Norway
DeepOcean has an EPCI contract to perform remote hyperbaric tie-in of the oil export pipeline on the Johan...
- NPD updates offshore Norway exploration, development highlights
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate has issued a report on E&P activity offshore Norway during the first half of...
- Lukoil progressing second phase of V.Filanovsky in the Caspian Sea
Lukoil’s Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea has produced 3 MM metric tons of oil...
- Hebron platform installed offshore Newfoundland
The gravity-based platform for ExxonMobil’s Hebron field development is in place at its location on the Grand Banks...
- Market downturn prompts redesigned, lower-cost projects
Offshore recently met with Wood Group CEO Robin Watson to discuss the opportunities and challenges of today's...
- Long future ahead for Norwegian oil and gas
Oil and gas production offshore Norway could continue for more than 50 years if the industry takes the right steps,...
- North America
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was due to auction 224 blocks offshore south Alaska last month under the...
- Heerema-AF consortium completes Murchison platform removal
The Heerema Marine Contractors and AF Offshore Decom consortium has completed the offshore removal phase of the...
- Boskalis brings defunct North Sea Leman platform to Great Yarmouth
Veolia and Peterson have accepted the first offshore structure into their Great Yarmouth decommissioning...
- Total, QP prepare for Al-Shaheen handover offshore Qatar
Total and Qatar Petroleum will jointly take over operatorship of the Al-Shaheen offshore oil field this Friday from...
- Majors dominate newly sanctioned projects, report finds
Twenty-five upstream projects could reach final investment decision this year, up from 12 in 2016, according to a new...
- Maersk enlists Wood Group for Culzean hookup in the North Sea
Maersk Oil has contracted Wood Group to provide mechanical and management services for hookup and commissioning of...
- Statoil commissions Ocean Installer for subsea work on three fields
Statoil has contracted Ocean Installer for subsea installations and tie-in operations at three projects offshore...
- Heerema ships out two more Culzean jackets to the North Sea
Two of the jackets for Maersk Oil North Sea UK’s Culzean field platforms have departed the Heerema Vlissingen...
- Snefrid Nord gas heading to Hansteen spar via tieback
Statoil will develop the Snefrid Nord gas field in the Norwegian Sea as a tieback to the Aasta Hansteen field...
- Samsung outlines dimensions of deepwater Coral FLNG vessel
Samsung Heavy Industries has issued more details of its $2.5-billion contract to build a floating LNG production...
- Samsung accident causes Total to alter Martin Linge schedule
Total says two of its offshore development projects have been delayed to varying degrees following an accident in May...
- LR joins offshore Senegal development site surveys
Cairn Energy has contracted Lloyd’s Register to provide project management and technical assistance for development...
- Schlumberger supporting shallow-water project offshore Nigeria
Schlumberger has signed a tripartite agreement with Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. and FIRST Exploration &...
- Bluestream starts inspection campaign in the southern North Sea
ONEgas has awarded Bluestream Offshore an ROV subsea structural inspection services contract.
- Qatar Petroleum expands scope of North field gas project
Qatar Petroleum plans to raise the Gulf state’s LNG production by 23 MM tons/yr to 100 MM tons.
- Add Energy to devise maintenance strategies for BP’s Angelin project
BP has awarded Add Energy a $0.6 million-plus maintenance build contract for the Angelin gas field development, 40 km...
- Total, NIOC commit to South Pars Phase 11 offshore Iran
Total and the National Iranian Oil Co. have signed a 20-year contract for the development of and production from...
- Hurricane seeking funds for west of Shetland production system
Hurricane Energy is looking to raise $520 million to finance an early production system at the basement Lancaster...
- ECS purchase strengthens Subsea 7’s presence in the Middle East
Subsea 7 is acquiring parts of EMAS Chiyoda Subsea, after the latter was declared bankrupt.
- Sapura Energy pulls Prelude well plugs offshore Australia
Sapura Energy Australia has successfully completed plug removal activity for Shell’s Prelude light well...
- Up to 28 wells in prospect under latest Snorre phase in the North Sea
The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s latest Norwegian Continental Shelf publication predicts an investment...
- Wood Group working on cost cuts to White Rose platform
Husky Energy has assigned Wood Group to complete detailed engineering for the topsides of the White Rose wellhead...
- OGA details North Sea decommissioning cost goals
Britain’s Oil & Gas Authority has issued a new report on offshore oil and gas decommissioning on the UK...
- Jubilee FPSO heading stabilized, further shift needed
Following completion of the interim spread mooring of the Jubilee FPSO offshore Ghana, the vessel is now anchored to...
- Offshore recovery still held back by oil price, report finds
Westwood Energy’s updated World Oilfield Equipment Market Forecast projects higher offshore expenditure between now...
- Lukoil spuds water injector well at Filanovsky in the Caspian Sea
Lukoil has completed drilling and commissioning of the fifth production well at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the...
- Unmanned Oseberg platform heads to Norwegian North Sea
The topsides and jacket for Statoil’s Oseberg Vestflanken 2 unmanned wellhead platform have sailed from Heerema...
- Monthly report details bright spots for offshore market
Evercore ISI has released its offshore market update for June.
- GE outlines initial subsea scope for Coral South FLNG
GE Oil & Gas has signed a long-term agreement to collaborate with EEA on development projects in Area 4 offshore...
- Eni to work with NIOC on Kish gas studies
Eni and National Iranian Oil Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding under which Eni will perform appraisal...
- Statoil establishes supply links for Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea
Statoil says the Johan Castberg development in the Barents Sea will be supported by a supply and helicopter base in...
- Aker to deliver umbilicals for Coral South
Aker Solutions has won a contract to supply three umbilicals and associated accessories for Eni’s Coral South...
- More oil lifted from Otakikpo
Lekoil has completed its second oil export from the Otakikpo field in Nigeria’s OML 11 lease.
- McDermott orders valves for offshore Trinidad and Tobago project
McDermott International has contracted PJ Valves and PJ Piping to supply valves and piping elements for a development...
- PSA authorizes Statoil’s North Sea field proposals
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has sanctioned Statoil’s plan to extend the lifespan of the Gullfaks B platform...
- Drilling programs start at Tambar, Brage offshore Norway
Aker BP’s Tambar infill and gas lift project in the southern Norwegian Sea is under way, according to partner Faroe...
- SBM proceeding with Liza FPSO conversion
ExxonMobil has formally confirmed the award of contracts for the next phase of the deepwater Liza field development...
- PBJV to handle P&A program offshore Mauritania
Barakah Offshore Petroleum subsidiary PBJV Group has a letter of award from Samling Resources.
- DNV GL to deliver verification services for Tyra redevelopment
Maersk Oil has contracted DNV GL to provide independent verification services for the Tyra redevelopment project...
- Statoil gets go-ahead for Njord, Bauge
The Norwegian authorities have approved the plans for development and operation of Njord and Bauge in the Norwegian...
- Energean submits development plan for offshore Israel gas fields
Energean Israel has submitted the field development plan for the Karish and Tanin natural gas fields to the Israeli...
