GMC Ltd. has just completed the basic design of a self-installing buoyant tower for the Prinos field development, located in the northern Aegean Sea, offshore Greece for Energean Oil and Gas. Image from GMC Ltd…
Orwell Offshore and FES International have landed a multi-million dollar contract from TH Heavy Engineering Berhad for the supply of an external turret system for the FPSO Layang. The combined contract value is estimated at US$40 million…
Exxon Mobil’s subsidiary, Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd. awarded a contract to Seadrill Ltd. and Field Offshore Design Engineering Nigeria Ltd for the newbuild ultra deepwater drillship West Saturn, in support of the ERHA North Phase 2 project in Nigeria…
Engineering company PD&MS Energy has been awarded an offshore contract extension for engineering work on Fairfield Energy’s North Sea assets. Following an initial three-year contract, the options will see the Aberdeen-headquartered company provide engineering…
Aberdeen-based independent explorer Xcite Energy Resources (XER) has agreed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to use a self-installing platform design on its North Sea Bentley field. The MOU, with engineering firms AMEC and Ove Arup & Partners…
Petronas has reached the final investment decision(FID) for its second FLNG facility project, off the coast of Sabah in Malaysia. The FID was approved by the Petronas board on 23 Jan 2014. Subsequently, Petronas has issued a letter of award for the engineering procurement…
Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) has selected Technip for project management consultancy services on the Zakum field, offshore Abu Dhabi The contract will cover the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) phases of the Zakum Oil Lines Replacement Project-Phase 1 (ZKOL)…
FMC Technologies awarded JDR a contract to design and supply umbilicals and reelers for an intervention workover control system (IWOCS) for Total's giant Egina field development, West Africa. JDR will provide 20km of JDR IWOCs umbilicals…
Mott MacDonald has been appointed project management consultant by the Abu Dhabi Oil Company Limited (ADOC) for the development of the Hail offshore oilfield in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Located approximately 10km south of Mubarraz Island, the…
Two projects aiming to develop small unmanned production facilities for use on marginal fields have been given a boost. Unmanned Production Buoy (UPB), based in Banchory, near Aberdeen, has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineering firm AMEC to provide engineering…
2H Offshore, an Acteon company, has been appointed by Tullow Oil as lead riser engineering consultancy for the delivery of the flexible riser system for its Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) field development, offshore Ghana. The TEN development is located in the deepwater Tano block…
German operator RWE Dea UK has agreed a five year, £40 million, contract with engineering and operations support services contractor Offshore Design Engineering (ODE) to support its southern North Sea fields. ODE has already been working for RWE…
Ivanhoe Energy and SBM Offshore formed a global strategic alliance to create floating, production, upgrading, storage and offloading vessels (FPUSO). The design, the companies say, will economically produce and upgrade heavy oil from…
2H Offshore Inc., an Acteon company, has recently been awarded a Steel Catenary Riser (SCR) detailed design project with LLOG Exploration. The SCRs will be the first attached to the Exmar OPTI-11000 semi-submersible.Delta House Model (Image…
Topsides deal worth approximately NOK 6.1 billionDagny field illustration, with the Sleipner field in the background. (Image: Statoil)Statoil and its Dagny partners Total and Det norske chose Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering to design and build topsides for North Sea platform…