Höegh FLNG awarded pre-FEED
Höegh FLNG Ltd. has been awarded a pre-FEED study for a jetty-moored 2MMTA FLNG near-shore barge for a North American LNG export project. The study will be executed in 2H 2013.
Meta wins Shell tiebacks
Meta Downhole Ltd. announced a contract with Shell for liner tiebacks in the Gulf of Mexico.
Meta will supply its V0 ISO14310-certified Meta liner tieback that connects the liner to a tieback string of casing. This is a metal -to-metal connection with no reduction in internal diameter (ID) and no reliance on elastomers.
FMC wins subsea boosting
Petrobras awarded FMC Technologies a US$40 million contract to supply three subsea boosting stations for the Parque das Baleias development, off Brazil in the Campos basin. DOF Subsea awarded FPSO work DOF Subsea Norway has been awarded a contract by Teekay Petrojarl Production for work on a newbuild FPSO, including mooring pre-installation, tow-out, and hook-up for Teekay’s FPSO, to be installed on the Knarr field in the North Sea.
Wood Group wins BP contract
Wood Group Kenny (WGK) will support BP’s offshore Angola operations under a new engineering services contract worth US$18 million. The 12-month contract covers two subsea operations support scopes: one is for Greater Plutonio (block 18) operations group; the other is for PSVM (block 31: Plutao, Saturno, Venus, and Marte fields) operations group.
Technip wins EPS contract
Total E&P Congo awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, and supply (EPS) contract for the Moho Phase 1bis development as part of the Moho Nord project, off Congo. The scope covers project management, detail engineering, procurement, and supply for the FPU modifications, with two new subsea tie-backs.
Located 75km from Pointe-Noire in 450-1200m water depths, Total operates (53.5%) the Moho Bilondo license with partners Chevron (31.5%) and Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo (15%).
Xodus awarded pipelines
Xodus Group secured two contracts from Abu Dhabi-based Valentine Maritime (Gulf) L.L.C. The first is for new subsea pipelines in the Arabian Gulf off Qatar’s northeast coast. It involves design of a new 6.4km long, 24in. water injection pipeline, including risers and two J-tubes. The project is due for completion by the end of 2013. The second is for the pipeline installations in Fateh field, including: a 30in. by 6.7km subsea oil pipeline, a 30in. by 4km subsea oil pipeline, and a 16in. by 6km subsea water injection pipeline. All include new risers and tie-ins.
Royal Boskalis awarded DCP contract
Shell Philippines awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. a contract to install a depletion compression platform (DCP) for the Malampaya Project off Palawan Island, Philippines. The contract is worth about US$60 million.