Jacobs Engineering signed a contract with ONEgas to perform engineering services for the decomplexing of its K15-FA platform in the North Sea. The decomplexing process involves transitioning K15-FA to an unmanned platform without gas treatment installations…
Norwegian engineering firm Aker Solutions is to provide design engineering for Statoil's semisubmersible Njord A platform upgrade in Norway under sub-contract to Kvaerner, which in turn has a US$590 million engineering, procurement and construction contract on the job…
The second jacket for the Shah Deniz Stage 2 platforms has set sail to the Caspian Sea offshore Azerbaijan, the BP-led Shah Deniz consortium announced today (16 March). Sailaway of the QU jacket…
Norway’s Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) has identified regulation breaches following its investigation into a fire that broke out on Statoil’s Statfjord A platform in October 2016. Statfjord A…
Engineering firm Wood Group has started detailed engineering on the Leviathan field development platform after completing front-end engineering and design (FEED) on the project. Leviathan is Noble Energy's giant gas field project in the Mediterranean Sea…
Dutch fabricator HSM Offshore has won a contract to construct the offshore transformer station for the huge 700 MW Borssele Alpha project offshore the Netherlands. HSM also has an option for the contract to build a transformer station for the 700 MW Borssele Beta project…
Integrated process solutions provider ProSep will supply one ProDry unit to Statoil for the Troll B ZMP Project. ProSep’s project scope of supply – awarded through Aker Solutions – began in January 2017 and is expected to last approximately five months…
Mammoet has successfully completed the process of weighing, transporting and lifting the modules of the P-76 FPSO platform for the Technip-Techint consortium at the Techint Offshore Unit in Pontal do Paraná - Brazil. Image of the P-76 FPSO…
The Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea was officially opened earlier today (13 February) by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Søviknes. From left Øyvind Eriksen, chairman of the board in Aker BP and CEO in Aker…
Byron Energy is weighing a change in development concept for the South Marsh Island 71 (SMI-71) discovery, in the US Gulf of Mexico. The new plan sees the operator opting for a manned platform over an unmanned facility, says 50-50 joint venture (JV) partner Otto Energy…
Chevron North Sea awarded Atkins a three-year framework contract for structural integrity services across selected fixed and floating platforms in the UK North Sea. The contract covers assets including the Alba Northern platform and topsides…
An investigation has been launched into a fire that broke out on an oil production platform in the US Gulf of Mexico yesterday. Image from the USCG Twitter. The fire was on Renaissance…
Audrey Leon speaks with Lloyd’s Register about a new cloud-based software aimed at optimizing maintenance programs and reducing operational expenditures by up to 40%. Image from iStock. Managing…
Barakah Offshore Petroleum has won a two-year, US$4.4 million (RM20.0 million) contract from Murphy Oil to provide work on the company's Kikeh spar platform, offshore Malaysia. The work will be done by Barakah's wholly-owned subsidiary company…
Houston’s Ardent completed the removal of the Troll Solution jackup in the Bay of Campeche, off Mexico, that the company is calling the largest wreck removal in 2016. Ardent deployed assets from several countries…