Chad Barnes reports that contrary to current industry norms, contracting activity in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region is on the rise. The Eastern Mediterranean gas landscape and a focus on Egypt…
Rosneft and Siemens entered into a cooperation and partnership agreement to study opportunities in the development of technical solutions and manufacturing allocation of equipment for the fuel and energy sector. Kaeser…
UK-based independent has now cut US$425 million off its North Sea Kraken heavy oil development budget as it looks to continue reining in costs. After initially shaving $300 million, or about 10%, off the project's original $3.2 billion costs…
Frames Flow Control & Safeguarding has completed the flow control and safeguarding equipment for the Petrobras FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29. Modec Offshore Production Systems (Singapore), a Modec group company, awarded Frames…
Tullow Oil has declared force majeure on two cargoes from its Jubilee development, offshore Ghana, after issues with a turret bearing on the Kwame Nkrumah floating storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, according to news reports. The Kwame Nkrumah…
Shell has started oil production from the third phase of its Parque das Conchas (BC-10) development, offshore Brazil, in hopes of adding up to 20,000 boe/d. The Espirito Santo FPSO. Image from SBM Offshore…
Production has finally started from Norway’s first Arctic oil field, at the Goliat floating production facility in the Barents Sea. The 180 MMbo field, the first producing oil field in the Barents Sea and the northernmost producing oilfield…
Oilfield services firm Petrofac has been appointed duty holder on the Anasuria cluster, in the UK North Sea. The role is in support of the Anasuria Operating Company (AOC), a UK joint venture formed between Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad (Hibiscus) and Ping Petroleum (Ping)…
Technip's joint venture with Sonangol, Technip Angola Engenharia Limitada, has been awarded a three year engineering services contract by Total E&P Angola. The contract covers services for the existing Girassol, Pazflor, Dalia and CLOV…
Bumi Armada intends to take legal action against Woodside Energy after Woodside terminated a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) charter contract for operations offshore northwestern Australia. The Armada Claire…
The Prof. John Atta Mills floating production, storage and offloading vessel has arrived at the TEN project offshore Ghana, after a five week voyage from Singapore. TEN field operator Tullow Oil said first oil from the development is on track for July/August…
Petrobras announced the start-up of the early production system in Sépia, the former Nordeste de Tupi area, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos basin, offshore Brazil. Sépia operations. Image from Petrobras…
Subsea 7 has won a contract extension from BP for subsea construction, inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) services in the North Sea. Under the agreement, Subsea 7 will provide BP with an additional two years of IRM delivery, extending the contract to 2019…
Since its discovery in 2010, the Sea Lion field offshore the Falkland Islands has been subject to a string of development options. Elaine Maslin looks at Premier Oil’s optimized final plan. Ocean Rig’s Ocean Guardian semisubmersible drilling rig…
Despite the ongoing bribery investigations, Petrobras is ploughing ahead with new FPSOs. Pietro Ferreira, of the Energy Industries Council, outlines current contracting activity in Brazil and in Mexico. Ferreira…