Chevron is setting its sights for mid-2017 for first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its giant Wheatstone project in Australia, according partner Woodside Petroleum said. Illustration of Wheatstone…
BP is to acquire a majority stake in two exploration permits containing the potentially massive Ironbark gas prospect on Australia's North West Shelf from Cue Energy Resources. The move will see BP acquire 80% interest in permits WA-409-P and WA-359P in the Carnarvon basin…
BP and the Area 4 concession partners, Eni East Africa (EEA), Galp Energia (Galp), Kogas and Empresa Nactional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH), entered into a sales and purchase agreement for BP to purchase 100% of the liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
Japan’s Inpex awarded Amec Foster Wheeler of a consultancy contract for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project, the largest discovery of hydrocarbon liquids in Australia in the last 40 years. The scope of work involves Amec Foster…
Oil major Shell is planning to start exploration drilling offshore Tanzania later this year, according to partner Ophir Energy. The drilling program, due to start in Q4, will comprise two wells on Blocks 1 and 4 and target >1 Tcf of gas…
The Inpex-led Ichthys LNG Project has reached a key milestone with both its central processing facility (CPF) and floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility safely starting up their main power generators in the South Korean shipyards where they are being constructed…
The Songa Enabler drilling rig has started drilling a new injection well for CO2 gas on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea, off the coast of Hammerfest, Norway. Once complete, the rig will then drill the first new production well in the field since it came on stream in 2017…
MEO Australia has gained environmental approvals for its proposed Tassie Shoal projects offshore Northern Australia, extending the period for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project to 2052. Tassie Shoal comprises one LNG plant (TSLNG)…
Malaysia’s MISC has built a minimal facilities FPSO for use on marginal fields. John Sheehan takes a look. Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering handle the conversion (fabrication, installation and integration) of the FSO MaMPU 1…
Shell Australia has awarded DOF Subsea a five-year contract with two, two-year options to provide a fulltime underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel to the Prelude FLNG facility. Prelude FLNG will produce, liquefy, store and transfer LNG at sea…
BP, operator of the Tangguh LNG (liquified natural gas) project, awarded Saipem a contract for offshore work related to the Tangguh LNG Expansion Project. The award is for the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of offshore facilities…
Cyprus has received six applications from eight companies for the three blocks it put up in its 3rd Licensing Round for offshore exploration. The three blocks were Blocks 6, 8 and 10, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea…
Unlocking Senegal and Mauritania’s major finds will be a huge hurdle, with a lack of infrastructure in both countries. But, it’s also an opportunity for supply chain companies, says the EIC’s Chad Barnes. A worker onboard the Ocean Rig Athena…
Dutch technology firm Frames has completed a high integrity pressure protection system (HIPPS) and fluid buffer system for the mooring solutions specialist SOFEC. Both are designed and build for the external mooring system of a floating LNG (FLNG) vessel…
Inspection and measurement technology specialist, Optical Metrology Services (OMS), has completed the measurement phase of pipeline fit-up work for the Ichthys LNG project, which is located 220km offshore Western Australia. The project…
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