Seatrium has signed a contract with BP to perform engineering, procurement, construction and onshore commissioning (EPC) work for the Kaskida Floating Production Unit (FPU) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The Kaskida project is a greenfield development located approximately 250 miles southwest of New Orleans, in the Keathley Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico.Comprising a single topside module supported by a four-column semi-submersible hull…
Woodside Energy has passed a major milestone for its operated Trion development offshore Mexico with the start of steel fabrication for the semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU).The first cutting of steel for the Trion FPU was marked…
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) has secured a contract from BP to provide classification and engineering verification services for the semisubmersible production unit that will be deployed at Kaskida project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.ABS…
Subsea Integration Alliance, a strategic partnership between OneSubsea and Subsea7, has secured a ‘large contract’ from Turkish Petroleum Offshore Technology Center (TP-OTC) relating to the Sakarya field development in the Black Sea, offshore Türkiye…
Seatrium has started the steel fabrication for Sparta semi-submersible floating production unit (FPU), which is the Singapore-based company’s third FPU to be built for its long-standing customer Shell.The steel cutting ceremony marks the beginning…
Woodside has announced that the Trion field development plan (FDP) has been approved by the Mexican regulator, Comision Nacional de Hidrocarburos (CNH).Woodside’s final investment decision (FID) to develop the Trion resource, announced 20 June 2023…
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. said Monday in a stock exchange announcement that it had received a contract to build a floating production unit for a client in Mexico.The contract, awarded by an oil developer in Mexico, is worth 1…
Oil and gas company Talos Energy has extended the contract for the Helix Producer I floating production vessel in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to Helix Energy Solutions Group, the vessel owner, the contract has been extended for one year the term…
A floating production unit constructed by Jiangsu Strong Wind Shipyard (JSSW) to ABS Class has been delivered.The TRUNOJOYO 01 FPU is on charter to Husky CNOOC Madura Limited (HCML) from owner PT Timas Oceanstar Indonesia (TOI) and will be towed…
U.S. oil firm Murphy Oil Corporation has started oil production from the Khaleesi, Mormont, and Samurai field development project in the deepwater section of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Production has started flowing this month from the Murphy-operated King’s Quay floating production system…
Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has secured a contract with the Australian oil and gas firm Woodside to deliver hull and topsides for the floating production unit to be installed at Woodside's Scarborough development offshore Australia…
The oil and gas sector continues to rebound from the great downturn, though regional surges of Covid-19 have been spooking the market, causing crude prices to be a bit volatile over the past two weeks. But, the near-term outlook remains very positive…
Engineering company Wood has secured a multimillion-dollar engineering design project for Chevron’s Anchor deepwater development in the Gulf of Mexico.The scope of the project included the preliminary, front end engineering and design (Pre-FEED)…
McDermott International, Inc. on Tuesday announced it has signed a contract with Woodside Energy Ltd. to undertake a front-end engineering and design (FEED) activities for a floating production unit (FPU) for the Scarborough field natural gas development in Western Australia…