"FPSO" News

Ampelmann inks first Brazil contract

Dec 15, 2015

Ampelmann, the global leader in motion compensated access solutions, has been awarded its first contract in Brazil.  Under the contract, Ampelmann will provide its E-Type system to Boskalis in support of an extended floating production…

Alvheim production restored

Dec 15, 2015

Det Norske's Alvheim floating production, storage and offloading vessel has returned to full capacity after an electric fault was fixed. The fault, which occurred late November, was in the high voltage drive motor for one of the gas export compressors on Alvheim…

Next phase of Total’s Moho online

Dec 11, 2015

Total has brought on stream its ninth project since the start of this year, its Moho Phase 1b project, 75km off Pointe-Noire, Congo. The project, with 40,000 boe/d production capacity, sits in 750-1200m water depth and comprises 11 new…

Glen Lyon FPSO sets sail

Dec 10, 2015

BP has reached a major milestone with its Quad 204 redevelopment project 175km west of Shetland. The firm's new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, the Glen Lyon, has left Hyundai Heavy Industries' yard in South Korea and started sea trials…

Lankhorst lands Libra mooring lines

Dec 10, 2015

Offshore rope manufacturer Lankhorst Euronete Brasil (LEB) has been awarded a contract by OOGTK Libra GmbH & Co KG to supply the polyester mooring ropes for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit in the Libra oil field…

Amplus, Technip tag team North Sea marginal fields

Dec 09, 2015

Amplus Energy Services, a floating production solutions firm headquartered in Aberdeen’s Grandholm area, has struck a deal with Technip in the UK to work together to develop untapped oil reserves in marginal fields in the North Sea. With…

Analyst: Oil prices aren't low enough

Dec 09, 2015

It goes without saying that Art Berman with Labryrinth Consulting Services has a belief about oil prices that is likely not shared by many in the oil and gas industry: Berman believes the prices should be lower. “Prices have to fall further…

ClassNK issues latest floater guidelines

Dec 04, 2015

Japan-based classification society ClassNK has released its Guidelines for Floating Offshore Facilities for LNG/LPG Production, Storage Offloading and Regasification (Third Edition).  The first edition of the guidelines laid out specific…

BW Offshore inks Brazil and Nigeria extensions

Dec 04, 2015

BW Offshore has received a two-year contract extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo. The FPSO is operating on the Polvo field offshore Brazil for Petrorio. The firm period has been extended to Q3 2018 (from Q3 2016), with options until Q3 2022…

VIDEO: The Gryphon Recovery Story

Dec 01, 2015

In February 2011, Maersk Oil's Gryphon FPSO suffered significant damage in heavy storms in the turbulent North Sea. After nearly 20 years of uninterrupted service, the FPSO had to leave the Gryphon field for the first time for repairs and upgrade…

Assuring the future of FLNG

Dec 01, 2015

The engineering challenges posed by colossal FLNG projects are in danger of dwarfing the practicalities of realizing the build. That needn’t be the case. Focusing on the vendor equipment supply chain from the outset, and the choice of codes and standards employed…

ABB to provide Goliat subsea power link

Nov 30, 2015

ABB successfully commissioned a subsea power link for oil and gas company Eni Norge that will supply power from the Norwegian grid to the new Goliat floating, production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO). The 105.5km subsea power cable system is the longest of its kind in the world…

GOM to see FPS resurgence

Nov 30, 2015

With a mere four orders so far this year the floating production system (FPS) sector is suffering. However, things are anticipated to be better next year, with the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in particular, having a surprisingly bright future…

Electric fault hampers Alvheim production

Nov 25, 2015

Due to an electric fault in the high voltage drive motor for one of the gas export compressors, the Alvheim FPSO will be running at reduced production for a period of approximately four weeks while the motor is being replaced. Currently…

Shell inks Prelude services contract

Nov 23, 2015

Engineering company Monadelphous Group has won a major long-term maintenance and modifications services contract associated with Shell's Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) project.  The contract, worth more than AU$200 million, will be for provide maintenance…

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