Norwegian classification and verification outfit DNV GL unveiled an unmanned floating LNG concept, which it thinks could unlock the potential of remote offshore gas fields. DNV GL's Solitude concept…
Dana Petroleum awarded Asset Guardian Solutions (AGSL) a contract to implement and support Asset Guardian, a software system that helps secure the integrity of process software. Asset Guardian will be installed by AGSL on Dana’s Triton FPSO in the UK North Sea…
Erin Energy Corp.’s Oyo-8 well located in OML 120 offshore Nigeria has exceeded expectations and is currently producing at a stabilized rate of 7080 b/d. Erin Energy is the operator and has a 100% interest in the well. Oyo-8 flare up…
North Sea operator EnQuest says its North Sea projects - Alma/Galia and Kraken are both on track, with the first due to start up mid-2015 and the second in 2017. The firm is currently preparing to start pulling in risers on the EnQuest Producer floating production…
Drydocks World is to build an external turret mooring systems for JX Nippon’s Layang field floating production vessel offshore Malaysia. Under a contract with UK-based naval architects Orwell Offshore, Dubai-based Dydocks World is expected to supply the turret system by Q1 2016…
Premier Oil is planning to make sanction decisions on its Falkands Sea Lion and Norwegian Vette developments in 2016, the operator said this morning. The plans come as the firm says it is making “improved progress” on the completion…
Boskalis-subsidiary Dockwise loaded the first ship-shaped floating, production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) onto the largest semisubmersible heavy transport vessel in the world. The Armada Intrepid FPSO was loaded onto the Dockwise Vanguard in the Caland canal…
US-based operator Apache started oil production from the Coniston subsea oil field development offshore Exmouth, Western Australia, 10 May, says partner INPEX. Coniston covers 45sq km saddling blocks WA-35-L and WA-55-L where the water is 380m deep…
Eni's Goliat platform is being towed from Hammerfest in Finnmark to the field location in the Barents Sea. Goliat tow out. From Eni. The cylindrical platform – a so-called floating…
Houston-based Africa focused Erin Energy Corp. began production from the Oyo-8 well offshore Nigeria. Oyo-8 flare. Image from Erin Energy. Oyo-8 is located in OML 120 in 1000ft of water…
The oil and gas industry must rely on technology, collaboration and several industries, including academia to excel in the advances of emerging offshore technology trends, BP Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir Development and IT&S James…
While methanol/glycol cleaning could be considered the primary removal method, its efficiency in open water is limited. BOURBON has started using high-pressure water jet cleaning as an alternative. The…
Jeannie Stell looks at offshore heavy oil development economics with an eye on the current low-price environment. ExxonMobil expects its 52-well Hebron development project offshore Newfoundland to bring in first oil in 2017…
Bruce Crager profiles some of the floating production vessels already being used offshore Mexico, and highlights what is yet to come. FPSO Yùum K’ak’Náab is currently operating in the KMZ oilfield in the Bay of Campeche…
Jerry Lee provides an overview of Mexico’s Ku-Maloob-Zaap (KMZ) heavy oilfield in the Bay of Campeche. Pemex’s Ku-S central processing installation at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oilfield in the Bay of Campeche offshore Mexico…