"FPSO" News

Schlumberger, Golar form OneLNG JV

Jul 26, 2016

Golar LNG and Schlumberger have formed a new joint venture, OneLNG, to rapidly develop low cost gas reserves to LNG. The combination of Schlumberger reservoir knowledge, wellbore technologies and production management capabilities…

OneSubsea selects Nexans for Greater Enfield, Australia

Jul 25, 2016

OneSubsea has ordered umbilical and accessories from French firm Nexans as part of work to develop the Greater Enfield development, off Exmouth, Western Australia. The project, worth around US$21.9 million (€20 million), will see Nexans' first product installed in Australia…

FPF-1 sets sail from Gdansk yard

Jul 22, 2016

Ithaca Energy's floating production unit, the FPF-1, has set sail from the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk after completing a required inclination test. The vessel has been moved to a deepwater location offshore Gdansk to undertake final marine system trials over the course of next week…

New operator for Berantai field

Jul 21, 2016

Malaysia's Petronas has appointed a wholly owned subsidiary Vestigo Petroleum to operate the Berantai field facilities. The facilities, about 150km offshore Malaysia, comprise of a wellhead platform connected to a floating production…

Det norske continues to progress after Q2 fall

Jul 19, 2016

Det norske oljeselskap reported nearly a 21% decline in Q2 2016 revenues, when compared to last year, however, the Norwegian exploration and development company continues to move forward with several of its big name projects. Ivar Aasen jacket…

EnQuest to farm out 20% of Kraken to Delek

Jul 18, 2016

EnQuest and Delek Group have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to farm out 20% interest in the Kraken heavy oil development in the UK North Sea. The area is located in Blocks 9/2b and 9/2c in License P1575, approximately 350km northeast of the city of Aberdeen…

SBM shows its Brazilian FPSO fleet

Jul 18, 2016

SBM Offshore shows its fleet of floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) vessels and operations offshore Brazil, in particular its Brasa yard in Niteroi (near Rio de Janiero). OE profiled the yard in 2013. The company’s latest FPSO…

Petrobras starts up Cidade de Saquarema

Jul 12, 2016

Petrobras has started production from the Cidade de Saquarema floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) unit on the giant Lula field, offshore Brazil. Cidade de Saquarema, from SBM Offshore…

Catcher FPSO project remains on track

Jul 12, 2016

Premier Oil's Catcher floating production project in the UK North Sea is on schedule to deliver first oil in 2H next year. The UK-based independent says further cost savings have been secured against the project estimates. Premier now forecasts capex to first oil of US$1…

SapuraKencana axes Berantai contract

Jul 11, 2016

SapuraKencana Petroleum subsidiaries, Sapura Energy Ventures and Kencana Energy, along with their partner, Petrofac Energy Developments, have reached an agreement with Petronas to cease the Berantai risk service contract (RSC). The Berantai…

FPF-1 bound for Stella in two weeks

Jul 11, 2016

Ithaca Energy's FPF-1 floating production facility is set to leave its yard in about two weeks and start first oil from the Greater Stella area in about three months from then.  UK-based independent Ithaca said modifications on the unit in the Remontowa Yard in Gdansk…

EM&I wins FPSO work off Angola

Jul 11, 2016

EM&I has been awarded a contract from an international floating production and storage offloading (FPSO) operator for diverless UWILD inspections on an FPSO due to be deployed in Angola. The FPSO will be deployed at Block 15/06 East Hub field development…

Ichthys generators fired up

Sep 12, 2016

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…

CNR extends Ivory Coast FPSO contract

Jul 08, 2016

CNR International has has exercised an option to extend the fixed term of the lease contract for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Espoir Ivoirien from 2017 to 2022. The vessel produces oil from the Espoir field since 2002…

NOV, GE enter FPSO pact

Jul 07, 2016

National Oilwell Varco (NOV) and GE Oil & Gas entered into an agreement to collaborate on delivering integrated solutions for floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels. Image from GE…

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