As the offshore industry grows in complexity – in terms of projects and geographies – software is playing an increasing role in engineering, both to aid engineering and collaboration, as projects increase in complexity and diversity. Meg…
The pressure is on to find economically viable ways to develop marginal fields, in the UK North Sea and further afield. Ben Smith and Ed Randall look at the challenges and options. More and more emphasis is being placed by operators and…
Petrobras is expected to propose a multi-FPSO development for the deepwater, pre-salt Santos Basin Iara area after submitting a declaration of commerciality to authorities. The Iara area, in block BM-S-11, 214-250km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro…
Year in review: 2014 - OEDigital’s top stories Mozambique NG flow test. OE staff presents a look back at 2014’s top stories posted on OEDigital.com. It was a year filled with highs and lows…
First oil from the delayed Brynhild field in the Norwegian North Sea has finally been achieved, a year after it was first due on stream, says operator Lundin Petroleum. The field, which started production on Christmas Day, in production license 148…
The Petroleum Safety Authority of Norway (PSA) has given Det norske oljeselskap ASA consent to use the Transocean Winner mobile drilling facility to drill two new subsea production wells on the Alvheim field. The Transocean Winner…
Orwell Offshore and FES International have landed a multi-million dollar contract from TH Heavy Engineering Berhad for the supply of an external turret system for the FPSO Layang. The combined contract value is estimated at US$40 million…
Australian exploration firm AWE has agreed a one year contract extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Umuroa, operating on the Tui Area oil project, offshore New Zealand, from Norway-based BW Offshore. As a result, the contract period has been extended to Q4 2016 (from Q4 2015)…
Ithaca Energy has appointed Roy Buchan as its Chief Operations Officer, starting 5 January 2015, and announced that Chief Development Officer John Woods is to leave the company on 31 January. The move comes as Ithaca nears first production…
The two compression modules on board of FPSO Cidade de Mangaratiba MV24 have been successfully commissioned for MODEC. The high pressure modules, developed by MAN Diesel &Turbo (MDT) in Switzerland, will maintain field pressure thus maximizing oil production…
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC), has been awarded an engineering, procurement and commissoining contract contract by Petrojarl I for the upgrade of its FPSO Petrojarl I. The Petrojarl I (pictured) is a Teekay Petrojarl-managed FPSO…
Teekay Offshore Partners has entered into an agreement with a consortium led by Queiroz Galvão Exploração e Produção (QGEP) to provide a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for the Atlanta field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil…
Chevron’s subsidiary Star Deep Water Petroleum awarded FMC Technologies a US$268 million contract to provide subsea equipment for operations for the Agbami field’s Phase 3, offshore Nigeria. The Agbami FPSO…
Swedish heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling firm Alfa Laval has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers for two FPSOs to be moored offshore Angola. The order is worth about SEK 50 million (US$6.6 million) and delivery is scheduled for 2015…
Watch as Eni shows the journey of the N’Goma FPSO as it sails away from Singapore and arrives at the Paenal yard for module lifting. SBM Offshore discussed the makings of its Paenal Shipyard in OE's October 2014 issue. The vessel…
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