Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard has won four contracts worth a total of $61.5 million (S$85 million) for the conversion, repair and modification of vessels. The first contract is from Dixstone Holdings Ltd, for…
First oil from the US$2.5 billion Kraken floating heavy oil development in the UK North Sea has been announced. The Kraken development, about 125km east of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland, is due to comprise a total 25 wells (14…
ExxonMobil has awarded SBM Offshore a contract to construct, install, lease and operate a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for its giant Liza project offshore Guyana. The FPSO is designed to produce up to 120…
Bumi Armada has suspended the bare-boat charter (BBC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts on the FPSO Armada Perdana to Erin Energy Corp. due to delayed and irregular payments. The deals are between Bumi Armada’s wholly owned subsidiaries Armada Oyo Ltd…
Legeneering Australia was awarded a key, long-term offshore maintenance services contract for Woodside-operated floating production storage and offloading facilities (FPSO). The contract is for an initial period of five years with a further two extension options of one year each…
Mabruk Oil Operations has awarded Ocean Installer a subsea umbilical, risers and flowlines (SURF) project at the Al Jurf oil field in the Mediterranean. Mabruk Oil Operations is a joint venture (JV) between Total E&P and the National Oil Cooperation (NOC) of Libya…
ExxonMobil and partner Hess have made a final investment decision to proceed with a US$4.4 billion first phase of development of the giant Liza field, in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. The firm says it has also had positive results on its latest well on the field…
Wood Group has been awarded two new contracts by Statoil to deliver concept and feasibility studies to their Norwegian North Sea assets. Wood Group will deliver a topside concept study evaluating the tie in of Total’s Garantiana field development to Statoil’s Gullfaks B and Visund facilities…
Most floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels are known for making money (or costing a lot of it), but the government of Ghana has decided to turn one into money, literally. EPCI contractor MODEC announced that the Kwame Nkrumah MV21 FPSO…
Husky Energy has firmed up plans for its West White Rose Project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador with first oil set for 2022, while announcing a new discovery at Northwest White Rose. The SeaRose FPSO…
The NAGA 2 self-elevating mobile offshore drilling unit is set for mobilization to the Ophir oil field offshore Malaysia, according to Octanex. Map of the Ophir field, from Octanex. The…
EnQuest's US$2.6 billion Kraken heavy oil field development is on track for first oil before the end of June, according to the North Sea independent. The Kraken development, about 125km east of the Shetland Islands, off Scotland, will…
Eni has started first production from its Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) project, offshore Ghana. The project, which comprises the Sankofa Main, Sankofa East and Gye-Nyame fields, about 60km off Ghana, was completed in just two and a half years…
Teekay has announced that the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Pioneiro de Libra arrived in Brazilian waters on 17 May. The FPSO unit set sail on 28 March from the Jurong shipyard in Singapore, where the conversion of the unit has been taking place since 2014…
BP has launched a 'return to growth' for its North Sea business after marking first oil from the Quad 204 project, west of Shetland on the UK Continental Shelf. Quad 204 is redevelopment of the 1 billion barrel plus Schiehallion and Loyal fields…