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N’Goma sailaway

Dec 09, 2014

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…

Jumbo taps Technip for Wheatstone

Dec 09, 2014

Jumbo signed a contract with Technip Oceania for the installation of 13 subsea structures for the Chevron Wheatstone Project.  The subsea structures comprise of pipeline termination structures, subsea isolation valve structures, tee protection structures and drill center manifolds…

Service during sanctions

Dec 09, 2014

For Western-based service companies whose products or personnel were at work in the waters off the Russia, projects that were already complex by virtue of the location became substantially more so with the recent Western sanctions against the Russian Federation…

BG hits at Starfish

Dec 09, 2014

BG Group hit first gas from the program’s first well at the Starfish field, offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Image of Starfish. From BG Group.   Located in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) of Trinidad…

GMS secures contract for newbuild

Dec 09, 2014

Self-propelled self-elevating support vessels (SESV) firm Gulf Marine Services (GMS) has secured its first contract award for its new Mid-Size Class vessel GMS Shamal. The vessel, the first of its kind, is currently being built at GMS’…

WHL eyes Seychelles leads

Dec 09, 2014

Australia's WHL Energy has identified new leads offshore after assessing the Junon 3D seismic dataset acquired within its offshore Seychelles project area. WHL Energy received an interim PreSTM data set for the Junon 3D seismic survey…

Det norske selects AVEVA for Ivar Aasen

Dec 08, 2014

Det norske oljeselskap has begun deployment of AVEVA’s Progressive Handover Solution to manage life cycle information for its Ivar Aasen field project in the North Sea. The AVEVA solution allows Det norske to benefit from improved information…

Trio evaluating South African pipeline study

Dec 08, 2014

SacOil, the Public Investment Corp. SOC Ltd. (PIC) and the Instituto de Gestão das Participações do Estado (IGEPE) signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of a transnational terrestrial…

Centrica in minor gas find

Dec 08, 2014

Centrica Resources Norge’s wildcat well 6707/10-3S is being permanently plugged and abandoned after making a minor gas discovery in the Norwegian Sea, according to the Norwegian Petroleum Dictorate (NPD). Map of PL 528 B…

Zamakona Yards, GS-Hydro sign agreement

Dec 08, 2014

Zamakona Yards has signed an initial two-year agreement with Finnish multinational GS-Hydro. The contract has an initial duration of two years. The agreement was signed 5 December in Zamakona Yards' Las Palmas Port offices by Borja Garaygordobil…

Eni begins West Hub production off Angola

Dec 08, 2014

Italian giant Eni began production of first oil from its West Hub Development project in Block 15/06, offshore Angola. N’Goma. From SBM Offshore.   Block 15/06 covers about 2984sq km…

West Alpha to drill at Balder for ExxonMobil

Dec 08, 2014

ExxonMobil received consent from the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) to use the West Alpha semisubmersible drilling rig on the Balder field, in the central North Sea. The West Alpha. From North Atlantic Drilling…

New leak halts Hammerfest

Dec 08, 2014

Statoil has shut its Snohvit LNG plant down because of a gas leak, Reuters has reported. While it is not yet known when the plant will return to production, Statoil Spokesperson Oerjan Heradstveit told the news service: 'The situation is now under control and there is no longer a leak…

EMGS gets 3D EM contract in Uruguay

Dec 08, 2014

BG Group awarded Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) a US$27 million contract for 3D EM data acquisition in Uruguay. EMGS says the data acquisition is scheduled to begin around 15 December using the EM Leader vessel. The survey is expected to last three and a half months…

Modec FPSO achieves first oil off Brazil

Dec 08, 2014

Modec’s Cidade de Mangaratiba MV 24 floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel achieved first oil production in October in the BM-S-11 block, located in the giant pre-salt Santos basin, offshore Brazil. The Cidade de Mangaratiba…

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