After postponing a final investment decision due to the low oil prices last December, Australian operator Woodside Petroleum has announced it will press forward into the FEED phase for its long-struggling Browse LNG mega project. The鈥
Independent Oil and Gas (IOG) has started discussions with potential floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel providers for its UK north Sea Skipper development. The firm, which recently agreed to acquire 50% of the Skipper license from Alpha Petroleum鈥
Technip has won the contract to provide detailed engineering and procurement services for the topsides of what will become a floating production and offloading (FPSO) for Brazil's multi-billion barrel pre-salt Libra field. The FPSO, which will be a conversion from a shuttle tanker鈥
Fugro鈥檚 multi-purpose drilling, well intervention and geotechnical vessel, Fugro Synergy, is proving her capabilities on a multi-well intervention campaign which recently started in the Gulf of Mexico. The campaign involves utilization of a top-tensioned 6鈥
Odfjell Drilling awarded Aibel the yard stay contract for the rig Deepsea Bergen. The rig will arrive at Aibel's yard in Haugesund early autumn 2015. During the stay of approximately one month, Aibel will be performing various tasks in connection with special periodic survey鈥
The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) has given Statoil consent to use the Scarabeo 5 mobile drilling facility for drilling and completing well 7121/4-G-4 H located at Snøhvit field. Scarabeo 5 is a type ME 4500 mobile drilling鈥
Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration 云顶赌场老虎机 (LLOG) awarded Houston-based McDermott International a lump sum contract to support LLOG鈥檚 Otis development located in the Gulf of Mexico. LV 105. From McDermott鈥
Optimus Seventh Generation, an Aberdeen-headquartered behavioral change consultancy, has strengthened its safety portfolio by securing its first decommissioning contract in a six-figure agreement with a major North Sea operator. The four-month contract鈥
Subsea connector specialist First Subsea is supplying a relatchable bend stiffener connector to NOV Completion & Production Solutions for a flexible production riser for Statoil鈥檚 new Gina Krog, turret moored, floating storage and offloading vessel in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea鈥
Total is expecting to finally achieve first gas on its Laggan-Tormore project in 3Q 2015, according to contractor Petrofac which is set to take a further hit on the project. Petrofac's losses on the 125km subsea-to-shore west of Shetland鈥
Gazprom is welcoming Total back to the Shtokman project upon resuming operations in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea. Image of Gazprom, Total and StatoilHydro signing framework agreement for Phase 1鈥
Norway-based technical adviser DNV GL launched a research paper exploring the viability of moving offshore oil and gas processing subsea, including the techno-economics of an 'all subsea' solution. The report, released during this week's Underwater Technology Conference in Bergen鈥
Rystad Energy鈥檚 latest research indicates that 88 units within the floater market will have to be taken out between 2015 and 2017, making it the largest ever retirement cycle in the history of offshore drilling. Research shows that this鈥
Malaysia-based Bumi Armada Berhad awarded ABB a contract to supply electrical and automation systems for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for a recently discovered oilfield off the coast of Angola. Bumi is reconfiguring the former Armada Ali supertanker鈥
The global capital spending on newbuild and converted floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels could reach US$8.65 billion this year, according to consultancy firm Visiongain. The largest spend will be focused on offshore鈥
