Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has completed its position keeping role for the Ichthys Venturer FPSO, which is now fully moored in Australian waters. The operator of the project, Inpex, announced on August 14 that the Ichthys Venturer FPSO had arrived in Australian wate
The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG Project’s floating production, storage and offloading facility (FPSO) was moored on Thursday in the Ichthys field, 220 kilometres off the north coast of Western Australia. The massive 336-meter-long FPSO, named Ichthys Venturer, reached Australian waters in mid-August,
Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority, has found several improvement points during an audit of Teekay Petrojarl Production and its maintenance management of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO. The Knarr field, operated by Shell, is in the northern sector of the North Sea, around 50 ki
Premier Oil, a UK independent, has lifted its full year production target as the sailaway date of the Catcher FPSO approaches. During the first half of the year, Premier had a record production of 82.1 kboepd, up 34.5 per cent on the first half of 2016. Strong production in the first half, and the e
UK oil and gas company EnQuest has downgraded its full year oil production forecast amid topside commissioning delays with the Armada Kraken FPSO in the Kraken field, offshore the UK. The Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of
Cairn Energy, a London-listed oil company, has shed some light on the development progress of its large SNE oil discovery offshore Senegal. The company said on Monday detailed planning was underway for the for phased development of SNE field using a standalone FPSO with subsea wells and expansion ca
With the recent deliveries of two giant FLNG units to Australia, the Ichthys Venturer and the Prelude, the next unit is destined for Africa’s Cameroon. Namely, Golar LNG has informed that the conversion of the Hilli Episeyo tanker to an FLNG unit is nearing completion and “no major issues have been
Ophir Energy has informed that Gunvor Group has been nominated as the preferred buyer of LNG for offtake from the Fortuna FLNG project, offshore Equatorial Guinea. According to Ophir, principal commercial terms subject to finalizing a Sale and Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) for the offtake ahead of the
Upgrade work on Teekay’s Petrojarl I FPSO destined to be redeployed in Brazil after having spent almost three decades in the North Sea area, has finally been completed. Damen Shipyard, which has been working on preparing the vessel for Brazil since the early 2015, on Friday said the work had been co
Oil major Royal Dutch Shell has connected all 16 mooring lines of its giant Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) vessel set at the Prelude field, offshore Australia. The 488-meter-long and 74-meter-wide floating facility left the shipyard in South Korea in late June and reached the Australian waters in late
Golar LNG, Keppel, and Black and Veatch have entered into an agreement to sell its stakes in Golar Hilli, a company that owns the Hilli Episeyo FLNG vessel. The FLNG unit, being converted in the Keppel yard in Singapore, will be deployed later this year in Cameroon, to produce gas for Perenco. The t
BW Offshore-owned floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel BW Catcher, built for Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea, is undergoing marine trials in Singapore ahead of its departure to final offshore location. Earlier this week, Premier Oil laun
Dutch provider of floating production systems to the international offshore oil and gas industry, SBM Offshore, has sold its previously demobilized FPSO Marlim Sul for recycling. SBM said in its 2017 half-year financial results this week that the FPSO, removed from the Petrobras-operated oil field,
Norway’s FPE Sontum has reportedly scored a contract worth 100 million Norwegian Crowns with Statoil. According to Petro.no, a Norwegian language oil and gas news website, FPE Sontum will provide its fire extinguishing systems for the Johan Castberg FPSO. The contract includes project management, de
