The Estaleiros do Brasil Ltda. (EBR), has been selected by Japan’s MODEC for the fabrication and assembly of a number of topsides process modules for an FPSO system, the FPSO Guanabara MV31.
Keppel is seeing signs of improvement in the offshore and marine business, however, the company is cautious with its optimism, leaning more towards FPSOs rather than drilling rigs.
French oil major Total is reportedly working on sanctioning the development of its Ikike project in Nigeria. Reuters has reported this week that the oil company’s CEO Patrick Pouyanne said at a conference that the offshore project would be approved “in the coming months.” The story of Ikike sanction
Italian oil company Eni has said it has brought online a new production well Vandumbu field, about 350 km north-west of Luanda and 130 km west of Soyo, in the West Hub of Block 15/06, in Angola’s offshore. The start-up of the VAN-102 well – which follows the start-up of the second Subsea Multiphase
Yinson Energy has awarded DOF Subsea Asia Pacific Region a contract to provide transportation & installation services to position and moor the FPSO Helang on the Layang field, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Australia’s Santos has started oil production from its Van Gogh infill project in the Exmouth basin, offshore Western Australia. This marks the conclusion of the two-well program that will increase production from the Van Gogh field. The Van Gogh field ties into the Floating Production, Storage and
Hurricane Energy has encountered a problem during the hook-up stage of its Early Production System (EPS) development of the Lancaster field in the West of Shetland area.
Tanker company Euronav has sold the Suezmax vessel Felicity to an unnamed global supplier and operator of offshore floating platforms.
i3 Energy, a company working to develop its Liberator and Serenity fields in the UK North Sea, is in talks with banks and potential farm-in partners to secure the necessary funding.
UK North Sea-focused oil company i3 Energy has signed a letter of intent with Dolphin Drilling for the use of a semi-submersible drilling rig for its 2019 drilling program.
Oil production from Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO remains suspended almost two months after some 250.000 liters of oil spilled from the oil field in the Atlantic Ocean, offshore Canada, in what was Canada’s worst ever oil spill.
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has informed that oil spilled on January 2 in one of the tanks of the FPSO Cidade de Rio de Janeiro, offshore Brazil.
Elbit Systems has been awarded a contract from Energean for a security solution for the Karish and Tanin FPSO.
Alfa Laval, a provider of specialized products and engineering solutions, has won two orders to supply Framo pumping systems.
