Engineering company Monadelphous has been awarded a number of new work packages with a combined value of approximately $55 million, including work on the Shell-operated Prelude FLNG project off Australia. In an update on Wednesday, the company said it has been awarded a contract for piping modificat
Sofec, a Modec group company, has been awarded the turret mooring system supply contract for the Coral South Project by the joint venture consisting of TechnipFMC and JGC Corporation. Italy’s Eni, as the operator, sanctioned the Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) project offshore Mozambique at the begi
The Ichthys Venturer, an FPSO destined for the Inpex-operated Ichthys field in Australia, has left the shipyard in South Korea. According to the FPSO’s AIS data, provided by Marine Traffic, the Ichthys Venturer left the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering shipyard over the weekend and is now lo
TechnipFMC’s construction vessel Deep Orient is all set to go and work on the Shell-operated Prelude project, which is located offshore Australia. Back in 2012, before Technip merged with FMC Technologies to form TechnipFMC, the company won a subsea contract from Shell for the Prelude floating LNG (
First oil from Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea remains on track for later this year with sailaway date for the FPSO unit set for next month. The Catcher, made up of several fields discovered between 2010 and 2013, is located 170 kilometers south-east of Abe
Shell has exercised its option to buy SBM Offshore’s FPSO Turritella, which is being used to produce oil from Shell’s Stones field in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. According to a statement by SBM Offshore, the acquisition allows Shell to assume operatorship of the Stones development in its entirety, crea
Italian oil and gas giant Eni has formally started oil production from its Sankofa field in the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) block, in Ghana. According to Ghanaian media reports, Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at a ceremony aboard the John Agyekum Kufuor FPSO on Thursday turned t
Four Japanese entities have teamed up to buy a stake in an FPSO owning and leasing company, run by Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings. The four companies, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Sumitomo Corporation, JGC Corporation, and Development Bank of Japan Inc, have signed a heads of agreement to jointly acquire 26%
PTSC Asia Pacific (PTSC AP) has accepted an offer to continue deploying the FPSO PTSC Lam Son on the Lam Son field offshore Vietnam. PTSC AP is a joint venture company owned by Yinson Holdings and PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC) each holding 49% and 51% interest in it, respectivel
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard, will soon deliver what it says is the world’s first converted Floating Liquefaction (FLNG) vessel owned by Golar Hilli Corporation, a subsidiary of Golar LNG. The vessel was named Hilli Episeyo at a ceremony in Keppel Shipyard on Sunday. Upon i
After years of construction, Prelude FLNG, the world’s largest offshore facility, has left the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea, and is now being towed to its offshore location in Australia. As Offshore Energy Today reported earlier this week, a source close to the matter, who wished
Malaysia’s TH Heavy Engineering, a company building offshore oil and gas facilities, has said it is still in talks over an FPSO construction project despite a local news outlet claiming otherwise. Namely, in an article earlier this week titled „TH Heavy’s money woes getting worse,“ Focus Malaysia wr
Exmar, a shipping company serving the oil and gas industry, has secured a $200 million financing for its Caribbean floating LNG unit ahead of its delivery. The company has secured the financing for the FLNG unit together with Bank of China, Sinosure and a European financial institution. In a stateme
By Bartolomej Tomić Prelude FLNG, the world’s largest offshore facility, is reportedly expected to leave the Samsung Heavy Industry shipyard in South Korea this week. A source close to the matter, who wished to remain anonymous, has told Offshore Energy Today that Shell’s giant floating LNG unit is
