Scottish engineering firm EnerMech has scored a contract to work on Shell’s giant Prelude FLNG project. EnerMech has been awarded a pre-commissioning subcontract by Technip Oceania Pty Ltd, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, on the Shell Australia operated Prelude FLNG project. The work scope includes
Sevan Marine, a designer of a cylindrically shaped floating platforms, has agreed on a settlement with Piranema LLC for the payment of “ANP fines incurred to date.” ANP or Agência Nacional do Petróleo, Gás Natural e Biocombustíveis is the Brazilian federal government agency regulating the oil and ga
Brazil’s Petrobras saw its oil and natural gas production in February totaling 2.82 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), with 2.703 million boed produced in Brazil and 113,000 boed abroad. Average domestic oil output stood at 2.20 million barrels per day (bpd), 1% down on the January fi
Subsea services provider DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract for the mooring installation of an FPSO in the UK sector of the North Sea. In an Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Friday, DOF Subsea said it will deploy the 2011-built Skandi Skansen along with a number of anchor handlers from its fleet to
Ophir Energy, a London-listed oil and gas company, expects to take the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Fortuna FLNG project in Equatorial Guinea by mid-2017. The company is working on developing the gas reserves found in the Block R, offshore Equatorial Guinea, through a floating LNG (FLNG)
Following a rough landing on a Petrobras FPSO offshore Brazil, a helicopter from the Omni Taxi Aereo company has been removed from the platform in the Campos Basin’s Marlim field. The helicopter, of an S76C model, crashed into the heliport of the Petrobras-operated P-37 FPSO last week. The aircraft
A floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles development in the UK is on its way from China to the North Sea. Chinese shipbuilder Cosco reported on Friday that its subsidiary Cosco Nantong has delivered an FPSO vessel of 55,942 dwt to its European buyer
Earlier this week, a helicopter had a rough landing and crashed into the heliport of the Petrobras-operated P-37 FPSO, offshore Brazil. Brazilian state-owned oil giant reported on Wednesday that a S76C model helicopter, owned by Omni Taxi Aereo, crashed laterally into the heliport. The aircraft had
Following an announcement of a “successful” arbitration award on Tuesday regarding unpaid FPSO dayrates, the Norwegian FPSO provider, BW Offshore, has reported that the award was entirely in its favor. According to the company’s Oslo Stock Exchange filing on Wednesday, the company Sendje Berge Limit
Norwegian FPSO supplier BW Offshore has announced a successful arbitration award regarding its dispute with Addax Petroleum Exploration about dayrates payable for the hire of the FPSO Sendje Berge. BW said on Tuesday that the company was “successful” in the dispute and that further details would be
Oil and gas company Octanex Limited has informed that a donor vessel has been secured for conversion into an FPSO for use on the Ophir field, offshore Malaysia. The conversion works on the oil tanker, Puteri Bangsa, will start shortly, the company said on Tuesday. MTC Engineering (MTCE), a Malaysian
Norway’s Sevan Marine has entered into a long term framework agreement with ExxonMobil for the provision of services and use of Sevan Marine’s cylindrical hull technology. Sevan Marine has worked with ExxonMobil since 2015, when the company was awarded a feasibility study to explore the use of Sevan
A collision between a support vessel and a Petrobras-operated floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit occurred off Brazil last Friday. According to Petrobras statement, the collision happened between the P-35 FPSO, located in the Marlim field in the Campos Basin, and the support vesse
Delivery of first oil in Q2 2017 is on track, EnQuest said in an operational update on Friday.
