Australian energy company Woodside is still working on the development concept for its Browse Basin gas fields, offshore W. Australia. While the concept initially called for three FLNG facilities, Woodside in March 2016 decided not to move forward with the development, citing „current economic and m
Emas Offshore Construction and Production is set to demobilize the Perisai Kamelia FPSO from its location offshore Malaysia. The FPSO is owned by Emas Victoria, a joint venture between Perisai Petroleum and Emas Offshore. Under the agreement, EOCP will provide project management, engineering and pro
Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras has said that its total production of oil and natural gas in March was 2.74 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), of which, 2.61 million boed produced in Brazil and 130,000 boed produced abroad. Average oil production in the country was 2.12 mi
The Western Isles FPSO, destined for the Dana-operated offshore project in the UK, has reached Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Japan’s Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding (MES) has obtained a Bureau Veritas approval in principle (AIP) for the new generation noah-FPSO Hull and associated design and construction methods. Mitsui said on Thursday that the AIP by Bureau Veritas follows approval from the American Bureau of Shipping
The newbuild FPSO John Agyekum Kufuor, to be used for the giant Sankofa oil and gas development offshore Ghana, has reportedly reached the West African nation’s waters. According to a local news website Graphic, the FPSO is now undergoing mooring operations at the Offshore Cape Three Points (OCTP) i
Lloyd’s Register (LR), a global engineering, technical and business services organization, has won an inspection contract with Bumi Armada for the Armada Olombendo FPSO. The vessel was built by Keppel’s shipyard in Singapore and chartered to the Italian oil company Eni for work on the East Hub Devel
UK oil firm Alpha Petroleum has entered into a Front-End-Engineering and Design (FEED) study agreement with Teekay, over a potential FPSO charter deal. The company plans to use Teekay’s Varg FPSO to develop the Cheviot oil field in the UK. The plan is to use the FPSO for the entire expected life on
BW Offshore has signed a cooperation agreement with a Chinese financial leasing firm ICBC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. (ICBCL). The two companies plan to establish a long-term strategic partnership to jointly pursue large international infrastructure projects with a focus on FPSOs. This is the ration
LSJOC, a company jointly owned by PetroVietnam and Petronas is set to terminate an FPSO contract with PTSC AP, a company owned by Malaysia’s Yinson, and Vietnam’s PTSC. According to Yinson, LSJOC is terminating the contract as the company will be liquidated on June 30, 2017. The vessel in question i
“A medium size” iceberg came within 180 meters of Husky Energy’s SeaRose FPSO offshore Canada last week. Husky told the authorities that the iceberg was approximately 40 meters wide, 60 meters long, and 8 meters high above water. It had been spotted and monitored by Husky, when it changed course and
Following reports last week that Petronas would be the first ever company to load out an LNG cargo from a floating LNG facility, this has now been confirmed by the company itself. In a statement on Monday, Petronas has confirmed that its first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility, PFLNG SAT
FPSO operator BW Offshore has signed an extension agreement for the lease and operation of the FPSO Abo with Nigerian Agip Exploration Ltd, a subsidiary of Italy’s ENI S.p.A. After several temporary extensions, the extension with Agip is now until March 31, 2018, with options until 2023. The duo has
UK operator Dana Petroleum has detected a gas leak at its offshore unit in the North Sea. In a email sent to Offshore Energy Today on Friday, Dana said production was partially shut in on the Triton FPSO following identification of a gas leak on subsea gas lift infrastructure. According to BBC, the
