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.
DOF Subsea has been awarded a contract by Technip Oceania, part of TechnipFMC in Australia, for the provision of multi-purpose support vessel (MSV) Geoholm for Shell’s Prelude FLNG project in Australia. DOF Subsea informed on Tuesday that the 2006-built Geoholm will be required to provide ROV and li
Compressor supplier Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Golar LNG for the provision of air compressors for the Hilli FLNG vessel which will operate offshore Cameroon. FLNG Hilli is currently undergoing a conversion from an ex-LNG carrier to a floating LNG (FLNG) producti
China’s Cosco Shipyard on Thursday held a launching ceremony for Dana Petroleum’s Western Isles FPSO. According to Cosco, which built the floating production storage and offloading unit, the ceremony was held on Thursday in Qidong, China. Cosco said the FPSO would „soon be towed“ to the North Sea, w
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has informed that the P-66 FPSO has left the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro and is on its way the Lula Sul module in the Lula field.
Singapore’s Keppel is working to deliver the John Agyekum Kufuor FPSO unit to Yinson. The naming ceremony for the Ghana-bound floating production storage and offloading unit was held on Friday morning, Singapore time. The FPSO was named by Ghana’s First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, after Ghana’s Presid
Greek oil company Energean Oil & Gas has appointed TechnipFMC as the contractor for Concept and Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the Karish and Tanin development offshore Israel. This follows Energean’s recent decision to develop the offshore fields using a floating production, storage and of
GE Energy Connections has won a contract for the provision of the MV7Series 5 Level power unit, which will sit topside a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit on the Greater Enfield project offshore Australia. GE said on Thursday that the MV7-5L drive would be supplied by GE’s Power
Minox Technology, a process technology company, has delivered two water deaeration skids to the Egina FPSO. Minox said on Wednesday that the compact modules were delivered mid-January from the ROS fabrication yard in Singapore. Samsung Heavy Industries is transporting the skids to Nigeria where the
Norway’s BW Offshore has signed an interim extension agreement for the Abo FPSO with a subsidiary of Eni, Nigerian Agip Exploration, until March 31, 2017. BW said on Monday that the short-term extension was agreed to secure operational continuity while joint work is continuing to conclude the negoti
Malaysia’s Yinson Holdings has entered into exclusive negotiations with Talisman Vietnam for the supply of an FPSO vessel for the Ca Rong Do Field offshore Vietnam. The field is located in Block 07/03 in the Eastern Sea offshore Vietnam. Yinson said that the final contract award was subject to succe
