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4 March 2015
ExxonMobil to Start-up 16 Major Projects in Next 3 Years
ExxonMobil Corporation expects to start up 16 major oil and natural gas projects during the next three years and is on track to increase daily production to 4.3 million oil-equivalent barrels by 2017, Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer, said today."Our long-term capital allocation approach has not changed,"…
4 March 2015
TAP Invites Companies to Pre-qualify for Offshore Construction and Line Pipes
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG (TAP) has launched two pre-qualification contracts for the construction of the 105 km offshore pipeline section under the Adriatic Sea. The greatest depth the pipeline will be laid is 820 meters.The first pre-qualification comprises Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) works for the offshore section of…
3 March 2015
DOF Subsea S&P Awarded Contract Extension
DOF Subsea UK Limited, a leading provider of integrated subsea services, is pleased to announce that its survey and positioning business in the UK and US has been awarded an extension of a Master Service Agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors of Leiden, The Netherlands.The contract covers global provision of survey…
3 March 2015
IKM Ocean Design Awarded Johan Sverdrup Contract
Statoil has awarded the Johan Sverdrup SURF Detail Engineering and Services 2015-20 contract to IKM Ocean Design.Johan Sverdrup field is a large oil discovery in production licenses PL265, PL501 and PL502 in the Utsira High region of Norwegian Continental Shelf, 140 km west of Stavanger. The field development is a…
3 March 2015
Technip Awarded Major Contract in Brazil
Technip was awarded a major contract from Tupi BV, a consortium composed of Petrobras Netherland BV (PNBV, 65%), BG (25%) and Galp (10%), for the ongoing development of the Lula Alto field, located in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, Brazil.This contract covers the supply of around 200 kilometers of flexible…
2 March 2015
Maersk Voyager to Drill Offshore Ghana
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract from Eni Ghana Exploration and Production Ltd., an Eni subsidiary, for employment of the newbuild drillship Maersk Voyager. The firm contract period is 3.5 years with an option to extend by one year. The total estimated revenue from the firm contract is USD…
2 March 2015
Ezra Holdings Christens Subsea Construction Vessel Lewek Constellation
Ezra Holdings Limited, a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, today officially christened and named the Lewek Constellation prior to her departure to the Gulf of Mexico to commence work for Noble Energy. The Lewek Constellation, an ice-classed, multi-lay offshore construction vessel…
2 March 2015
Subsea 7 Awarded Contract Extensions Offshore UK
Subsea 7 today announced it has been awarded a two-year extension to two Underwater Services Contracts (USCs) by Shell Upstream International Europe, worth approximately US$240 million.Under these Life of Field contract extensions for Diving Support Vessel (DSV) and Remotely Operated Vehicle Support Vessel (ROVSV) services, both of which will commence…
2 March 2015
Pioneering Spirit Wins Johan Sverdrup Contract
Statoil has signed a contract with Allseas for installation of three platform topsides on the Johan Sverdrup field. The vessel will be installing the topsides for the drilling, processing and living quarter platforms.Allseas will transfer the topsides to Pioneering Spirit before they are transported to the Johan Sverdrup field. On…
27 February 2015
Development Plan for Peregrino Phase II Submitted
Statoil together with its partner Sinochem submitted the Plan of Development (PoD) to the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) in Rio de Janeiro on 30 January.The project entails a new well head platform and drilling rig (Platform C) and adds approximately 250 million barrels in recoverable…
27 February 2015
INTECSEA Awarded Contract for Buckskin-Moccasin Development
INTECSEA has been selected by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to provide engineering and long-lead procurement services for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of the Buckskin/Moccasin development in the Gulf of Mexico. The award comes as an integrated WorleyParsons and INTECSEA team recently completed Pre-FEED for the development.Under the contract,…
26 February 2015
ASCO Wins Mariner Supply Base Contract
Statoil has awarded a supply base and warehousing services contract for its Mariner field in the British sector of the North Sea to ASCO UK Limited, it said on Thursday."The scopes awarded encompass the provision of supply base services, including personnel, local transportation, marine gas oil, quayside services and a…
25 February 2015
Greater Stella Area Development Start-up Delayed
Ithaca Energy has provided an update to the schedule for completion of the "FPF-1" floating production facility modifications programme and start-up of the Greater Stella Area ("GSA") production hub.The FPF-1 is being modified by Petrofac in the Remontowa yard in Poland for use on the GSA production hub and completion…
25 February 2015
McDermott and Petrofac Form Strategic Alliance
McDermott International, Inc. and Petrofac Limited, an international oil and gas facilities service provider, announced today they have formed a strategic marketing alliance to pursue top-tier deepwater subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline ("SURF") projects.The five-year alliance expects to provide oil and gas companies a competitive, integrated solution across a broad…
24 February 2015
UTEC Announces Moho Nord Survey Contract Award
UTEC, an Acteon company, has announced the successful award of the full survey services contract on the upcoming Technip Moho Nord EPIC project in West Africa. The project, operated by Total E&P Congo, is located approximately 75 kilometers off the coast of the Republic of the Congo, at water depths…
24 February 2015
EPC Contract for the FPSO Yinson Production
KANFA AS has announced that it has been awarded a LOA for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for four process modules for the FPSO Yinson Production. The contract is expected to have a duration of 15 months with a contract value of approximately USD 50 million.The FPSO Yinson Production…
24 February 2015
Atlantic Petroleum Announces Drill Decision on Norway PL 602
Atlantic Petroleum announced that the PL602 partnership has decided to drill a well to test the Roald Rygg Prospect in PL602. The well is planned to be drilled in 2015.PL 602 is located in the Vøring Basin, immediately close to the Luva, Snefrid and Haklang discoveries which will be developed…
24 February 2015
Wood Group Mustang Completes Hook-up of Valemon Platform
Wood Group Mustang Norway, together with Statoil, has successfully completed hook-up of the Valemon platform in the North Sea on schedule. Valemon, located on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS), is the second Statoil-operated platform to be put into production in the last nine months.WGMN teamed with the Korean engineering, procurement…
24 February 2015
Aibel wins Johan Sverdrup contract
Aibel has been awarded the contract for engineering, procurement and construction for the deck of the drilling platform on the Johan Sverdrup field. The contract has an estimated value of NOK 8 billion."The fact that Aibel has won this prestigious contract proves that we can assert ourselves in keen competition,…
23 February 2015
Oseberg Delta 2 Comes on Stream
Statoil and its partners started up production from Oseberg Delta 2 in the North Sea. The field's recoverable reserves are estimated at 77 million barrels oil equivalent.Oseberg Delta 2 is the tenth project in Statoil's fast-track portfolio to be completed.The field, which is tied back to the Oseberg Field Centre,…
23 February 2015
Talisman Takeover Approved by Courts
Talisman Energy Inc announced that the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta granted a final order approving the proposed arrangement under which Repsol S.A., through a wholly-owned subsidiary, is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Talisman. The arrangement was approved by Talisman shareholders at a special meeting of…
20 February 2015
Statoil Plans 5-6 Wells in Current Canada Exploration
Norwegian energy firm Statoil will drill five to six exploration wells in Canada during its current 15 month campaign, with most of the work done around the Bay du Nord discovery, exploration chief Tim Dodson said on Thursday.Statoil has already finished one well but does not expect to communicate its…
16 February 2015
Plan for Development and Operation for Johan Sverdrup
Lundin Petroleum is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary Lundin Norway AS (Lundin Norway) together with its partners Statoil (operator), Maersk Oil, Det norske oljeselskap and Petoro, will today submit a plan for development and operation (PDO) for Phase 1 of the Johan Sverdrup field to the Norwegian…
9 February 2015
Unmanned Wellhead Platform Chosen Concept for Oseberg Future Development
Statoil and its licence partners have chosen an unmanned wellhead platform as the concept for the Oseberg Future development phase I project in the North Sea. The platform will be controlled from the Oseberg field centre.The investment decision is expected next winter.Three various concept studies have been made for an…
9 February 2015
Saipem Wins $1.8 Billion Pipeline Contract
Saipem, through its subsidiary ERSAI Caspian Contractor LLC, has been awarded a major new Engineering & Construction contract for the Kashagan field project, located in the Kazakh waters of the Caspian Sea, valued at approximately $1.8 billion.The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC) has awarded Saipem a contract for the construction…
4 February 2015
Nexans to Provide Umbilicals for Statoil’s Visund Field
Statoil's Visund oil and gas field is to benefit from standardised fast-track umbilicals developed by Nexans. The field in the Tampen area of the Norwegian North Sea will be the fifth project to use these standard umbilicals.Nexans to provide umbilicals for Statoil's Visund fieldThe standardised umbilicals are made up of…
2 February 2015
EMAS AMC Wins Multiple Global Contracts
Ezra Holdings Limited, a leading contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas industry, today announced that the Group's Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has secured multiple contracts from various energy companies valued at more than US$65 million (including options).Scope of work includes project management, engineering,…
30 January 2015
DNV GL Wins Contract with Wintershall for Maria Development
DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil and gas industry, has been selected by Wintershall Norge AS as the sole supplier for the combined role of Independent Verification Body (IVB) and Third Party Design Verification scope for the subsea, umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) part of the Maria field…
27 January 2015
Eni Sanctioned the OCTP Project in Ghana
Eni, Vitol and GNPC signed with the President of Ghana and the Minister of Petroleum the agreement to proceed with the OCTP project. The project will provide domestic gas supply to Ghana's thermal power plants for more than 15 yearsEni, Vitol and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) signed today with…
27 January 2015
Technip Awarded Two Subsea Contracts in the Gulf of Mexico by Stone Energy Corporation
Technip has been awarded by Stone Energy Corporation both a flexible pipe supply contract and an installation contract for the Amethyst field, located on Mississippi Canyon 26, in the Gulf of Mexico. The first contract includes the detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication, assembly and testing of a 5-inch production static riser…
22 January 2015
Drilling Begins at Ivar Aasen Field Offshore Norway
The drilling rig Maersk Interceptor has commenced the drilling programme on the Ivar Aasen field in the North Sea. The campaign has a duration of three years and comprises a total of 15 wells in addition to three pilot wells. Det norske oljeselskap is the operator of the Ivar Aasen…
21 January 2015
Oceaneering Wins Hess Stampede Project Umbilicals and Distribution Hardware Contract
Oceaneering announced that it secured a contract in December 2014 from Hess Corporation to supply the umbilicals and umbilical distribution hardware for the Stampede Project located in the Green Canyon area of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. This hardware will be used to transmit hydraulic control fluids, chemicals, and electrical…
21 January 2015
Aker Solutions Wins Johan Sverdrup Contract
On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup partnership Statoil will today sign a detail engineering contract for the Johan Sverdrup development with Aker Solutions.Worth NOK 4.5 billion the contract includes engineering and procurement management (EPma) until the scheduled production start in 2019.The contract includes engineering and procurement management for the riser…
20 January 2015
Johan Sverdrup Jacket Contract Awarded
On behalf of the Johan Sverdrup licence partners, Statoil is today awarding a contract to Kværner Verdal for delivery of the riser platform jacket for the Johan Sverdrup field.Scheduled for delivery in the summer of 2017, the jacket's contract value is close to NOK 2.0 billion.The contract is an execution…
19 January 2015
Exxon Mobil Announces Production from Arkutun-Dagi Field Offshore Russia
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that production has begun at the Sakhalin-1 project's Arkutun-Dagi field – the last of the three fields to be developed. Peak daily production from the field is expected to reach 90,000 barrels.The field, located off the northeast coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far…
19 January 2015
Eni Announces the Production Start-up at Lucius Oil Field in Gulf of Mexico
Eni announces the production start-up from the Lucius Field in the Gulf of Mexico deepwater, 240 miles south of the Louisiana coast, United States.Lucius, which is in approximately 7,000 feet of water, has a production secured through 6 subsea wells tied back to a moored production handling spar connected to…
19 January 2015
Det Norske to Develop Viper-Kobra
Det norske has decided to develop Viper-Kobra. The project comprises two small discoveries in the Alvheim area. According to plan, approximately 7 500 barrels will be flowing into the Alvheim FPSO every day around Christmastime 2016.Viper-Kobra is located in the Alvheim area and consists of two separate discoveries with a…
19 January 2015
First Oil Announced from Bøyla
Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum) is pleased to announce that first oil from the Bøyla field has been achieved. The Bøyla field commenced production on 19 January 2015. The Bøyla field, located on PL340 in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, is a subsea tie-back to the Alvheim field…
15 January 2015
N’Goma FPSO Producing and On Hire
SBM Offshore has announced that this week the Company received formal Production Readiness Notice (PRN) for N'Goma FPSO from client Eni, operator of Block 15/06 on behalf of the Joint Venture which also includes Sonangol Pesquisa e Produção, SSI Fifteen Limited and Falcon Oil Holding Angola SA. Following successful first…
15 January 2015
West Franklin Phase 2 Brought on Stream in the North Sea
Total has started gas and condensate production from the West Franklin Phase 2 project in the Central Graben area of the UK North Sea. The project will supply 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) to the Elgin/Franklin hub."With the start-up of the West Franklin Phase 2 project, Total…
13 January 2015
Enbridge Selected to Provide Crude Oil Pipeline for Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Development
Enbridge Inc announced that it will build, own and operate a crude oil pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico to connect the planned Stampede development, operated by Hess Corporation, to an existing third-party pipeline system. The lateral pipeline is expected to cost approximately $0.13 billion and be operational in 2018.…
12 January 2015
Eldfisk II Brought on Stream in the North Sea
Total announces the start-up of oil production from the Eldfisk II project on the PL 018 license of the Norwegian North Sea, in line with the initial schedule approved in 2011. The project will further increase oil recovery of the Eldfisk field and has a production capacity of 70,000 barrels…
12 January 2015
Statoil Brings Valemon Field on Stream
At 08.36 CET on 3 January the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea was brought on stream by Statoil and partners. Recoverable reserves from the field are estimated at 192 million barrels of oil equivalent."Valemon is one of several new projects on the Norwegian continental shelf that…
12 January 2015
Eni Starts Production at Nené Marine Field
Eni has started production from Nené Marine field, offshore Congo, just eight months after obtaining the production permit and 16 months following the exploration discovery. The field is located in Marine XII Block, approximately 17 km from the coast.The start of production reflects another important success for Eni in Congo,…
12 January 2015
Chevron Announces Oil Discovery in Deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Chevron Corporation announced a significant oil discovery at the Anchor prospect in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Anchor is Chevron's second discovery in the deepwater Gulf in less than a year."The Anchor discovery, along with the previously announced Guadalupe discovery, are significant finds for us in the deepwater Gulf…
12 January 2015
BP Announces First Oil from Kinnoull Field in Central North Sea
BP, on behalf of the Kinnoull field co-venturers, is pleased to announce the start of production from the Kinnoull field in the central North Sea. Kinnoull is BP's seventh and final major upstream project start-up in 2014.The Kinnoull reservoir, developed as part of a wider rejuvenation of the Andrew field…
12 January 2015
McDermott Awarded Bay of Campeche Ayatsil-A Installation Contract for PEMEX
McDermott International, Inc. ("McDermott") announced today that it has been awarded a contract to install the offshore jacket, deck and piles for the Ayatsil-A drilling platform for PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion ("PEMEX") in the Bay of Campeche Ayatsil field. The value of the award is included in McDermott's fourth quarter…
12 January 2015
Bibby Subsea Signs Vessel Contract with Bordelon Marine
Bibby Offshore's Houston-based division, Bibby Subsea (the "Company"), has signed a three year contract with Bordelon Marine to charter a new vessel.The Brandon Bordelon is an ultra-light intervention vessel (ULIV) and will commence a three year charter in August 2015 primarily operating in the Gulf of Mexico. The addition of…
12 January 2015
EMAS AMC Awarded Strategic Subsea Construction Contract from Apache Energy
EMAS AMC, the subsea division of EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry, today announced that it has secured a subsea construction contract with Apache Energy Limited in Australia valued in excess of A$130 million (approximately US$105 million).The…
22 December 2014
Statoil Awards Mariner Drilling and Well Services Contract to Schlumberger Oilfield UK
Statoil has on behalf of the Mariner co-venturers awarded the contract for integrated drilling and well services on the Mariner field on the UK continental shelf (UKCS) to Schlumberger Oilfield UK Plc."This is a very significant agreement for the Mariner project, and the result of an innovative, new procurement approach,…