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Apache to tie-in Julimar in Chevron Wheatstone LNG 1 In 2007, Apache Corporation (Apache) and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Co. (KUFPEC) discovered the Julimar and Brunello natural gas fields in the Carnarvon basin offshore Western Australia. Attached to the WA-356-P block, the Julimar and Brunello are estimated to contain 2.1 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of […]
Cosco to build Sevan-designed cylindrical Dana FPSO The UK-based Dana Petroleum (Dana), a subsidiary of the Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC), and its partner Cieco (Itochu Oil Exploration Corp. LTd), awarded to the Chinese Cosco Shipyard Group (Cosco) the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its Western Isles Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit. […]
Total align bidders for $3 billion Kaombo FPSOs. Modec, Saipem and SBM Offshore are expected to bid for the two converted FPSOs proposed by Total and its partners, ExxonMobil, Marathon, Sonangol and Galp for the development of the Kaombo offshore project in Angola. Angola, on the western coast of Africa, is one the strategic countries to support […]
ENI and GDF-Suez combine FEED and EPC bids to speed up Indonesian Muara Bakau development After the successfully appraisal of the Jangkrik natural gas discovery, ENI and GDF-Suez intend to speed up the development of the Muara Bakau PSC, Kutei Basin, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Overall, in Indonesia, ENI is very active as it holds working interests […]
Statoil, Petoro and Exxon to tie-back Svalin to Grane Svalin is made of two fields, Svalin M which was discovered in 2008 and Svalin C which was discovered in 1992. Svalin is located in Block 25/11 in the North Sea, between the Grane and Balder fields, about six kilometers south-west of the Grane platform at […]
WorleyParsons completed FEED for PDO Zauliyah Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is working on a new gas plant project at Zauliyah in central Oman adjacent to PDO’s existing Zauliyah Oil Production Station. The greenfield project will process non-associated gas, water and condensates from the Hasirah and Hawqa fields in the Bahja-Rima area of PDO’s concession to boost […]
Definition SPAR is the acronym for Single Point Anchor Reservoir (SPAR). This descriptive definition refers to a floating system with infield flow lines and associated subsea infrastructure to connect the subsea production and injection wells. Comments From design perspective a SPAR is a cylindrical, partially submerged offshore drilling and production platform that is particularly well-adapted […]
Mad Dog: BP’s second giant field in Gulf of Mexico In September 2011, BP announced the drilling of a successful appraisal well in a previously untested northern segment of the Mad Dog field in the US Gulf of Mexico. The well results confirm a significant resource extension for the Mad Dog Field complex, which includes […]
