
FPSO
Ghana – Nigeria Key Projects and Business Highlights Around the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana and Nigeria appeared as the most active countries during the first half 2013 with upstream and downstream projects led by international and national companies such as Anadarko Petroleum (Anadarko), Eni, Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Kosmos Energy (Kosmos), Lekoil Ltd (Lekoil), Sabre Oil and Gas (Sabre), Total, Tullow Oil plc (Tullow), […]
Brazil Key Projects and Highlights In 2012, Brazil and its flagship, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), had to face a reality regarding their capacity to deliver on time all the fleets of drilling ships, exploration and production floating units and services vessels in respect with the local content requirements. Awarding contracts to shipyards not yet even built […]
Angola Key Projects and Business Highlights After a first wave of exploration and production of conventional oil and gas offshore fields, the major companies such as BP, Chevron, Cobalt International Energy Company Inc. (Cobalt),Eni, ExxonMobil, Galp Energia, Maersk, Petrobras, PetroChina (CNPC), Statoil and Total come back to Angola with major projects to replicate the lessons learnt from the Brazilian […]
Chevron and partners pre-qualify contractors for Ubon The US super major Chevron and its partners, the Thailand national oil company PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Ltd (PTTEP), Hess from USA and Mitsui Oil (Mitsui) are currently running the pre-qualification process to select the contractors to be invited to bid (ITB) for the construction of […]
Statoil to consider FPSO for Castberg (Skrugard-Havis) Since the Skrugard and Havis project has been renamed as Johan Castberg, some significant changes have happened to justify Statoil from Norway and its partners, Eni from Italy and Petoro from Norway, to rethink the conceptual design of the project into a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) […]
QGEP gauges two FPSO sizes for Atlanta heavy crude The first Brazilian independent oil company Queiroz Galvao Exploration & Production (QGEP) and its partners, OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A (OGX) and Barra Energia do Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda (Barra Energia), are currently evaluating two different schemes to develop the offshore Block BS-4 and select the […]
Cobalt to join Majors in Angola pre-salt Kwansa Basin With the Cameia discovery, the junior Cobalt International Energy Company Inc. (Cobalt) is joining the major companies BP, Chevron, Eni, ExxonMobil, Galp Energia, Maersk, Petrobras, PetroChina, Statoil and Total in the development of the pre-salt oil and gas reserves lying in the Angola deep offshore Kwanza […]
Pemex to release Ayatsil call for tender in September The Mexican national oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), selected the concept of the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to develop its Ayatsil-Tekel discovery in the shallow water of the Campeche Basin in the Gulf of Mexico. Located 130 kilometers northwest Cuidad del Carmen, Ayatsil […]