
Offshore technology
Tortue discovery paves Harvest way to Dussafu FPSO The Houston-based Harvest Natural Resources (Harvest) and its partner Panoro Energy (Panoro) from Norway hit pre-salt crude oil again with the Tortue discovery in the Dussafu Marin License offshore Gabon. This success paves the way to Harvest and Panoro to consider the floating production, storage and offloading […]
ExxonMobil, Woodside, Statoil ready to board on FLNG Earlier this month, ExxonMobil and its partner BHP Billiton (BHP) unveiled their project to introduce their first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel as the remedy to stop the costs inflation of its Scarborough natural project offshore Australia. A week later, the Australian company Woodside Petroleum (Woodside) […]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) wins Rosebank FPSO The super major Chevron from USA and its partners, Statoil from Norway, OMV from Austria and Dong from Denmark, have awarded the Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel of the Rosebank project to the South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). The Rosebank project is located 175 kilometers northwest of the […]
Technip won Moho Nord Subsea and Pipeline package Total from France, and its partners, Chevron from USA and the local Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (SNPC) selected Technip France to provide engineering, procurement, supply, construction and installation (EPSCI) services for the subsea and pipeline package of the Moho Nord project offshore the Republic of Congo (Congo of Congo Brazzavile). In March 2013, Total and its […]
Subsea 7 to subcontract Lianzi topsides to KBR The Houston-based KBR has been selected by Subsea 7 to design the topsides of Chevron Lianzi project offshore the Republic of Angola and the Republic of Congo on the west coast of Africa. The Lianzi oil and gas field is located 105 kilometers from shore in the […]
Maersk awards Tyra Southeast production platform AP Moeller – Maersk (Maersk) and its partners in the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC), Shell, Nordsofonden and Chevron have decided to invest $800 million capital expenditure in a new offshore platform at the Tyra Southeast oil and gas field. Located approximately 200 kilometers offshore the west coast of Denmark […]
After years delay Tullow wants Kudu money back After years of uncertainty and delays, the London-based Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) and its partners, Itochu Corporation (Itochu) from Japan and the National Petroleum Corporation of Namibia (Namcor), are decided to move the Kudu Gas-To-Power project ahead in Namibia. Located 130 kilometers offshore the Namibia coast, the […]
BP and partners voted Greater Clair Appraisal Program In March 2013, BP and its partners Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell decided to push back the horizon of the UK offshore Clair field beyond 2050 in voting for the appraisal program to eventually lead to the third phase of development of the field as Greater Clair standalone […]