
shipyards
Petrobras on the pace to tender two FPSO per year The Brazilian national oil company (NOC) Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) is ready to publish next week the call for tender to charter a new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the development of the Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestica oil fields offshore the […]
Chevron to tender Ubon Offshore Platform and FPU The California-based company Chevron and its partners, PTTEP from Thailand, Hess from USA and Mitsui Oil (Mitsui) from Japan are preparing the calls for tender for the main engineering, production and construction (EPC) contracts to be awarded for the development of the offshore Ubon project in Thailand. […]
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 […]
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 […]
SBM and Modec to charter three FPSOs to Petrobras The Brazil national oil company Petrobras signed with SBM Offshore (SBM) from The Netherlands two chartering contracts for floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels to substitute the P-66 and P-67 FPSOs currently in construction and planned for the Lula field. These contracts with SBM come in […]
Samsung benefits from Nigeria local content regulation The french major Total and its partners, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC), are in the process to approve Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) offer for Egina new-build floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. Egina project is part of the development of […]
Shell and Technip Samsung Consortium closed deal December 13th, 2012, Shell Gas & Power Developments B.V. (Shell) , Technip and Samsung Heavy Industries (Samsung) signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) to strengthen their cooperation in the floating liquefaction of natural gas (FLNG) facilities. Since 2009, Technip and Samsung cooperate together on the Shell Prelude FLNG project through their […]
After Logika, Air Liquide takes over Lentechgas November 2012, Air Liquide completes the acquisition of Lentechgas, in Saint Petersburg, few months after Logika in Moscow. This decision is part of Air Liquide program to invest $1.3 billion in 10 years in Russia, either for acquisition either for new plants. Air Liquide put a special attention […]