Tension Leg Platform (TLP)
Premier and Rockhopper to switch from TLP to FPSO The UK-based junior companies Premier Oil plc (Premier Oil) and Rockhopper Exploration plc (Rockhopper) are changing their strategy to develop the Sea Lion oil and gas project located offshore the Falklands Islands in the contested zone of the South Atlantic Ocean. Discovered in 1998, the Sea […]
CNOOC to award Liuhua 11-1 TLP FEED contract The state-owned company China National Oil Offshore Corporation (CNOOC) is finalizing the conceptual design for the expansion of the Liuhua 11-1 offshore oil and gas field within the South China Sea. Immediately after hammering the decision of the concepts to be developed, CNOOC will award the corresponding front […]
USA Key Projects and Business Highlights In June 2013, the US energy agency, Energy Information Administration (EIA) updated its estimation of the shale gas reserves in the world and published its first estimations for the shale oil where USA ranks in the Top 5 countries in both cases. According to the 41 countries analyzed by the EIA, […]
Stampede TLP to unitize Pony and Knotty discoveries Hess Corporation (Hess) and its partners, BHP Billiton (BHP) from Australia, Chevron from USA, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) from China through its Canadian acquisition Nexens, and Statoil from Norway, have selected the Japanese engineering company Modec to provide the Stampede project with a tension leg […]
BP to consider all options for Mad Dog 2 development After the decision to stop the ongoing front end engineering and design (FEED) contracts on the Mad Dog Phase 2 project, BP and its partners, BHP Billiton and Chevron, are back to the drawing board to search for an economically acceptable solution. Last month, BP announced […]
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 […]
Total-Chevron-SNPC to invest $7 billion in Moho-Nord Total from France, and its partners, Chevron from USA and the local Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (SNPC) are willing to move on fast track with the Moho-Nord Floating Production Unit (FPU) project offshore Congo-Brazzaville. Located 20 kilometers northwest of the actual Moho Bilongo FPU and 77 […]
Statoil FSU to strengthen Heidrun oil loading system Statoil and its partners, Petoro, ConocoPhillips and Eni, in the Heidrun oil and gas field awarded a new permanent floating storage unit (FSU) to the South Korean engineering company Samsung Heavy Industry (Samsung). Heidrun is an oil and gas field located in the Norwegian North Sea discovered by ConocoPhillips […]
