TLP
CNOOC opts for Lingshui FPSO and export pipeline The state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is opting for a conventional scheme to develop the offshore gas field Lingshui 17-2, one of its largest discovery in the deepwater of the South China Sea. Located 150 kilometers south of the Hainan Island, the Lingshui 17-2 gas field […]
Talisman Ca Rong Do Tension Leg Platform at design The Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. (Talisman) and its partners the independent companies Pearl Energy, Pan Pacific Petroleum (Pan Pacific) and the national oil company (NOC) PetroVietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) have completed the conceptual study in favor of tension leg platform (TLP) linked to a […]
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 […]
Shell and Statoil compare EOR solutions to boost Vito The Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), the US independent company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadarko) and the Norwegian national oil company (NOC) Statoil are mobilizing their best experts in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) techniques to compare the different solutions to boost the production from the Vito oil and […]
Houston Offshore to complete Sea Lion pre-FEED work The Texas-based Houston Offshore Engineering (Houston Offshore) is currently completing the pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) work for the Sea Lion project offshore the Falklands Islands to be developed by the UK companies Premier Oil plc (Premier Oil) and Rockhopper Exploration plc (Rockhopper). The Sea Lion […]
BP to re-tender Mad Dog 2 FEED on Atlantis concept BP is preparing the second call for tender on the front end engineering and design (FEED) for the Mad Dog-2 offshore platform based on the semi-submersible concept used for Atlantis in the US part of the Gulf of Mexico. Originally BP intended to develop the second […]
Giant Pao de Acucar in Block BM-C-33 reaches FEED The giant discovery Pao de Acucar and its adjacent fields, Seat and Gavea, are reaching the front end engineering and design (FEED) stage to develop the prolific Block BM-C-33 pre-salt in the ultra deep water of the Campos Basin offshore Macae, in the State of Rio de […]
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 […]
