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PTTEP and Chevron to tender 25 wellhead platforms The Thai national oil company (NOC) PTT Exploration and Production plc (PTTEP) and its partners, the California-based Chevron and the Japanese Mitsui Oil Exploration Corporation (Mitsui or MOECO) are preparing the call for tender for twenty five wellhead platforms for the expansion of the Bongkot and Arthit […]
Chevron validated chemical EOR to maintain Captain The Californian San Ramon-based international oil company (IOC) Chevron Corporation (Chevron) and its partner Dana Petroleum (Dana), a Korean National Oil Company‘s subsidiary, have validated the conclusions of the pilot study to test the performances of the chemical injection as the preferred enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) to maintain the production […]
Husky adopts concrete gravity platform for WREP The Calgary-based Husky Oil Operations Limited (Husky) and its partners, Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor), also from Calgary, and Nalcor Energy (Nalcor) from Newfoundland and Labrador, completed the design for the White Rose Expansion Project (WREP) offshore the Newfoundland and Labrador Province on the Canada east Coast. Close to […]
Shell Bonga SW FPSO enters EPC bidding phase Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) and its partnering major companies, ExxonMobil from USA, Total from France and Eni from Italy, are entering the bidding phase on the Bonga South West floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be moored in the Block 118 offshore Nigeria. Covering the […]
Hess and Petronas to start North Malay Basin Phase-2 The New York– based Hess Coporation (Hess) and the Malaysia national oil company (NOC) Petronas are reaching the final investment decision (FID) stage with the Bergading project to develop the natural gas and condensate in the North Malay Basin offshore the Malaysia Peninsula. As part of […]
Statoil at the drawing board to save costs on Bressay The Norwegian State-owned company Statoil and its partner, the Royal Dutch Shell (Shell), are considering all options in order to reduce costs for the development of the heavy crude oil offshore project, Bressay, in the UK North Sea. In November 2013, while Statoil and Shell were expected […]
CNOOC to tender one FEED for two TLPs in Liuhua The national oil company (NOC) China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) made its mind up regarding the conceptual design to be used for the development of the offshore oil and gas fields Liuhua 11-1 and Liuhua 16-2 in favor two tension legs platforms (TLPs) to […]
XER to combine Teekay-Sevan FSO with Arup Platform The Aberdeen-based Xcite Energy Resources Limited (Xcite or XER) company selected the conceptual design to develop its heavy crude oil field, Bentley offshore the Shetland Islands in the UK North Sea in combining a Teekay Sevan-type floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel together with Arup ACE steel […]
