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Jadestone Energy Targets End of Month Production Restart for Montara Venture FPSO
Jadestone Energy, an Asia Pacific-focused oil and gas company, has taken a step toward restarting production from its Montara Project offshore Australia. The company shut down production from the Montara Venture FPSO last year, first, to allow…
Drydocks, Aker Solutions JV Pens Deal to Upgrade FPSO for Equinor's Rosebank Field
Dubai's shipbuilding and shiprepair company Drydocks World and Norwegian offshore engineering and construction firm Aker Solutions have established a joint venture to upgrade the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO for Equinor's Rosebank offshore oil and gas field in the UK…
Petrobras 'Pre-salt' Geologist Tapped to Head E&P
The new Chief Executive of Brazil's Petrobras , Jean Paul Prates, has picked geologist Mario Carminatti to head the oil company's exploration and production division, people with knowledge of the information said on Friday. As the company's chief geologist…
Yinson's FPSO Contract in Nigeria Ends after 16 Years as Client Opts to Buy the Floater
The Malaysian FPSO leasing company Yinson has completed the 16-year contract for FPSO Adoon in Nigeria as the client Addax decided to buy the FPSO. The contract for the FPSO which has been operating at Block OML 123 offshore Nigeria, had an original term of 8 years until 2014…
German Green Group Seeks to Cut Wilhelmshaven FSRU License by 10 Years
A German environmental group has lodged a complaint calling for the operating licence of a new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Wilhelmshaven to be shortened by a decade citing its discharging of chlorine and risks to Germany's climate targets.
Aker Solutions, Drydocks to Upgrade Petrojarl Knarr FPSO for Deployment at Equinor's Rosebank Field
Norway's Aker Solutions will upgrade Altera Infrastructure's Petrojarl Knarr floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) to be redeployed at Equinor's Rosebank field development, offshore the UK. Petrojarl Knarr was built by Samsung…
FSRU Exemplar Arrives in Finland
Excelerate Energy's floating storage and regasification unit (“FSRU”) Exemplar arrived at the port of Inkoo, Finland on December 28, 2022. The FSRU was previously loaded with a partial cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) which will serve as the initial commissioning cargo for the terminal.
Short-term Charter Extension for Yinson's FPSO in Nigeria
Malaysia's FPSO leasing company Yinson has secured a one-month contract extension for its Adoon FPSO in Nigeria. The contract was signed with client Addax, a Sinopec subsidiary, on December 16, 2022 and will run until January 2023. The value…
Western Gas to Link its Equus Gas Field to North West Shelf And Pluto LNG Plants
Australian oil and gas company Western Gas has signed non-binding milestone agreements with the North West Shelf Project participants and Pluto LNG in Australia to process up to 3 Mtpa of gas from its Equus offshore gas field for LNG export and the WA market from 2027.
Radix Creates Virtual FPSO Training Environment to Reduce Commissioning Phase Risks
Brazil-based Radix Software and Engineering said Monday it had created a virtual FPSO training environment for a major operator with the goal of reducing risk in the asset commissioning phase by training operators in process optimization and validation of operational manuals.
Yinson, Azule Energy in Angola FPSO Deal
Malaysian FPSO leasing company Yinson has agreed to start preliminary activities for the provision of an FPSO for Eni, BP JV in Angola, called Azule Energy. Under the agreement with Azule Energy, Yinson will kick off preliminary activities for the provision…
Construction of Shell's Penguins FPSO Completed in China
The construction of the Penguins FPSO for Shell's namesake field in the UK North Sea has reportedly been completed in China. CGTN, the China Global Television Network website, on Thursday, shared a video of the completed Penguins FPSO, and said the 118-meter-tall cylindrical FPSO…
AIP for C-Claw Fastener for Marine and Offshore
Bureau Veritas delivered an Approval in Principle to COLD PAD, an industrial start-up, for its C-Claw technology, a heavy-duty fastener for steel structures that is non-intrusive (no hole and no hot work is required). It was designed as an alternative…
DPS Safety Alert Follows DP3 Drillship Blackout Investigation
The United States Coast Guard issued the following Marine Safety Alert rergarding Dynamic Positioning Systems. Dynamic positioning (DP) systems 1 meeting equipment class 2 (DP2) and equipment class 3 (DP3) have control features and redundancies…
VIDEO: Topside Module Construction Starts for Giant ONE Guyana FPSO
The Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore said Friday the construction of the topside modules had kicked off in Singapore for one of the company's largest-ever FPSO units, the One Guyana FPSO. "During September this year, two steel strike…
Petrobras Orders 10th FPSO for Búzios Field
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has ordered a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel from Singapore's Sembcorp Marine Rigs & Floaters. The FPSO, named P-82, will be deployed at the giant Búzios oil field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area, offshore Brazil.
Anna Nery FPSO Arrives in Brazil
Malaysian FPSO leasing specialist Yinson has informed that the Anna Nery FPSO has arrived in Brazil. The Anna Nery FPSO, built in China by Cosco Qidong shipyard, will be deployed at Petrobras' Marlim offshore field in Brazil. Now that the vessel has arrived in Brazil…
Greater Tortue Ahmeyim FPSO Returned to Quayside after Drifting Off Due to Typhoon
Oil and gas company Kosmos Energy said Tuesday that the FPSO for the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim project had been returned to the quayside of the COSCO shipyard in China, following the recent incident in which the vessel drifted away due to the impact of Typhoon Muifa.
ADNOC to Supply First LNG for RWE's Floating LNG Import Terminal at Brunsbüttel
German utility RWE has signed a deal with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) to deliver liquefied natural gas to Europe's largest economy by the end of December, RWE announced on Sunday. Though the initial amount to be delivered is relatively small…
McDermott Bags Significant Contract with TotalEnergies Offshore Angola
Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott International said Tuesday that it secured a "significant" contract with TotalEnergies EP Angola Block 17/06. McDermott defines a significant contract as between USD $250 million and $500 million.
Italy's Commissioner Confident in a Timely Decision on New FSRU
Italy's commissioner for the set up of a new regasification terminal is confident the infrastructure could get the green light by the end of October, in time for extending the country's LNG capacity at the beginning of 2023. Under the government's energy plan…