As we enter the final month of 2022, a review of the floating production system (FPS) market revealed that some E&Ps have been bold with investments in the development of their oil and gas (O&G) reserves, with a total of 1.9 mmboepd (1.3 mmbpd of oil and 3.8 bcfd of gas) of FPS throughput capacity sanctioned year to date (YTD). This represents a 7% increase on 2021, with Westwood anticipating an additional 180 kboepd of FPS throughput capacity to be sanctioned before the end of the year…
Trendsetter Engineering, a privately owned oil and gas service company based in Houston, said it had won a 'significant' contract to provide subsea hardware for LLOG Exploration Offshore's Leon and Castile subsea developments in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico…
Offshore helicopter services firm NHV Group has won a helicopter services contract in the Central North Sea with INEOS FPS.Under the five-year deal, which takes effect at the beginning of November, NHV will perform helicopter flights to the Forties Unity from NHV Aberdeen…
FPSO-leasing specialist BW Offshore has secured a short-term contract extension for its Petroleo Nautipa FPSO.The contract will see production extended from September 20 to October 4, 2022, ahead of demobilization. The spread-moored FPSO has…
Houston-based engineering, commissioning, and field services firm Gate Energy has won a commissioning management and execution contract for LLOG's Salamanca development in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.The scope of this work includes pre-commissioning…
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M)’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, Keppel AmFELS in the U.S. and Keppel Shipyard in Singapore, have been awarded contracts worth around S$75 million (US$54.5 million) for the refurbishment and completion of two floating production units (FPU)…
Jumbo Maritime has awarded Fugro a positioning and metocean services contract to help guide the safe transport and installation of a new floating production system (FPS) for Vito, a deepwater development in the US Gulf of Mexico.Fugro services will support both inshore and offshore towing of the 24…
U.S. oil firm Murphy Oil Corporation has started oil production from the Khaleesi, Mormont, and Samurai field development project in the deepwater section of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.Production has started flowing this month from the Murphy-operated King’s Quay floating production system…
Advanced Navigation, an AI navigation and robotics systems manufacturer, has an autonomous underwater vehicle Hydrus, which is so small, it can be carried on a plane.'’We have seen a revolution occur in the aerial drone market, where smaller…
Brazilian oil company Enauta has completed the acquisition of the FPSO OSX-2 for the Definitive System of the Atlanta Field in Brazil for $80 million.Atlanta Field is located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, and is fully owned by Enauta…
U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) inspectors and engineers last week carried out an offshore regulatory pre-production inspection of Murphy Oil’s King’s Quay floating production system (FPS) platform. The facility, a semi-submersible FPS…
Offshore oil and gas installation services company Subsea 7 said Wednesday it had scored a contract for subsea installation services related to Beacon Offshore Energy’s Shenandoah Development, located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico in water depths up to 6…
Brazilian oil company Enauta has agreed to buy FPSO OSX-2 for the Definitive System (DS) of the Atlanta oil field in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil.The completion of the acquisition is contingent on compliance with the agreed contractual…
TDI-Brooks said it completed a Geotechnical Site Investigation for Beacon Exploration & Production LLC in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The project consisted of ‘heavy’ geotechnical coring/cone penetration testing (CPT) with TDI-Brooks’ research vessel…
China's Cosco Shipping has earlier this month delivered the King’s Quay floating production unit to Ingleside, Texas, aboard its M/V Xiang An Kou semi-submersible heavy transportation vessel, after a long journey from South Korea.The 21,498mt platform…
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