FPSO & Vessels
Multimillion-dollar job on offshore platform and FPSO keeps Aker Solutions busy in Canada
Norwegian energy services provider Aker Solutions has been hired on a long-term assignment to handle engineering and maintenance work on assets located approximately 350 kilometers east of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
SBM Offshore hires Nortrans flotel for long-term gig in Angolan waters
Singapore’s offshore and shipping company Nortrans Offshore has secured a flotel assignment at Block 15 off the coast of Angola with Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities.
DOF vessel wins ‘very large contract’ in North America
DOF Group has secured a “very large” three-year contract in the North America region for its subsea construction, IRM & ROV services vessel Skandi Involver. The 2017-built, 138-meter-long Skandi Involver is a DP3 vessel outfitted with a 400MT and 100MT crane, and integrated ROV and survey services.
Yinson Production’s Southeast Asia-bound FSO gets its name
Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson Holdings, has held a naming ceremony for a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit slated for deployment at an oil field off the coast of Vietnam, Southeast Asia.
Petrobras orders four new tankers for $427 million
Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petrobras has placed a $427 million order with the Estaleiro Rio Grande shipyard for the construction of four medium-range oil tankers that will transport oil and petroleum products along the Brazilian coast. The contract was signed through Petrobras Transporte
FPSO tie-back project unlocking seven more wells to enrich North Sea oil arsenal in 2027
Norwegian oil and gas player Vår Energi and its partner, Kistos Energy, have rubberstamped a final investment decision (FID) to develop another multi-well addition to an oil project in the North Sea next year, augmenting oil output off the coast of Norway.
Oil gushes out of fourth well at subsea tie-back in Brazilian waters
Brazilian oil and gas company PRIO, formerly known as PetroRio, has brought online another well at its subsea tie-back project in the Campos basin off the coast of Brazil.
Yinson Production taps Techouse’s affiliate for Nigerian FPSO’s back-up power module
Norway-headquartered oil industry supplier Eureka, a provider of pumping and power solutions to the offshore energy industries that is part of the Techouse Group, has been hired by Singapore’s Yinson Production, a subsidiary of Kuala Lumpur-based energy infrastructure and technology company Yinson,
BW Offshore’s FPSO tucks ‘important’ milestone under its belt
Norway’s floating production solutions provider BW Offshore has revealed a new operational achievement for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is deployed at a Santos-operated giant gas project off the coast of Australia.
Hanwha Ocean-built FPSO’s oil offloading opens revenue flows for Petrobras
Brazilian state-owned energy heavyweight Petrobras has initiated a revenue stream with the first oil offloading from its eighth floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which is working at a field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil.
African oil field turns production switch back on after FPSO refurbishment
Houston-based energy player Vaalco Energy has brought back online a field off the coast of Côte d’Ivoire, following an overhaul to extend the lifespan of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel deployed at the African asset.
Altera & Ocyan JV passes FPSO operatorship baton to Karoon
Karoon Energy, an ASX-listed international oil and gas exploration and production company, has taken over the operatorship helm from Altera & Ocyan (A&O), a joint venture between Altera Infrastructure and Ocyan, at a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on an
Mermaid Maritime sets up joint venture in Singapore to reactivate existing vessel
Thailand-headquartered subsea and offshore drilling services company Mermaid Maritime Public Company Limited has established a joint venture (JV) company in Singapore to serve as the investment and operating vehicle for the reactivation and subsequent commercial deployment of an existing offshore su
SBM Offshore shedding partial stake in Gulf of Mexico-bound FSO
Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has decided to sell a minority interest to its long-standing business partner Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) in a newbuild floating storage and offloading (FSO) u