FPSO & Vessels

Canada’s $4B hydro-powered LNG project advances with FLNG launch at Samsung Heavy Industries
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has held a launching ceremony for a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit destined for deployment in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation, on Canada’s West Coast.

Hanwha Ocean taps GTT for LNG carrier tank design
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has been hired by South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean shipyard to design a tank for a new liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC).

MODEC and Eld embark on next-gen carbon capture-enabled FPSO power system
Japan’s MODEC and Eld Energy, a Norwegian fuel cell system company, are pooling resources to bring a 1.2 MW carbon capture power system to life to roll out zero-emission floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units.

Saipem makes inroads at African offshore gas project with ‘major milestone’ (Gallery)
Saipem has reported a new achievement in the execution phase of a gas project off the coast of Libya, which is operated by Mellitah Oil & Gas Libyan Branch, a consortium formed by National Oil Corporation of Libya and Eni North Africa.

Northern Lights strengthens its fleet with new LCO2 vessel award to K Line and MISC
Northern Lights, a joint venture (JV) encompassing three European oil majors: Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has decided to enlarge its fleet with another liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier through a time charter deal with a consortium between Japan’s Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) and Mala

SBM Offshore and Petrobras seal FPSO pair deal for $12-billion oil & gas duo
Given its plan to bring to life two approved oil and gas developments in the Sergipe Alagoas Basin off the coast of Brazil, the country’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has signed off on deals for two floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units with Dutch giant SBM Offshore, laying

KN Energies picks up job on European FSRU project
Lithuania-headquartered liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal operator KN Energies (KN) has been hired by Poland’s gas transmission system operator (TSO), Gaz-System, on an assignment related to a new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), destined to be part of a liquefied natural gas (LNG

Multiple tank design orders for LNG vessels in GTT’s bag
French technological containment specialist Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) has won new tank design jobs for liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers (LNGCs) with HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and Hanwha Ocean.

ABS endorses SBM Offshore’s Shell-backed FPSO deepwater cooling tech
Netherlands-based SBM Offshore, a provider of the design, construction, installation, and operation of offshore floating facilities, has received the green light for its seawater intake riser (SWIR) technology from American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a classification society.

Investigation ongoing: Three dead and one injured in Southeast Asian FSO incident
Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas heavyweight Petronas has shed light on a tragic offshore incident connected with a floating storage and offloading (FSO) unit working at a field off the coast of East Coast Peninsular Malaysia, Southeast Asia.

Brazilian oil project back in production mode after 28-day shutdown
Karoon Energy, an ASX-listed international oil and gas exploration and production company, has restarted production at an oil field off the coast of Brazil.

Sea Lion eyes bigger bite with second FPSO deal to speed up oil uptick
With the first phase on track for start-up in 2028, an oil project in the North Falkland Basin (NFB) is looking into expediting a capacity boost through the development of subsequent phases in the Falkland Islands.

LNG Canada-bound vessel gets its name at Samsung Heavy Industries’ yard
Japanese shipping major Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line) has confirmed the naming ceremony for a newly built liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel, which is destined for an LNG export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, operated by LNG Canada, a joint venture company encompassing Shell, Petron

Bernhard Schulte’s first LCO2 carrier step closer to Northern Lights
The fourth liquefied carbon dioxide (LCO2) carrier destined for the Northern Lights CO2 project in Norway has been christened in China. Northern Purpose has been custom-designed to transport liquefied CO2 as part of the world’s first cross-border CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. It was buil