FPSO
Masirah awards contract for FSO unit to store crude oil from Oman field
Masirah Oil has awarded a contract to Wings Offshore for a floating storage and offloading vessel, which will be used on a field located offshore in Oman.
Maersk Supply lands FPSO tow and mooring installation job
Maersk Supply Service has been awarded an integrated FPSO tow and mooring installation project for an operator in the North Sea.
Yinson in $800M FPSO refinancing deal
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has struck an $800 million refinancing deal with 13 banks.
Boskalis pens $120M deals for marine transport, including a record-breaking FPSO move
Boskalis secures works for three semi-submersible transport vessels
Court: North Sea Producer FPSO beaching, scrapping in Bangladesh illegal
A court in Bangladesh has ruled that the import, beaching, and shipbreaking of the North Sea Producer FPSO in Bangladesh is illegal, the NGO Shipbreaking Platform has said.
Energean files application to supply natural gas from Karish to Cyprus
Energean has submitted to the authorities of the Republic of Cyprus applications to import and supply natural gas to Cyprus, starting in 2021.
New Zealand: OMV to sell Maari oil field to Jadestone for $50M
Austria’s OMV will sell its 69% interest in the Maari Field offshore New Zealand to Jadestone Energy for $50 million, to focus on gas production in the country.
Petrobras produces first oil at P-68 FPSO offshore Brazil
Petrobras has started oil and natural gas production at platform P-68 in the Berbigão field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt offshore Brazil.
Premier Oil: Catcher pays itself back less than 2 years after first oil
British oil firm Premier Oil has said that its Catcher project offshore the UK has recently achieved cash payback – meaning it has offset the initial capital expenditure costs – 22 months after first oil.
Japanese companies to invest in FPSO for Brazil’s Búzios field
Four Japanese companies have decided to proceed with the deepwater FPSO charter project for the Petrobras-operated Búzios pre-salt oil field located offshore Brazil.
Ithaca wraps $2B buy of Chevron’s North Sea fields
Ithaca has acquired interests in the Captain, Alba, Erskine, Alder, Britannia, Brodger, Callanish, Enochdhu, Elgin/Franklin and Jade fields.
ExxonMobil taps SBM Offshore for Stabroek FPSO
SBM Offshore has been awarded contracts by ExxonMobil to perform front end engineering and design for an FPSO for the Payara development project located in the Stabroek block in Guyana.
RigNet to supply communications solutions to six Petrobras FPSOs
Offshore telecommunication services provider RigNet has signed a multi-year agreement with Petrobras to supply O3B VSAT technology to six of its FPSO vessels.
BW seeks to recover overdue payments for FPSO Umuroa
BW Offshore has found uncertainties related to payment of outstanding overdue hire and payment of future hire by Tamarind Resources for the FPSO Umuroa following Tamarind’s termination of the contract for the FPSO.