Norwegian offshore safety body, the Petroleum Safety Authority, has found several improvement points during an audit of Teekay Petrojarl Production and its maintenance management of the Petrojarl Knarr FPSO. The Knarr field, operated by Shell, is in the northern sector of the North Sea, around 50 ki
Premier Oil, a UK independent, has lifted its full year production target as the sailaway date of the Catcher FPSO approaches. During the first half of the year, Premier had a record production of 82.1 kboepd, up 34.5 per cent on the first half of 2016. Strong production in the first half, and the e
UK oil and gas company EnQuest has downgraded its full year oil production forecast amid topside commissioning delays with the Armada Kraken FPSO in the Kraken field, offshore the UK. The Kraken is a large heavy oil accumulation in the UK North Sea, located in the East Shetland basin, to the west of
Upgrade work on Teekay’s Petrojarl I FPSO destined to be redeployed in Brazil after having spent almost three decades in the North Sea area, has finally been completed. Damen Shipyard, which has been working on preparing the vessel for Brazil since the early 2015, on Friday said the work had been co
BW Offshore-owned floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel BW Catcher, built for Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea, is undergoing marine trials in Singapore ahead of its departure to final offshore location. Earlier this week, Premier Oil laun
Dutch provider of floating production systems to the international offshore oil and gas industry, SBM Offshore, has sold its previously demobilized FPSO Marlim Sul for recycling. SBM said in its 2017 half-year financial results this week that the FPSO, removed from the Petrobras-operated oil field,
Norway’s FPE Sontum has reportedly scored a contract worth 100 million Norwegian Crowns with Statoil. According to Petro.no, a Norwegian language oil and gas news website, FPE Sontum will provide its fire extinguishing systems for the Johan Castberg FPSO. The contract includes project management, de
World’s largest FPSO provider SBM Offshore is pressing forward with its Fast4Ward program. The program has been designed to standardize the FPSO construction and delivery process, thus reducing cost and speeding up the time to the market. SBM Offshore, whose FPSO fleet produces around 10 percent of
Norwegian provider of lifesaving systems Norsafe has secured its largest ever offshore contract to supply lifesaving appliances to Eni’s Coral South floating LNG (FLNG) facility, off Mozambique. The unit will be located in Area 4, approximately 50 km from the Mozambique coast. Norsafe said that the
First oil from Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea remains on track for later this year with sailaway date for the FPSO unit set for next month. The Catcher, made up of several fields discovered between 2010 and 2013, is located 170 kilometers south-east of Abe
Premier Oil has launched a video about the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for its operated Catcher offshore development in the UK sector of the North Sea. The Catcher, made up of several fields discovered between 2010 and 2013, is located 170 kilometers south-east of Aberdeen
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s subsidiary, Keppel Shipyard, is on track to deliver a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to BW Offshore, meant for Premier’s North Sea field. Josephine Teo, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs & M
The Western Isles FPSO, destined for the Dana-operated offshore project in the UK, has reached Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
UK oil firm Alpha Petroleum has entered into a Front-End-Engineering and Design (FEED) study agreement with Teekay, over a potential FPSO charter deal. The company plans to use Teekay’s Varg FPSO to develop the Cheviot oil field in the UK. The plan is to use the FPSO for the entire expected life on
