Keppel Offshore & Marine’s subsidiary Keppel Shipyard informed on Monday it is on track to deliver what it claims is one of the world’s largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) to Bumi Armada Berhad for operations in offshore Angola. The naming ceremony of the FPSO, Armada O
Keppel Offshore & Marine’s (Keppel O&M) subsidiary Keppel Shipyard is on track to deliver a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel to Armada Madura EPC Limited. Armada Madura is a joint venture between Shapoorji Pallonji Group (Shapoorji Pallonji) and Bumi Armada Berhad (BAB). The
Marine and offshore engineering consultancy Aqualis Offshore has won contracts to provide marine warranty services to three different FPSO projects in Brazil. Aqualis said on Thursday it won a contract with MODEC for marine warranty surveyor work on the integration of the MV29 FPSO at BrasFELS’ ship
Bluewater, a provider of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, has been awarded a one-year contract extension for the FPSO Bleo Holm. The FPSO Bleo Holm has been working for Repsol Sinopec Resources UK, previously Talisman Energy, in the UK sector of the North Sea since 1999. Th
Italian oil company Eni has informed that the naming ceremony of the Armada Olombendo floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel was held on Friday in Singapore. The FPSO will operate in Block 15/06, offshore Angola, for the East Hub Development Project. The Italian oil company said on
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has started a new bid process for the FPSO to be deployed at the Libra field pilot project in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil; this time with lower local content requirements. The company canceled the previous bid process, which began in August 2015, as it had recei
Swedish engineering company Trelleborg has supplied a selection of bearing solutions for the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) project – Shell’s Prelude FLNG. Trelleborg said on Thursday that its engineered products operation manufactured and delivered 52 vertical elastomeric beari
Italian oil giant, or in this case gas giant, Eni, has made a major step ahead of the expected final investment decision for the development of the giant Coral gas field offshore Mozambique. Namely, Eni and its partners in the Area 4 concession have managed to find a major customer for the gas to be
ALE Heavy Lift, a UK-based heavy-lift and transportation specialist, has performed its inaugural lifts on the P-74 FPSO project in Brazil with what the company says is the world’s largest capacity land-based crane, the AL.SK350. To remind, the crane was load-tested in preparation for its first lifts
The President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, has dismissed the Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Pedro Conceição Couto, from the position via presidential order. The office of the President informed the media on Thursday morning that the measure was taken within the pow
Malaysia’s MISC Berhad has hosted the sail away of its Marginal Marine Production Unit, a fit-for-purpose FPSO for the development of marginal fields, in a ceremony today in MMHE East Yard, Pasir Gudang, Malaysia. The first deployment of MaMPU 1 as the FPSO is named, will be at Anjung Kecil oil fiel
Fabricom Offshore Services has been awarded a one-year contract extension by Bluewater Services (U.K.) for the provision of engineering and associated services to their fleet of floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs). Effective immediately, Fabricom Offshore Services, a provider
Wison Offshore & Marine has informed that the first natural gas floating liquefaction unit (FLNG), for which the company provided turnkey services for Exmar, has completed its performance test at the Wison yard in Nantong, China. According to Wison’s statement on Tuesday, this marks the first time i
UK’s offshore services provider Petrofac has reportedly completed the takeover of the Lewek Emas FPSO. The sale of the FPSO was previously agreed in principle, between Emas Offshore and PetroFirst. PetroFirst is a joint venture between First Reserve, a global, private equity and infrastructure inves
