Canadian Natural Resources (CNR) has reinstated production at the Olowi field offshore Gabon.

The 15-week dockside maintenance program for the Terra Nova FPSO, operating offshore Newfoundland, has been postponed until 2012, according to Suncor Energy.

Production from the Buzzard field in the UK central North Sea was restricted to114,000 boe/d during the 2Q 2011.

Iona Energy has farmed into 20% of the Trent and Tyne gas fields in the southern UK North Sea.

The semisubmersible Sedco 704 has drilled and cased the final production well on the Athena field in the UK central North Sea.

Nexen is upgrading the cooling system at one of its Buzzard field platforms in the UK central North Sea.

Suncor Energy plans to postpone a 15-week dockside maintenance program for the Terra Nova FPSO until next year.

Ithaca Energy says both downhole electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) in its Jacky field J01 production well in the UK North Sea have developed electrical faults under routine operations.

The turret concept to free weathervane moor vessel-based floating production and storage systems (FPSOs/FSOs) was pioneered in the early 1980s by SBM Offshore. Since then, that idea has evolved to meet more rigorous operations demands.