Cirrus on track for Dutch gas
Cirrus Energy anticipates first gas from its M7-A project in the Dutch North Sea late in 2008.
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Husky resumes White Rose production
The White Rose oil field has resumed production, according to Husky Energy.
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Husky outlines White Rose production expansion plan
Husky Energy plans to expand its development and exploration drilling activities offshore Canada.
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Niko signs Pakistan production sharing agreements
Niko Resources Ltd. has signed four offshore production sharing agreements (PSAs) with the president of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Government Holdings (PVT) Ltd., through the Secretariat of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources.
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EnCana contracts Deep Panuke production facility
EnCana Corp. has signed a letter of agreement with SBM Offshore for provision, leasing, and operation of a natural gas facility offshore Nova Scotia at Deep Panuke.
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Talisman gets first Blane oil
Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd. has started oil production from Blane field 160 mi (257 km) east of Aberdeen in UKCS block 30/31 and NCS block 1/2.
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Husky updates White Rose
Husky Energy Inc. reports that the SeaRose FPSO has completed its scheduled maintenance turnaround at the White Rose oil field, 350 km (217 mi) southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
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Petro-Canada to increase 2007 spending
Petro-Canada's Board of Directors approved a $4.1-billion capital and exploration expenditure program for 2007, an increase of 15% over 2006.
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Husky increases White Rose production
Husky Energy has successfully increased its oil production from a fifth well at the White Rose field, 350 km southeast of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Canada's offshore E&P reaches $1 billion/year milestone
The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board reports that offshore activity in eastern Canada is now a $1 billion/year industry.
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Terra Nova production shut down
Canadian oil and gas firm Petro-Canada has shut down production at its Terra Nova field off Canada's east coast, citing mechanical failure of a gear box attached to the starboard main power generator on the FPSO.
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Terra Nova resumes production
Production has resumed at the Terra Nova FPSO vessel after an oil spill of some three or four bbl of oil caused a 10-day suspension.
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Petro-Canada investigates Terra Nova oil leak
Petro-Canada says an investigation is underway in response to an incident that occurred on the FPSO vessel at the Terra Nova field.
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White Rose FPSO well protected
Svenska Skum recently fulfilled a major order for firefighting equipment for the White Rose FPSO at Korean shipyard Samsung.
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FPSO designs adapt to harsh northerly/sub-tropical conditions
Each floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) project is a learning process, prone to pitfalls. This was a recurring theme at the International Conference on Floating Production Systems in London last February, organized by the Institute of Petroleum.
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Leadon FPSO delivered on time, complete, within budget
Timely field development with floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessels is an art, which few in the North Sea have mastered. One of those is Kerr-McGee, which last November brought the Leadon Field onstream, on time, and on budget, 14 months after project sanction.
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OFFSHORE CANADA: Newfoundland solving gas transport, iceberg management challenges
Opening up the Grand Banks frontier
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FPSO arrives in Newfoundland, hookup and commissioning underway
DEVELOPMENT PROFILE: Terra Nova
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Shallow water, big seas connection challenge for Terra Nova floater
North America's first production vessel
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FPSOs emerging as first choice solution for all types of fields
The Captain newbuild FPSO at Astano's yard in Ferrol, northern Spain prior to launching in 1996. [55,312 bytes] Erection and fit-out of the turret for Texaco's Captain FPSO. [15,393 bytes] Process module outfitting on the Petrojarl Foinaven. [42,493 bytes] Uisge Gorm under conversion for Amerada Hess at the C diz yard of Astilleros Españoles. [14,434 bytes] The Captain FPSO during sailaway from the Ferrol river last December. [14,791 bytes]
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Bongkot production surging upward following facilities re-design
Schematic shows modifications to the Bongkot riser platform as part of the phase IIIa production expansion program. Gas production from Thailand's Bongkot complex will shortly jump 65% to 550 mcf/d. Detail design contractor Doris Engineering is achieving the rise through adding two new platforms and a third compression train to the existing central production facility.
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FLOATING PRODUCTION FPSO monohull powerful tool in North Sea field development
Nick Terdre Contributing Editor - Norway Golar-Nor's converted production ship, Petrojarl IV, will be deployed on BP's Foinaven Field, west of the Shetlands. The physical shape of future production facilities in the North Sea appears to be to a large extent monohulled. In the last couple of years the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility, or the production ship, has suddenly moved to center stage as operators and contractors agree that its time has come.
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MIDDLE EAST Oman's long-delayed Bukha Field onstream, gas projects on horizon
Dev George Managing Editor - International Said bin Ahmed Al-Shanfari, Oman's Minister of Petroleum & Minerals. Oman's Bukha Field lies adjacent to Iran's Henjam Field in the Strait of Hormuz. The Sultanate of Oman officially became an offshore producer a year ago. In April, 1994, the International Petroleum Corporation (IPC) of Vancouver, Canada brought its Bukha Field onstream.
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