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Most Recent Offshore Oil Field Development

North Sea Brynhild heading for year-end start

Development drilling has started on the Lundin Norway-operated Brynhild field in the Norwegian North Sea.

Latest Eldfisk jacket in place offshore Norway

The jacket for ConocoPhillips’s Eldfisk II project is in place at on location in the southern Norwegian North Sea.

EPC to support west of Shetland subsea tie-in project

Total E&P UK has contracted EPC Offshore for support services for the Edradour gas/condensate development west of Shetland.

Exxon contracts Julia deepwater production risers to 2H Offshore

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) has contracted 2H Offshore to do the detailed design of two 10-in. production steel catenary risers to use in Phase 1 of the Julia development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Ivar Aasen drilling rig to work through 2019

Det norske oljeselskap has extended Maersk Drilling’s contract for lease of the XL Enhanced 2 to five years.

Xcite, AMEC to cooperate on North Sea Bentley oil project

Xcite Energy Resources (AIM:XEL) has contracted AMEC for engineering support for the Bentley heavy oil field development in the UK northern North Sea.

Chevron contracts Emerson for control valves, subsea meters for Gorgon

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd has contracted Emerson Process Management to supply control valves and actuators for the Gorgon LNG Project offshore Western Australia.

First V.Filanovsky platform blocks sail to Caspian

LUKOIL has started transportation of two supporting blocks for the ice-resistant stationary platform (IRP-1) at the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea.

Anadarko taps Subsea 7 for deepwater GoM Heidelberg pipelay

Anadarko (NYSE:APC) as operator has awarded Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs:SUBC) a contract for work at the deepwater Heidelberg development in the Gulf of Mexico.

Shell preps Olympus TLP for Mars B installation

The major topsides modules have been installed on the Olympus tension leg platform (TLP) as Shell prepares to tow the 120,000-ton structure from Kiewit Offshore Services yard to the deepwater Mars field late this month or early July.

Offshore Oil Field Development: Africa

Subsea installations progressing offshore South Africa

PetroSA says the next phase of a subsea installation campaign is about to get under way on the F-O field offshore South Africa.

Ghana gives go-ahead for deepwater TEN development

Ghana’s government has formally approved the development plan for the deep offshore Tweneboa-Enyenra-Ntomme fields (TEN) project.

Heated pipeline for Lianzi-BBLT tieback offshore Congo/Angola

Wärtsilä is to supply a direct electric heating (DEH) system for Chevron Overseas Congo’s Lianzi development.

Afren plans more development in Ebok area offshore Nigeria

Afren has started front-end engineering design and fabrication planning for a new wellhead platform and production unit for the Okoro field extension offshore Nigeria.

Total steps up deepwater E&P drilling offshore Gabon

Total says the Ocean Rig Olympia is drilling the Diaman-1 exploration well on the Diaba license offshore Gabon in 1,700 m (5,577 ft) water depth.

Nexans heated cables to protect Lianzi subsea pipeline

Subsea 7 has awarded Nexans a $33-million contract for Chevron’s Lianzi oil field development.

WesternGeco starts multi-client seismic survey offshore Mozambique

WesternGeco has begun acquiring a multi-client seismic survey offshore Mozambique using the ObliQ sliding-notch broadband acquisition and imaging technique.

Equatorial Guinea offshore field on course for summer start

The Noble-operated Alen field development in block I offshore Equatorial Guinea is nearing completion.

Aker to supply umbilicals for Girassol extension offshore Angola

Technip has contracted Aker Solutions to provide umbilicals and ancillary equipment for Total’s Girassol Resources Initiative (GirRI) Phase 2 development offshore Angola.

Total contracts Technip for deepwater Moho Nord subsea network

Total has awarded Technip a lump-sum engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation, and pre-commissioning contract for the Moho Nord project offshore Republic of Congo.

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