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Most Recent Offshore Oil Field Development

Gazprom starts new offshore Sakhalin drilling campaign

Gazprom’s semisubmersible drilling rigs Polyarnaya Zvezda (Polar Star) and Severnoye Siyaniye (Northern Lights) have left Kholmsk Port on Sakhalin Island offshore eastern Russia and entered the Sea of Okhotsk.

Ensco 100 starts work on North Sea Stella wells

The heavy duty jackup Ensco 100 has started development drilling on the Stella field in the UK central North Sea.

Aker delivers frame for Åsgard subsea compression

Aker Solutions has delivered the steel frame for the subsea gas compression facility to be installed at Statoil’s Åsgard field in the Norwegian Sea.

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.

Offshore Oil Field Development: Canada

North Sea Stella enters drilling, subsea installation phase

Ithaca Energy (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) is moving forward on its Greater Stella Area project in the UK central North Sea.

Husky hires Aker for long-term White Rose support services

Husky Energy has contracted Aker Solutions offshore engineering services to support activities at the White Rose field development.

Husky starts work on South White Rose extension project offshore eastern Canada

Husky Oil Operations has contracted Technip to manage the planned subsea tieback of the South White Rose field to the SeaRose FPSO offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

Hebron gravity-based structure skirt in place

Construction is under way at the Bull Arm yard in St. John’s of the gravity-based structure (GBS) for ExxonMobil’s Hebron platform offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.

ExxonMobil contracts gravity-based structure for Hebron offshore Canada

ExxonMobil Canada Properties has released Kiewit-Kvaerner Contractors to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for the Hebron Project gravity based structure.

Newfoundland yard starts work on Hebron platform base

Kvaerner says construction is under way of the gravity base structure (GBS) for ExxonMobil’s Hebron platform, following refurbishment of the Bull Arm site in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Liwan offshore China on course for late-year start-up

Husky Energy (Toronto:HSE) expects first gas from the Liwan project in the South China Sea either in late 2013 or early 2014.

Husky lays foundation for next-phase White Rose drilling

Husky Energy (Toronto:HSE) says a new drill center has been excavated offshore Newfoundland in preparation for development of the South White Rose extension.

Measuring the results of pipeline integrity technology

Pipe and pipeline integrity is always an issue whether the pipe is in a rack, below ground, or underwater.

Further delays for East Panuke platform

SBM Offshore (AMS:SBMO) says commissioning of the long-delayed platform for the Deep Panuke field offshore eastern Canada is making slow progress.

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