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Most Recent Offshore Oil Field Development

Teekay to convert FSO for Gina Krog in North Sea

Teekay Offshore Partners (NYSE:TOO) has entered into an agreement with Statoil to provide a floating storage and offtake (FSO) vessel for the Gina Krog oil and gas field development in the Norwegian North Sea.

Further platform work for Bifab on Cygnus in North Sea

GDF SUEZ has contracted Burntisland Fabrication (BiFab) for construction of the UK North Sea Cygnus gas field quarters and utilities platform.

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.

Latest platform installed on Kuwait/Saudi Arabia offshore field

Al-Khafji Joint Operations (KJO) has started operations at the seventh platform at the gathering station on the offshore Al-Khafji field on the median line between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

Punj Lloyd to install B-127 pipeline offshore India

ONGC has contracted Punj Lloyd for construction of the B-127 cluster pipeline offshore western India.

Saipem orders umbilicals from Oceaneering for Egyptian subsea tieback

Saipem has contracted Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) to supply umbilicals for the West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development in the Egyptian sector of the Mediterranean Sea.

Well to test undrilled TGT fault block offshore Vietnam

SOCO International and its partners have contracted the jackup Naga-2 for further appraisal and development drilling offshore southern Vietnam.

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.

Sea Lion offshore Falklands approaching FEED stage

Premier Oil says 60 separate studies are under way for pre-front-end engineering design for the Sea Lion field development in the offshore North Falkland basin.

ConocoPhillips orders more FMC subsea hardware for Bayu Undan

ConocoPhillips Australia has contracted FMC Technologies (NYSE: FTI) to supply subsea equipment for Phase 3 of the Bayu Undan development in the Timor Sea.

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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