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Most Recent Offshore Oil Field 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.

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.

ExxonMobil to replace subsea power cables in GoM

ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) has contracted Prysmian Group to supply and install 50 km (31 mi) of submarine power cables in the Gulf of Mexico.

North Sea Alma/Galia subsea systems installed

EnQuest’s Alma/Galia development project in the UK North Sea is on track for first oil this fall.

Offshore Oil Field Development: Russia

Gazprom working on widespread offshore Russia exploration

Gazprom plans to drill two exploratory wells this year offshore Sakhalin Island, eastern Russia.

Caspian barge prepares for V.Filanovsky installations

A transport and installation barge (TIB) has arrived at the Astrakhan floating depot at the northern coast of the Caspian Sea.

LUKOIL set to install Caspian platform foundations

The LOTOS shipyard has completed construction of two platform supporting blocks commissioned by LUKOIL.

LUKOIL taps Schlumberger for Caspian field wells

LUKOIL has contracted Schlumberger to design wells for the V. Filanovsky field development in the northern Caspian Sea.

CERA Week 2013: Complex opportunities need proper approach says BP’s Dudley

Future oil and gas industry opportunities are plentiful, but they are complex and difficult, Bob Dudley, group chief executive of BP told an audience at IHS CERA Week.

Gazprom forges ahead with Shtokman studies

Preparations continue for the Shtokman gas/condensate project in the Barents Sea, according to Gazprom.

Cathodic protection adapted for harsh Caspian conditions

Cathelco is supplying corrosion protection systems for offshore platform foundations under construction for Lukoil’s Filanovsky field development in the Caspian Sea.

Saipem to install Filanovsky offshore platforms and infrastructure in the Caspian Sea

LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft has contracted Saipem to transport and install production facilities related to the Vladimir Filanovsky field in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea.

More rigs needed for Caspian development project

Dragon Oil is adding intervals on the Dzheitune (Lam) 13/171 well in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, and expects to complete the Dzheitune (Lam) C/175 development well in the next few weeks.

Kirinskoye development under way offshore eastern Russia

Gazprom has started construction of production wells on the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.

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