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GE to supply turbines for FPSO offshore Brazil

GE (NYSE:GE) will supply four LM2500+G4 aeroderivative gas turbine packages to Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co. Ltd. to use on an FPSO destined for offshore Brazil.

Shtokman offshore/onshore review nearing completion

Gazprom has issued an update on the Shtokman gas/condensate field development project in the Barents Sea.

Technip to supply flexible pipe to deepwater Iracema Sul offshore Brazil

Petrobras has contracted Technip (Paris:TEC) to supply flexible pipes for the Iracema Sul (former Cernambi Sul) field, in the Santos basin presalt offshore Brazil at a water depth of up to 2,500 m (8,200 ft).

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.

Offshore Oil Field Development: US & Gulf of Mexico

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.

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.

Exxon contracts deepwater GoM pipelay from Technip for Julia

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) has contracted Technip (PARIS:TEC) for work at the Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico’s Walker Ridge area at 2,100 m (7,200 ft) water depth.

Shell orders FMC subsea equipment for Stones in ultra-deepwater GoM

Shell has contracted FMC Technologies Inc. (NYSE: FTI) to supply subsea equipment for the Stones ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.

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 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.

Shell plans FPSO for Stones ultra-deepwater GoM development

Royal Dutch Shell PLC will build an FPSO and subsea infrastructure to develop the Stones ultra-deepwater project in the Gulf of Mexico.

ExxonMobil opts for Jack/St. Malo tieback for Julia

ExxonMobil and partner Statoil have sanctioned development of the Julia field in the Gulf of Mexico.

CGG claims new survey records made in GoM

Using its StagSeis survey configuration, CGG claims the record for deploying the longest offsets in the industry for a full-azimuth multi-vessel survey.

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