Clay W. Vaughn, ExxonMobil Development Company

Mar 28th, 2014

Clay W. Vaughn, Vice President, Deepwater Projects, ExxonMobil Development Company, delivering the Keynote Presentation: A View of Subsea Developments 2014 And Beyond.

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Saipem’s FDS2 (pictured) and Constellation will perform the Payara offshore operations using a combination of J-lay and reel-lay.

ExxonMobil sticks with Saipem for third deepwater Guyana project

ExxonMobil has awarded Saipem a wide-ranging subsea construction contract for the proposed Payara development in 2,000 m (6,562 ft) water depth in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana.

The company plans to acquire dozens more offshore, island, and land rigs by 2025.

ADNOC to boost offshore rig numbers

ADNOC Drilling has committed to a rig fleet expansion to support parent company ADNOC’s upstream growth plans in the UAE.

The company has anchored the FPSO Liza Destiny to its mooring system at the Liza Phase 1 location offshore Guyana.

Hookup continuing at Liza field offshore Guyana

SBM Offshore has issued updates on its current FPSO construction programs.

The 2,500-ton structure was installed earlier this week using the HL-5000 barge.

Another South Pars platform installed offshore Iran

Pars Oil and Gas Co. has completed installation of the third platform for phases 22-24 of the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf.

Cambo oil and gas field layout.

Siccar Point lodges plan for Cambo west of Shetland

Siccar Point Energy E&P has submitted an application to Britain’s Oil and Gas Authority to develop the deepwater Cambo oil and gas field 125 km (78 mi) west of Shetland.

Illustration of the Hywind Tampen project with the Gullfaks field in the background. (Dimensions and distances are not realistic.)

JDR adapting power cables for Hywind Tampen floating wind farm

Equinor has awarded JDR Cable Systems a design/manufacturing contract for the Hywind Tampen wind farm project in the Norwegian North Sea.

The FPSO Prof. John Evans Atta Mills operates at the TEN field development offshore Ghana.

Equipment, well issues slow production from offshore Ghana fields

Tullow Oil predicts average full-year production from the Jubilee field offshore Ghana of around 89,000 b/d this year, below expectations.

Zeus is in block 12, between the Karish and Tanin leases, offshore Israel.

Energean identifies Zeus as next drilling target offshore Israel

Energean plans a 5.4-km (3.36-mi) subsea tieback of its recent Karish North discovery offshore Israel to the FPSO Energean Power.

The semisubmersible Mærsk Developer was built in 2009.

Shell contracts Maersk semisub for offshore Trinidad and Tobago wells

Shell subsidiary BG International has contracted the semisubmersible Mærsk Developer for a two-well development drilling program offshore Trinidad and Tobago.

Locations of the Joe-1 and Jethro-1 discovery wells offshore Guyana.

Offshore Guyana partners assess implications of heavy oil analysis

Analysis of oil samples taken from the recent Jethro and Joe discovery wells offshore Guyana suggests that both fields contain heavy crudes with a high sulfur content.

A representation of the Apsara oil field in block A offshore Cambodia.

Indonesian fabricator to construct first-phase Apsara platform

KrisEnergy has conditionally contracted PT Profab1 to supply a minimum facilities wellhead platform for the Apsara oil field development in block A offshore Cambodia.

The company will focus on its Manta ocean bottom node technology.

Seabed Geosolutions to focus on OBN seismic technologies

Fugro subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions has agreed to sell its entire shallow water ocean bottom cable recording equipment spread for around $10 million.

The Global 1201 is a multi-purpose DP-2 heavy-lift and pipelay vessel.

TechnipFMC in talks to sell S-lay vessel

TechnipFMC is looking to sell its offshore construction vessel G1201 as it looks to optimize its subsea fleet.

The Bourbon Evolution 802 will feature three-axis stabilized antennas from Cobham, developed for and approved by Inmarsat for the Global Xpress satellite network.

Bourbon opts for Inmarsat broadband service for offshore vessels

Bourbon has agreed to adopt Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress on more than 100 offshore support vessels.