SMB wins Brazilian FPSO contract | Offshore Magazine

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SCHIEDAM, The Netherlands –Petrobras officially has awarded SBM Offshore NV a turnkey supply and three-year operations contract for the P-57 FPSO. SBM says the contract should be signed later this month.

01/08/2008

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Solo taking stakes in 14 Dutch North Sea gas fields

Solo subsidiary, Scirocco (Netherlands) Energy has agreed to acquire from ONE-Dyas various interests in gas fields in the Dutch North Sea under a deal valued at up to €32.1 million ($35.3 million).

Equipment at the 1,600-sq m (17,222-sq ft) advanced multiphase facility include a full production-scale separator with an operating weight of 270 metric tons and an integrated subsea choke, with a capability to test a comprehensive range of flow meters.

TÜV SÜD opens multiphase complex in Scotland

Flow measurement specialist TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory has opened its new £16-million ($19.6-million) advanced multiphase facility.

Actuated ball valve c/w controls

Orseal valves onboard Mero FPSO

Orseal has supplied a range of valves for MODEC’s FPSO Guanabara MV31, which will start a 22-year charter in 2021 at the Mero field on the Libra block in the presalt Santos basin.

Discovered in 1960, ISND lies 85 km (53 mi) offshore eastern Doha, Qatar.

Qatar Petroleum assumes operatorship of two oil fields

Qatar Petroleum has succeeded Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd. as operator of the Idd El-Shargi North Dome and Idd El-Shargi South Dome offshore oil fields.

Johan Sverdrup was Norway’s largest offshore greenfield development project since the 1980s, with recoverable reserves estimated at 2.7 Bboe.

Equinor produces first oil from North Sea Sverdrup mega-project

Production has started from the Johan Sverdrup Phase 1 field development in the central Norwegian North Sea.

The FSO Gagak Rimang at the Banyu Urip oil field on the Cepu block offshore Indonesia.

ExxonMobil re-assessing Far East goals

ExxonMobil may look to sell further upstream interests in the Asia/Pacific region to help reach its global divestment target of $15 billion of assets by 2021.

The Pierce depressurization project will involve modifying the FPSO Haewene Brim; installing a subsea gas export line from the FPSO to the SEGAL pipeline; and drilling of new wells.

Shell to convert North Sea Pierce production for gas exports

Shell U.K. and partner Ithaca Energy have committed to the Pierce depressurization project in the UK central North Sea.

Heerema’s new semisubmersible crane vessel Sleipnir recently installed the topsides for the Leviathan platform in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel.

Noble steps up offshore Israel gas deliveries

Noble Energy Inc. and its partners have amended their gas sales agreements with Dolphinus Holdings for the Leviathan and Tamar fields offshore Israel.

Valhall West Flank is a 12-slot, unmanned facility connected to the Valhall field center in the southern Norwegian North Sea.

NPD gives go ahead for North Sea Valhall start-up

Aker BP has permission from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate to start up the Valhall West Flank platform in the southern Norwegian North Sea.

3D model of a small-scale LNG plant.

Saipem introduces compact liquefaction process

Saipem has developed Liqueflex, a new technology for small- and medium-scale gas liquefaction plants.

The Hawkins condensate field and Seymour oil field are in the UK central North Sea.

Chrysaor seeks sanction for two new UK North Sea production wells

Chrysaor North Sea Ltd. has submitted a letter of application to the Oil and Gas Authority to increase production from the Hawkins and Seymour fields, 220 km (137 mi) offshore in the UK central North Sea.

The Polarled gas pipeline route in the Norwegian Sea.

Wintershall agrees to Norwegian gas infrastructure sales

Wintershall Norge is scaling back its interests in the Norwegian Sea.

The Gumusut-Kakap Semi FPS has a rated production capacity of 165,000 b/d.

Shell adds four wells to Gumusut-Kakap production offshore Sabah

Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd. has completed the Gumusut-Kakap Phase 2 project offshore Sabah.

Oil and gas in place in tight reservoirs by area.

Efficiency measures having positive impact on Norway’s offshore fields, report finds

Total remaining recoverable resources across the Norwegian continental shelf are around 8.3 bcmoe, according to the latest estimate by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate.