EnerMech Gets LLOG’s Gulf of America Pre-Commissioning Job
industry services firm EnerMech has secured a contract from oil company LLOG for pre-commissioning services at the Salamanca platform in the Gulf of America.The contract covers hydrotesting and nitrogen dewatering of three 8-inch infield flowlines, one 16-inch oil export pipeline and one 10-inch gas export pipeline. The contract award follows a previous contract in for topside pre-commissioning services which EnerMech secured in 2024.The Salamanca Floating Production Unit (FPU) will operate at a depth of approximately 6,400 feet of water with production from the Leon and Castille fields.With an initial
Santos Green Lights TechnipFMC for Barossa Subsea Scope
the Australian energy sector.”Santos last month announced a final investment decision (FID) was taken to proceed with the $3.6 billion Barossa gas and condensate project.The development will comprise a BW Offshore supplied FPSO, subsea production wells, supporting subsea infrastructure and a gas export pipeline tied into the existing Bayu-Undan to Darwin LNG pipeline. First gas production is targeted for the first half of 2025
IKM Works on Pipeline, Umbilicals Concept for Equinor's Barents Sea Oil Discovery
phase.Under the contract awarded to IKM Ocean Design, the company will be responsible for the conceptual design of the Wisting pipelines and umbilical’s routing and overall field layout conceptual engineering. In addition, the contract includes the conceptual design of the 200 km long gas export pipeline from the Wisting field to the Snøhvit D template. IKM Ocean Design did not provide details on the value of the contract. However, it did share a photo of a cake made to celebrate the contract win.Credit: WistingWorth reminding, Equinor last month awarded several contracts for concept
Shell Awards Pierce Scope to Subsea 7
Aberdeen.Shell announced it has taken financial investment decision (FID) for the project on Thursday.Subsea 7 said its contract is worth between $50 million and $150 million and includes engineering, procurement, construction, transportation and installation (EPCI and T&I) of a 30 kilometer gas export pipeline, a gas export riser and associated subsea infrastructure, for tie-ins at the Haewene Brim floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO).Project management and detailed engineering has commenced at Subsea 7’s office in Aberdeen, with offshore activities scheduled for 2020 and
Wood Group Wins Ichthys Subsea Deal
Wood Group has secured a new, five-year contract with INPEX Operations Australia Pty Ltd (INPEX Australia) to provide subsea engineering services for the integrity of the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project, offshore Western Australia. The operations of all subsea assets and the gas export pipeline will be supported under the contract which includes two, one-year extension options and is effective immediately. It continues Wood Group’s 12-year support of the Ichthys LNG Project development; providing subsea engineering and project management services during the concept
SensorView Reduces Non-productive Rig Time at Ichthys
250 meters and is estimated to contain more than 12 trillion cubic feet of gas and 500 million barrels of condensate. The field will be developed using a semi-submersible central processing facility, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world, and an FPSO connected by 890 kilometers of gas export pipeline to an onshore processing and storage facility at Bladin Point near Darwin. As part of a 40 month contract, INPEX contracted Neptune to provide rig positioning and survey services during the drilling and completions phase of the project, work that is being undertaken by the Jack Bates
Sound Energy Reports Progress On Moroccan, Italian Licences
Euro 5M reduction in the drilling cost. Nervesa, Italy Following award of the Production Concession from the Italian Ministry of Economic Development (announced on 14th July 2015) and the signature of a GSA with the Shell Group, works to connect the onshore Nervesa well to the national gas export pipeline commenced on the 21st of December. The installation of the pre-fabricated skid units has now been completed and pipeline connections with the relevant welding operations will finish on the 15th of January. Thereafter the Company will finalise electrical and control line connections
DNV GL Wins Ichthys LNG project Contract
DNV GL continue its expert support to the project as it transitions into operation in 2017. The primary scope of work includes in-service verification of the Ichthys facilities; the central processing facility (CPF), floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO), subsea production system, gas export pipeline, onshore combined cycle power plant and onshore LNG plant. DNV GL will also provide in-service classification of the CPF and the FPSO hulls. Richard Palmer, Regional Manager for Australia, New Zealand and Papa New Guinea, DNV GL, Oil & Gas said: “The transfer of the Ichthys LNG
McDermott Engineers Created the World’s Largest Specialty Valves
. The valves are destined for the INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG Project. “The Ichthys Project umbilical, riser and flowline infrastructure – which will be installed at the Ichthys Field offshore Western Australia - requires connection of the subsea riser base to the 42-inch gas export pipeline going to the onshore LNG processing facility,” explained Jonathan Parkes, McDermott Senior Project Director. “This meant that six 42-inch valves had to be specially designed and fabricated to meet the 40-year design criteria. To our knowledge, these are the world’s largest
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