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Turret bearing concern on Jubilee FPSO

Feb 18, 2016

Tullow Oil is reducing how much its Jubilee floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel can rotate after discovering an issue with the vessel's turret bearing.  The Kwame Nkrumah FPSO vessel, which started production from the field…

Aker, MAN Diesel & Turbo form alliance

Nov 17, 2015

Image from Aker Solutions Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest…

SKF installs magnetic bearings at Åsgard

Nov 10, 2015

SKF supplied magnetic bearings for use in the world’s first subsea gas compression system at the Åsgard gas field off the Norwegian coast. As part of the subsea gas compression system, the bearings will contribute to recovering additional…

Tablet-based software for Ex inspections and maintenance

Nov 01, 2015

René Larsen, of Inspection and maintenance software specialists SafeEx, discusses how Ex inspection software was deployed on a gas compression jackup rig destined for the Cantarell field offshore Mexico. Data collection…

Aker shares Asgard vision

Oct 16, 2015

In this video, Aker Solutions talks about the vision of the world’s first subsea gas compression system to the Statoil-operated Asgard field offshore Norway. The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project…

Aker, Man eye next generation subsea compression

Oct 16, 2015

Aker Solutions and MAN Diesel & Turbo agreed to form an alliance to develop the next generation in subsea compression systems that can be used at even the smallest oil and gas fields to increase recovery and lower costs compared with conventional platform solutions…

Fugro wins Blue Stream pipeline work

Oct 12, 2015

Fugro has been awarded a contract by Blue Stream Pipeline Co. for the provision of survey support vessels and associated survey services to perform the 2015 external pipeline inspection for the offshore, shore approach, and dry section components of the Blue Stream Pipeline System…

Statoil fires up Gullfaks wet compression first

Oct 12, 2015

Norwegian firms have chalked up yet another subsea first on the country's continental shelf. Just weeks after Statoil brought the Aasgard subsea gas compression project online, on 17 September, Statoil has announced it has now also started…

Statoil installs Asgard subsea compression

Sep 22, 2015

Statoil's US$2.34 billion Asgard subsea gas compression project came onstream last week as the world's first subsea gas compression facility 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea.  In this illustrated video, the Norwegian giant shows the installation and how it will work…

World's first subsea compression online

Sep 17, 2015

At 300m below the surface of the Norwegian Sea, the world’s first subsea gas compression facility has come on stream, Statoil announced this morning.  The NOK 19 billion (US$2.34 billion) Åsgard subsea gas compression project, known as project Nemo to some internally…

BassGas exceeds 60 TJ/d

Sep 08, 2015

Origin Energy’s BassGas production has exceeded 60 TJ/d following the Yolla-5 development well coming online offshore Australia, according to partner AWE Ltd. Image of BassGas. From Origin. The…

Gullfaks compression moves a step closer

Aug 25, 2015

A move to start up the world's first subsea wet gas compressor has been given final approval by the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate as it moves close to coming on stream. Statoil's Gullfaks Sør project is one of two subsea gas compression projects being developed in Norway…

Bechtel, Delfin sign FEED contract

Aug 05, 2015

Image: Delfin LNG Bechtel announced it has been selected by Delfin LNG, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fairwood Peninsula Energy Corp., to perform front-end engineering and design (FEED)…

Jubilee gas export outage

Jul 20, 2015

Oil output at the giant Jubilee field has been constrained after gas output was suspended 3 July due to technical issues with gas compression systems on the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Kwame Nkrumah, says operator Tullow Oil…

Gullfaks subsea compression gets wet - photos and video

Jul 03, 2015

Statoil installed the first subsea wet gas compressor in the world at the Gullfaks C platform in the North Sea after a successful offshore campaign (see video below).  Image: Seaway Heavy Lifting's Oleg Strashnov carrying the protective structure…

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