Statoil and its partners have started up production on the Stjerne field, 13 kilometres southwest of the Oseberg South platform in the North Sea. Stjerne is the fifth of Statoil’s fast-track projects in production. “This is a good example of how to make smaller discoveries profitable. The project has run according to plan, despite the [...]
Incat Crowther has been awarded a contract to design a fleet of 48m monohull Fast Supply Vessels (FSVs). In a significant order that demonstrates market confidence in Incat Crowther’s offshore expertise, a total twelve of these vessels will be built by ETP Engenharia Ltda., which has also recently delivered a pair of Incat Crowther 36m [...]
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EDT Offshore (Cyprus), an operations and management company for offshore support and dredging services, has taken delivery of a Damen Fast Crew Supplier 3507 and an FCS 5009: the ‘EDT Leda’ and the ´EDT Nefeli´. Both are built according to the Damen Sea Axe design that reduces slamming up to 75% and increases crew comfort. [...]
Norway’s Aker Solutions has been awarded a job by Statoil for the engineering, procurement and construction of a subsea production system for the Svalin project on the Norwegian continental shelf. The contract value is approximately NOK 400 million (USD 66.4 million) Scope of work includes two subsea trees, one four-slot integrated template structure with process distribution [...]
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The Government of Ivory Coast has given a green light for Rialto Energy’s Field Development Plan (“FDP”) for the Gazelle Field located in CI-202 . The FDP approval will allow the fast track development of the Gazelle Field resulting in production start-up in Fourth Quarter 2013 at initial oil rates of 8000 bopd and gas [...]
![Norway: Statoil Submits Plan for Vigdis Fast Track Development]()
Statoil has today submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Vigdis North-East development in the North Sea to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Production start is scheduled for December 2012. This is the second fast-track development plan submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy this year. The [...]
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This will be the year Statoil is planning and realising several fast-track developments on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). Two new projects are being launched these days, namely Gamma/Harepus and Snorre B template. A plan for development and operation (PDO) of Gamma/Harepus is to be submitted in first quarter 2012, allowing production start-up in the [...]
![USA: Helix Fast Response System Key Factor to First Gulf of Mexico Drilling Permit]()
The Bureau of Offshore Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement has approved the first permit to restart deepwater drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico since the Macondo spill incident, referencing availability of containment solutions like the Helix Fast Response System as a deciding factor in allowing drilling to resume. Twenty independent E&P companies have [...]
![Norway: Statoil Continuing its Focus on Fast Track Development]()
The first four fast-track developments are on schedule. The portfolio is now being expanded with three new projects that may be developed even faster. “We have already gained valuable experience,” says Ståle Tungesvik, Statoil’s head of reserve replacement and business development on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). “I am firmly convinced that the next projects [...]
![Alabama: Fast Response Prevents Time Loss for General Cargo Vessel in Mobile]()
When oil was leaking from the stern tube seals of a general cargo vessel, Hydrex mobilized a certified diver-technician team to the vessel’s location in Mobile, Alabama, to perform underwater stern tube seal repairs before the ship was transferred to a new chartering party. Hydrex had already performed a similar operation on one of the [...]
