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Seatrium delivers floating production unit for Shell's Gulf of Mexico project
Seatrium Limited (Seatrium) announced the successful delivery of the Floating Production Unit (FPU), Whale, for deployment in the Gulf of Mexico, in accordance with the contract secured in November 2019 with Shell Offshore Inc. The completed Whale …
Oct 20, 2023 / Curious
Saipem awarded two new contracts for a total value of around 700 million USD
Saipem has been awarded two new contracts, the first by Eni Congo and the other by bp, for a total value of around 700 million USD. The first contract has been awarded to Saipem by Eni Congo for the conversion of Scarabeo 5 semisubmersible drilling …
Aug 15, 2023 / Curious
HD Korea Shipbuilding wins orders for 1 offshore facility, 8 ships
Major South Korean shipyard HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co. said Monday it has clinched orders worth billions of dollars to build a floating production unit (FPU) and eight vessels. Caption: A floating production unit built …
Jul 5, 2023 / Curious
BHP Awards McDermott FEED Contract for Trion FPU
McDermott will apply its pre-FEED work, longstanding history of engineering deepwater facilities in the Gulf of MexicoMcDermott International, Ltd on Tuesday (May 11) announced it has been selected by BHP Petróleo Operaciones de México, S. De R.L. De …
May 12, 2021 / Curious
bp’s Argos platform sets sail for Texas
The Mad Dog 2 project hit another significant milestone last week as the Argos Floating Production Unit (FPU) sailed away from South Korea on the Boskalis Vanguard and began the journey to the Kiewit Offshore Services fabrication yard in Ingleside, …
Feb 8, 2021 / Vessels
Sembcorp Marine Secures FPU Construction and Integration Contract for Shell’s Whale Field Development in Gulf of Mexico
Whale FPU will take advantage of synergies from ongoing Shell Vito FPU project secured last yearTopside and hull will be delivered in 2022 from Tuas Boulevard Yard as a single integrated structure, facilitated by the yard’s 30,000-tonne lifting …
Nov 1, 2019 / Vessels
COSCO SHIPPING Specialized Carriers signs contract to Transport Murphy’s King’s Quay FPU
COSCO SHIPPING Specialized signed a transportation contract with Hyundai Heavy Industries in July for Murphy’s King’s Quay floating production unit (FPU). King’s Quay will be fabricated in Ulsan, Korea and then transported in 2021 to the Gulf of …
Sep 11, 2019 / Vessels
BP awards hook-up and commissioning contract to Worley
Worley has been awarded a contract by BP for hook-up and commissioning integration services for BP’s Mad Dog 2 project and the Argos deep-water platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Argos will be BP’s newest floating production unit (FPU). It is planned to …
Aug 2, 2019 / Curious
CNOOC orders MacGregor on-vessel mooring systems for their new deepwater floating production unit
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has received an order from China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) to supply the on-vessel mooring system for a deepwater Floating Production Unit (FPU). The order is booked into Cargotec's first quarter 2019 …
Mar 27, 2019 / Curious