Offshore news

The company will continue to support the offshore operations of an international oil and gas company in Brunei.

The FPSO operating the well has the capacity to process up to 150 000 bpd and treat up to 6 million m3 of natural gas.

The three-year contract began on 1 May and will employ 144 Danos personnel in a variety of positions.

The new phase of the project, based on the successful completion of a design study last year, will include the design, build and test of enabling technologies that are the backbone of Upwing’s Magnetic Drive System concept for a reliable and retrievable electric submersible pump.

Efforts to find an additional partner for the drilling of the next well in blocks A2 and A5 are ongoing, with FAR working to conclude a farm-out before the restart of the drilling operations.

The field will be redeveloped by installing a new wellhead platform tied in to the Valhall field centre.

FAR is investigating selling all or part of its interest in the project.

The project saw AISUS perform the inspection of 15 lines within the main caisson tubular structure of the client's platform.

MAN will supply Yinson with four RB-type centrifugal-compressor trains for gas production and export, as well as two screw-compressor trains, which will be put into operation as vapour-recovery units.

LOC will provide marine warranty surveyor services for the SURF development on the Johan Sverdrup oilfield in the North Sea.