Borr Drilling accepted a letter of intent from BW Energy Dussafu (BWE), a subsidiary of BW Offshore, for a drilling campaign offshore Gabon. Borr’s premium, high-specification jackup Norve will be utilized to drill and complete two subsea development wells…
BW Offshore and Panoro Energy have agreed on a final investment decision (FID) for the Dussafu project offshore Gabon, with first oil set for next year. Map of Dussafu, from Panoro. Panoro…
BW Offshore has completed a deal with Harvest Natural Resources for its stake in the Dussafu production sharing contract (PSC) offshore Gabon. BW Energy Gabon (BWEG) now holds a 66.67% working interest in the Dussafu PSC, while Panoro Energy holds the remaining 33…
BW Offshore and the BW Group entered into agreement to acquire 66.67% of the Dussafu production sharing contract offshore Gabon. Subject to closing of this first transaction, the partnership has secured a right to acquire a further 25% of the Dussafu license…
Floating production firm BW Offshore has started an arbitration process against Addax Petroleum Exploration over payment for use of the floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) Sendje Berge. BW Offshore says Addax as…
Petrobras has exercised an option to extend the fixed term of the lease contract for the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel the BW Pioneer from Q1 2017 to Q1 2020. The FPSO BW Pioneer started work on the Cascade…
The BW Athena floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is to be demobilized from the Athena field in the UK North Sea next month. The move, which had been expected, will the see BW Athena leave the field Athena and Anglia fields…
Floating production vessel operator BW Offshore has posted a 3% rise in operating revenues but says, which outsourced floating solutions remain an attractive option, the low oil price environment will see a reduction in orders that is expected to be prolonged…
BW Offshore signed an agreement with Petrorio for a one-year extension for the lease and operation of the FPSO Polvo. The firm period has been extended to 3Q 2016 (from 3Q 2015), with options until 3Q 2022. BW Offshore is operating the FPSO offshore Brazil…
The Leviathan project takes another hit after the Palestine Power Generation Co. (PPGC) gave its notice to cancel its 20-year agreement to supply natural gas for Leviathan, offshore Israel. Map of Israel…
Dr. Helmut Sohmen has announced his retirement, effective 20 November 2014, as Chairman of the Board of BW Offshore Ltd., which owns and operates floating production systems worldwide. He has served as Chair since 2005. Andreas Sohmen…
BW Offshore has agreed a US$800 million, 10-year credit facility for the Catcher floating production, storage and offloading project. The facility is a combined construction and long term financing facility. The credit facility was substantially…
Ithaca Energy opted to extend its contract with BW Offshore's BW Athena FPSO, the Olso, Norway-based vessel owner announced on 6 June 2014. The original contract, signed in 2010, covered a service period from 2012-2015. Ithaca Energy…
BW Offshore has signed a letter of intent to acquire 30% of the Polvo oil field in Brazil. Following the ongoing sale of BP's stake in the Polvo field to HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (HRT), BW Offshore has the intention to acquire half of HRT's stake…
Statoil and its partner Sinochem have agreed to purchase the Peregrino FPSO from A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. The floating production, storage and offloading unit has been in use at the Statoil-operated Peregrino field in Brazil since production start-up in 2011…
