Norwegian giant Statoil has started drilling at its Mariner field in the UK North Sea using the world’s largest jackup, with a target for first oil set for 2018. Image of the Mariner topsides at DSME…
In this video, Statoil shows its Mariner B floating storage unit (FSU) for the Mariner field on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS). The Mariner field is on the East Shetland Platform of the UK North Sea, approximately 150km east of Shetland…
Statoil has been given approval to carrying out various well activities on the Njord field in the Norwegian Sea, about 130km north of Kristiansund. The Njord field has been developed using a semisubmersible drilling, accommodation and production facility…
Intelligent Engineering has seen its SPS repair system used on a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel offshore Cameroon. The FSO Komi Kribi 1 (KK1), converted in 1977 from a VLCC and operated by ExxonMobil for Cameroon Oil Transportation Co…
French supermajor Total has made a small gas and condensate discovery in the northeast part of the Martin Linge field offshore Norway. Total estimates about 12-69 MMboe was found in the well, on production license 043, drilled using the Maersk Intrepid jackup in 115m water depth…
Statoil and CHC Helicopter have celebrated the inaugural flight to the Mariner field, Statoil’s first operated field development on the UK continental shelf (UKCS). The flight left CHC’s Aberdeen Airport base this week heading for the Mariner B floating storage unit (FSU)…
The Mariner B vessel arrived and is safely berthed at Global Energy Group’s Nigg Energy Park, north of Inverness, after completing the 15,800nm (18,183mi/29,263km) journey from the Samsung construction yard in South Korea. Mariner illustration…
Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine is on track to deliver the Armada Kraken floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to Bumi Armada, marking the Malaysian oilfield service company's entry into the North Sea. The Armada Kraken…
A floating storage unit built to serve the Mariner heavy oil field in the UK North Sea has set sail from its yard in Korea. The Mariner B vessel was built at the Samsung yard in South Korea. Before reaching the North Sea the FSU will sail some 15…
Choosing the right FLNG topsides equipment can be a complex process. Audrey Leon reports on some of the solutions presented by Black & Veatch at this year’s Offshore Technology Conference. The Carribean FLNG unit…
Wood Group has secured an extension to continue to support Chevron Upstream Europe across four offshore assets in the North Sea. Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations and maintenance services to the Alba Northern platform, Alba floating storage unit…
Statoil’s largest ever steel jacket has been laid to rest on the sea bed 150km east of the Shetland Isles, marking a major milestone in the Mariner heavy oil field development. The 22,400-tonne mariner jacket, which stands some 134m high…
Statoil’s largest steel jacket in its history is on its two-week, 1835 nm journey to the North Sea after setting sail from the Spanish Dragados yard on 10 August. Mariner steel jacket sails away…
Norwegian giant Statoil’s Mariner field in the North Sea is a US$7 billion investment for the company. It is located in Block 9/11 on the East Shetland Platform, about 150km east of the Shetland Isles, and lies in water depths ranging between 97-112m…
Statoil awarded an eight-year contract for the design and supply of production chemicals and services for the Mariner Field to Baker Hughes in the UK. Contract start date is anticipated to start in July 2015 and also includes an extension option of four years…
