International compressor supplier Tamrotor Marine Compressors (TMC) has been awarded a contract by Golar LNG to supply the offshore market’s most energy efficient compressed air system to the Hilli FLNG vessel, which will operate offshore Cameroon…
Brazil’s Petrobras has terminated its contract for the Golar Spirit floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) one year early, according to Golar LNG. Image from Golar LNG. Golar…
Ophir Energy, Golar LNG and oilfield services giant Schlumberger have agreed to form a joint operating company to develop the Fortuna field, offshore Equatorial Guinea, Africa. The project will use Golar's floating LNG technology and…
Golar LNG and Schlumberger have formed a new joint venture, OneLNG, to rapidly develop low cost gas reserves to LNG. The combination of Schlumberger reservoir knowledge, wellbore technologies and production management capabilities…
Floating LNG – it’s a big business, taking decades to develop and involving the world’s largest vessels and cutting edge technology. Or is it? Elaine Maslin explains how operator Ophir Energy is taking a different tack off West Africa. Block R…
Laurentino Rangel, a consultant with Poten & Partners, provides an overview of current floating LNG projects around the globe. PFLNG SATU. Photo from Petronas. A floating LNG…
Schlumberger and Ophir have terminated discussions over a move which could have given the oilfield services firm a 40% stake in the Fortuna floating LNG development offshore Equatorial Guinea. Earlier this year, Schlumberger had reached a heads of terms agreement with Ophir over the project…
Ophir Energy is on track for a final investment decision on its Fortuna LNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea in mid-2016. Key engineering contracts, including the projects subsea production systems, are expected to be awarded in the first half of the year…
Golar LNG Ltd. entered into a purchase agreement to sell the Golar Tundra, a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), to Golar LNG Partners for US$330 million. In connection with the closing, the Golar Partners will receive a daily fee plus operating expenses…
Oilfield services giant Schlumberger has inked its second floating LNG-related deal within a space of days - this time taking a stake in a development project. After inking a memorandum of understanding with LNG carrier and floating LNG firm Golar LNG late last week…
Golar LNG signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Schlumberger to co-operate on the global development of greenfield, brownfield and stranded gas reserves. Under the MOU, Golar and Schlumberger have agreed to jointly market gas monetization solutions to owners…
ABS Group subsidiary Genesis Technology Solutions has been awarded a contract by Golar LNG to develop an intelligent maintenance strategy for the company’s new fleet of floating LNG (FLNG) vessels utilizing the GoFLNG floating liquefaction technology…
While depressed commodity prices lend to pessimism, floating production systems are projected to remain an integral component of offshore field development. Quest Offshore analyst Andrew Jackson explains. The…
OE reached out to analysts Wood Mackenzie and IHS Energy to find out the view on the next 12-18 months. And the outlook is not so great for exploration spend. Audrey Leon and Elaine Maslin report. Wood Mackenzie Image from iStock…
Ophir Energy has cut its planned development cost and signed a heads of agreements for LNG offtake from its Fortuna FLNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea. Gross capital costs on the project - due to be Africa's first floating LNG project…
