McDermott To Work On BP’s Third Cassia Compression Platform

McDermott International Inc. has been awarded a detailed engineering and long lead procurement services contract from BP Trinidad & Tobago LLC for the Cassia C Compression platform, the company said March 5.

The platform is located 65 km (40 miles) off the southeast coast of Trinidad and Tobago.

The Cassia C Compression project includes a new unmanned compression platform for the existing Cassia complex. The facility will provide gas compression to the Cassia complex via a new bridge connected to Cassia B. Cassia C is BP’s third Cassia platform, handling gas coming from its operations in the prolific Columbus Basin.

McDermott expects to use the Project Lifecycle Management module from its new digital platform Gemini XD to deliver advanced technology through project execution and the development of a digital twin of the complete system.

McDermott’s team in Houston plans to lead the engineering and execution with support from the company’s engineering center in Chennai, India.

Aker Solutions, Subsea 7 Win Order For Nova Offshore Norway

Aker Solutions and Subsea 7 have been awarded contracts by Wintershall Norge for the Nova oil and gas field development, the companies said.

The contract award comprises engineering, procurement, construction and installation delivery of the pipeline and riser systems, and the transport and installation of subsea production systems and umbilical system.

The Nova Field development is a subsea tieback to the existing Gjøa semisubmersible production facility. The field is located in the northeastern part of the North Sea, 16 km (9 miles) from the Gjøa Field, in a water depth of about 360 m (1181 ft).

Work for Nova starts immediately and involves facilities in Norway, the U.K. and Malaysia. Final deliveries are scheduled for 2019 and 2020.

Nova has total recoverable reserves of 80 MMboe. The field is expected to come onstream in 2021.

Dril-Quip Lands Contract For Repsol’s Ca Rong Do Project

Dril-Quip Inc. said its Singapore-based subsidiary Dril-Quip Asia Pacific has secured a contract to supply top tensioned riser (TTR) systems and associated services for the Repsol-operated Ca Rong Do (Red Emperor) project offshore Vietnam, according to a news release.

As part of the contract, Dril-Quip said it will provide a drilling TTR system and multiple TTR systems for the production, gas injection and water injection wells. The systems will include tieback connectors, tapered stress joints, riser joints, riser connectors, keel joints, tensioner joints, spool joints, flexible jumpers, surface wellheads, surface trees, control umbilicals and tensioner systems, Dril-Quip said in the release.

Repsol sanctioned the project in 2017. Development plans for the field, located in Block 07/03 offshore southern Vietnam, will include use of a tension-leg wellhead production platform, a tender-assisted drilling vessel and an FPSO. Located in a water depth of about 320 m, the platform will host up to 20 wells for oil production along with water and gas injection.

Partners include Mubadala Petroleum, PetroVietnam Exploration Production Corp. and PetroVietnam.

DeepOcean Wins SURF Riser Work In North Sea, Norwegian Sea

Statoil has tapped DeepOcean for a riser replacement and construction work job in the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea.

As stated in a news release, the work scope includes marine operations for replacement, installation and recovery of subsea lines and installation work at the Njord, Kristin, Troll C and Åsgard fields offshore. The onshore engineering and prep work is set to begin in early 2018 with offshore execution scheduled for 2019 and 2020.

DeepOcean said its onshore project team will work from the company’s Haugesund and Stavanger offices in Norway.

Shell Gives Up On Gaza’s Offshore Gas Field

Royal Dutch Shell is giving up its stake in an undeveloped natural gas field off the Gaza Strip, sending the Palestinians looking for a new foreign group to replace it, Palestinian officials said on March 5.

Cabinet ministers from the Palestinian Authority said in a statement they had been informed that the energy giant was pulling out of the project and were now in the process of “trying to attract a global company” to take its place.

Shell had been struggling to find a buyer for its 55% stake in the Gaza Marine Field, which it took over during its acquisition of BG Group in 2016.

A Shell spokesman said, “We confirm we have been in discussions with various parties about the future of the Gaza Marine project. As of now, Shell continues to hold its equity in the Gaza Marine asset.”

Gaza Marine, located about 30 km (20 miles) off the Gaza coast, has long been seen as a golden opportunity for the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority to join the Mediterranean gas bonanza, providing a major source of income to reduce its reliance on foreign aid.

Plans to develop the field—estimated to hold over 28 Bcm (1 Tcf) of natural gas, the equivalent of Spain’s consumption in 2016—were put off several times over the past decade. The delays were due to internal Palestinian rivalry and conflict with Israel as well as economic reasons.

With Shell’s exit, the Palestine Investment Fund, a sovereign wealth fund, remains the sole stakeholder.

—Staff & Reuters Reports