Daily Archives: July 13, 2017

Shell to shut Curtis Island LNG export plant for maintenance in October

By LNG World News Image courtesy of QGCShell’s Curtis Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Australia will shut down for planned maintenance in October. The exact timing of the shutdown has not been revealed by QGC, Shell’s unit operating the two two-train LNG export facility. The maintenance shutdown, “an activity is carried out…

Sailaway date for Catcher FPSO coming near

By Offshore Energy Today.. First oil from Premier Oil-operated Catcher development in the UK sector of the North Sea remains on track for later this year with sailaway date for the FPSO unit set for next month. The Catcher, made up of several fields discovered between 2010 and 2013, is located 170 kilometers south-east of…

WoodMac podcast: Zama field discovery ‘exciting for Mexico’

By _Offshore_Energy_Today_ Wood Mackenzie’s “Energy Alert” podcast took a closer look at this week’s big news regarding Talos’ Zama discovery and Eni’s successful appraisal offshore Mexico as well as acquisition of Carcara interest by Statoil in Brazil. Offshore Energy Today reported on Wednesday that Talos Energy and its partners Sierra and Premier made what they…

Wasco starts coating Nord Stream 2 pipes in Germany

By Offshore Energy Today After starting the concrete coating work on the North Stream 2 pipes in Finland, Wasco Coatings has now begun concrete weight coating pipes for the project in the port of Mukran on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen, Germany. Up to 90,000 pipes will be coated by the end of 2018…