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White Rose expansion are recovering maximum heat planned offshore Canada from the gas turbine exhaust

Husky Energy expects gas and therefore highly improv- injection to start before ing the environmental condi- year-end at the South White tions on the platform.

Rose extension offshore

D

Aker supplies

Newfoundland. South White

Jack/St. Malo umbilicals

Rose is tied back to the

SeaRose FPSO, with frst oil Aker Solutions will provide

A anticipated by end-2014. umbilicals for the second stage

The company also signed a of the Chevron’ Jack and St. benefts agreement with the Malo developments, located government of Newfoundland in the US Gulf of Mexico. The and Labrador for the West two electro-hydraulic dynamic

D B

White Rose development aim- steel tube umbilicals will each

C ing to boost oil production. measure 80,000ft (24,384m)

Detailed engineering is under in length and will be used way for a new fxed wellhead to control a subsea produc- platform. First oil is planned tion system. Aker will also for West Whtie Rose in the provide hardware, including

L 2017 timeframe. terminations, bend stiffeners

K and buoyancy modules. The

J

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CGG surveys umbilicals will be installed at

GOM for Pemex a depth of 7,500ft (2,286m).

CGG has been selected to

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Irish round carry out a large high-end

H opens 2014 seismic acquisition survey in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf Ireland’s next Atlantic Margin of Pemex. The survey, in oil and gas exploration licens-

Mexican waters, is phase 5 in ing round is to be announced

Pemex’s Centauro program, following a review of the the largest ever proprietary country’s oil and gas fscal year after a crack was discov- and a seabed installation for 3D wide-azimuth program terms, due to be completed ered in a bulkhead inside the eight water injection wells. to be conducted worldwide, early 2014, the country’s gov- tank sponson. Oil from the The platform was built by says CGG. Phase 5 will add ernment has announced. The Nini, Nini East and Cecilie Aker Solutions in Egersund, 6850sq km of data to the round is scheduled to open in felds, in which Noreco has Norway. Water injection existing 25,000sq km already April 2014, and will close in 30%, 30% and 61% stakes started in May 2013, and is acquired since Centauro began September 2015. respectively, is normally pro- controlled from an operations in October 2010, bringing cessed, stored and shipped by center at ConocoPhillips’

F

Siri production the total volume to almost tanker from the Siri platform. offces in Tananger, Norway.

to restart in 2014 32,000sq km.

G H

First oil for Ekofsk Noble surveys off-

Norwegian Energy Company

C

Halvorsen sends shore Falkland Islands

ASA (Noreco) expected First oil on the Ekofsk South

WHRU to Mexico to restart production from project in the Norwegian Noble Energy Inc. and partner

Halvorsen Kanfa-Tec recently the Siri platform, offshore North Sea has started. The Falkland Oil & Gas (FOGL) fnished and shipped four Denmark, in Q2 2014. project will increase oil recov- have started a 3D seismic 20MW Circular Waste Heat Production from the platform ery in the Ekofsk feld, located survey over its license areas

Recovery Units (WHRU) to will be at reduced volumes in the PL 018 license and to the south and east of the

Mexico. The highly effcient until the Siri platform is operated by ConocoPhillips. Falkland Islands using the

WHRUs, in terms of weight permanently repaired, said Production capacity at Ekofsk PGS Ramform Titan. On com- and volume, will be utilized Noreco. Denmark’s DONG South is 70,000 boe/d. Ekofsk pletion of the latest survey, by Pemex in the Cantarel Energy is operator and 100% South comprises the Ekofsk Noble and FOGL will have

Complex in the Gulf of owner of Siri platform, which 2/4 Z wellhead platform acquired more than 10,000km

Mexico. The Akal C4 units was shut in during June this with 35 production wells sq 3D data equivalent to more

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