Tag: FSO

• Monday, March 23rd 2015 - 17:05 UTC

  Petrobras suspends operations in major offshore rig for safety reasons

  

  Brazilian state-controlled oil giant Petrobras on Saturday said it has suspended operations at a major offshore platform, citing safety concerns. The P-58 platform, which extracts 106,000 barrels per day, was taken out of service for unscheduled maintenance and to improve its operational efficiency, the company said in a statement Friday.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2011 - 15:14 UTC

  Rockhopper considers options to extract and store oil from Falklands’ Sea Lion well

  

  Rockhopper Exploration is looking at some form of floating platform as the likeliest option to produce its Sea Lion oil and gas discovery offshore the Falkland Islands. But the company wants to complete delineation of the field before progressing to the front-end engineering and design (FEED) stage, reports Offshore.