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Altera Infrastructure’s FPSO Petrojarl Kong and FSO Yamoussoukro are ready to leave for Côte d'Ivoire for phase 2 of Eni’s Baleine development project
Today, Altera Infrastructure celebrated the naming of its Floating Production Storage and Offloading vessel, FPSO Petrojarl Kong and its Floating Storage and Offloading vessel, FSO Yamoussoukro. The vessels are now in their final stages of upgrading …
Jul 25, 2024 / Vessels
PURUS-BLUEWATER, An Alliance For Clean Energy FSO Solutions
Purus, a leading provider of maritime services for the gas transport and offshore wind industries, and Bluewater, a leading provider and offshore operator of Floating (Production) Storage Units, Mooring Systems and Offshore Terminals have formed an …
Jul 3, 2024 / Curious
OceanStar’s New FSO Design Receives Bureau Veritas Basic Design Assessment Statement
At the Offshore Technology Conference Asia on 29 February 2024, Bureau Veritas (BV) presented a Basic Design Assessment certificate to OceanSTAR Elite group of companies, a Singaporean engineering design provider, for its latest Floating Storage and …
Apr 1, 2024 / Curious
ABS Awards AIP for OceanSTAR’s New Build FSO Design
ABS delivered an approval in principle (AIP) to OceanSTAR Marine & Offshore Investment Pte. Ltd., for its new build floating storage and offloading (FSO) design. The OceanSTAR FSO-01 is a shipshape hull design specifically developed to cater to …
Mar 6, 2024 / Curious
DOF Awarded Contract by Altera Infrastructure To Install One FPSO and one FSO Offshore Ivory Coast
DOF has been awarded a contract by Altera Infrastructure to install one FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading unit) and one FSO (Floating Storage unit) for the phase 2 development of the Baleine field in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa, …
Feb 12, 2024 / Curious
Boskalis subsidiary SMIT Salvage successfully transfers all oil from decaying FSO Safer to safe modern tanker
Boskalis announces that subsidiary SMIT Salvage has removed all oil from the FSO Safer, located off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea. During this United Nations (UN) coordinated operation, over 1.1 million barrels of oil was successfully transferred …
Aug 14, 2023 / Vessels
United Nations poised to begin transfer of 1 million barrels of oil from decaying tanker in Red Sea
The UN-led project to prevent a massive oil spill from the decaying FSO Safer supertanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast took a major step forward today when the replacement vessel Nautica sailed from Djibouti en route to the Safer site. All technical …
Jul 17, 2023 / Curious
NGOs call on the Netherlands to push for the safe and environmentally sound recycling of FSO Safer
As the operations for the removal of the oil on-board the decaying Floating Storage and Offloading (FSO) vessel SAFER are taking place off the coast of Yemen, the UNDP is looking for a destination for the FSO’s recycling. NGOs have urged the UNDP to …
Jul 6, 2023 / Curious
Yinson Production Receives Charter Contract Extension For FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01
Yinson Production (YP), through its joint venture company with PetroVietnam Technical Services Corporation (PTSC), PTSC South East Asia (PTSC SEA), has received a 5-year extension for the Bareboat Charter Contract for FSO PTSC Bien Dong 01. The …
Jun 6, 2023 / Curious
Boskalis to remove oil from FSO Safer in Yemen to avert environmental and humanitarian disaster
Boskalis through its subsidiary SMIT Salvage has reached an agreement with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for the oil removal from the FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s Red Sea coast. This project is a part of the UN-coordinated operation …
Apr 21, 2023 / Vessels