From the North Sea (NT): Statoil’s TROLL C semi production unit which was shut in last weekend after corrosion damage was found on a pipe connected to the oil export system, is expected to remain out of action for at least a week while the pipe is replaced. Normal throughput at the floater, including the Fram satellite field, is 92,000 bbl/d and 10 MMcm/d.

Production through the FPSO Petrojarl Banff, which handles wellstreams from the BANFF/KYLE (30/24) complex in the U.K. sector of the North Sea, has resumed after several years of being offline follow ing storm damage. Premier reported that two Kyle wells were flowing at 7,000 boe/d with two more due to come onstream shortly.

2H Offshore is to design the 18 hybrid risers for Total’s KAOMBO (31/9) development in Block 32, offshore Angola as a subcontract from Heerema Marine Contractors....The main section of the turret for Shell’s PRELUDE (31/6) floating LNG vessel is enroute from Dubai to Samsung in South Korea...Inpex has received an environmental permit for the ABADI (31/7) floating LNG project...Modec has begun moving the FPSO Cidade de Mangaritiba out of the BrasFels shipyard in preparation to moving it to the IRACEMA SOUTH Field in the pre-salt area of Santos Basin.

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