The ANP board approved the disclosure of onshore seismic data to anyone who is interested. More than 2 terabytes of seismic data will be available free of charge as of May this year, the data will be made available through physical deliveries to interested parties, on media with data storage capacity equivalent to the order.... Continue Reading →
Ocyan bags maintenance and service contract for the Merluza and Mexilhão platforms
Ocyan won a new contract from Petrobras for maintenance activities and offshore services on the Merluza and Mexilhão platforms, in the Santos Basin. The contract will be for the next three years and can be renewed for another 24 months. Initially, 220 workers will be mobilized for the project and the forecast is to reach... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol entering Oslo stock exchange, sets 10 GW target for 2030
BW Ideol, a company established after oil & gas services provider BW Offshore’s bought into the floating wind technology developer Ideol, has applied for admission to the Oslo Stock Exchange and is expected to start trading there around 18 March. Through the offering of shares, for which a day-long bookbuilding period was launched on 11... Continue Reading →
Two oilfield services providers set to create full-cycle player
UK’s Expro Group, an energy services company, and Dutch Frank’s International, an oil services company that provides drilling and completions solutions and services, have entered into a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock transaction. Upon the closing of the transaction, Expro shareholders will own approximately 65 per cent of the combined entity, with Frank’s... Continue Reading →
Shell’s 2020 carbon emissions fall on the back of fuel sales drop
(Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell, owner of the world’s largest fuel retail network, said on Thursday its total greenhouse gas emissions dropped 16% in 2020 as oil and gas sales fell sharply due to the coronavirus pandemic. Shell said in its annual report that total emissions from its oil wells to forecourt fuel sales fell... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: BP bets on energy trading to fund strategy shift after bumper year
(Reuters) - BP’s trading arm made nearly $4 billion in 2020, according to a copy of an internal BP presentation seen by Reuters, almost equalling the record trading profit in 2019 despite the collapse in oil demand caused by the pandemic. Trading revenue for majors such as BP and rival Royal Dutch/Shell shielded them from... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS LAUNCHES TENDER FOR COLLECTION SYSTEM FOR THE SIXTH FPSO OF BUZIOS
The encouraging projections for the Brazilian subsea market in 2021 are starting to materialize. Petrobras launched a tender for contracting the production collection system and anchoring services of the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré, the sixth production unit in the Buzios field, earlier this week. The bidding will last until June 7, when the state company will... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil waiting on equipment arrival to finish Guyana FPSO repairs
Oil major ExxonMobil is waiting on equipment arrival from Germany to Guyana to complete the repairs on the Liza Destiny FPSO, due to issues that started in late January 2021. As previously reported, ExxonMobil experienced technical issues with a gas compressor on the SBM Offshore-owned FPSO Liza Destiny, which is working on the oil major’s Liza field... Continue Reading →
Rystad reveals hardest-hit countries as Covid-19 took its toll on oil and gas jobs
The Covid-19 pandemic not only devastated oil demand in 2020 but also forced the global oil and gas industry to severely downsize its staffing levels. However, not all producing countries were affected in the same way, according to Norwegian energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy. A Rystad Energy analysis shows that the world’s top oil and gas employer,... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS STARTS DRILLING IN THE CAMPOS BASIN AT A WATER DEPTH OF 2,800 METERS
Petrobras' exploratory campaign in the Campos Basin has new developments. This time, the state-owned company started drilling another well (1-BRSA-1378-RJS) in the region, inside block C-M-709, in a water depth of 2,840 meters. The information was made available by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). Block C-M-709 is operated by Petrobras (40%), in partnership with ExxonMobil... Continue Reading →