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(OE) Material management and logistics provider ASCO has secured a five-year contract with BP Trinidad and Tobago to provide its services across 16 offshore locations in Trinidad. Under the contract, which came into effect at the start of 2024, ASCO will provide supply base and pipeyard management services for the operator across all 16 offshore... Continue Reading →
TDI-Brooks, a U.S.-based marine services company specializing in geotechnical and offshore survey projects, reports it has completed a geotechnical coring campaign in the Gulf of Campeche offshore Mexico. As a subcontractor of Drebbel de Mexico out of Cd. del Carmen, TDI-Brooks deployed its geotechnical coring tools and operators on the Laguana Azul. A total of... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana plans to disclose winners of the country's first competitive auction of offshore oil blocks by the end of March, an official with the country's Ministry of Natural Resources said on Monday. The government continues to review proposals and analyze documents provided by six of eight groups that placed bids in an oil auction... Continue Reading →
(PN) Changes in the Petrobras bidding calendar that foresees the contracting of two platform ships (FPSOs) for the Sergipe Aguas Profundas Project (SEAP). The state-owned company once again postponed the deadline for receiving proposals. When they were released last year, the notices predicted that the deadline for receiving proposals would be October 14th. Afterwards, Petrobras... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazilian state-run oil and gas company Petrobras has hired Kanfa, a fully-owned subsidiary of Technip Energies, to conduct a carbon capture and storage (CCS) study for its offshore assets. With the study, Petrobras aims to get a thorough understanding of the technology and get a confirmation that it is technically and economically feasible to... Continue Reading →
(OGJ) Equinor in April will begin drilling the Argerich-1 exploration well in the CAN 100 block in the North Argentinian basin, offshore Argentina. The well will be drilled 315 km from the port of Mar del Plata by the Valaris DS-17 drillship in 1,527 m water depth. It will be the first to be drilled... Continue Reading →
(OE) Germany's top utility RWE has signed six new power purchase agreements (PPAs) with major industrial customers for the supply of around 1,000 GW/h of green power per year from its Kaskasi offshore wind farm, starting from 2026. The PPAs have been signed between RWE Supply & Trading and DHL Group, Ensinger, Evonik, Infraserv Höchst,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch heavy lift shipping and offshore transport and installation contractor Jumbo Offshore has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sea Horizon Offshore Marine Services, which will act as its representative in the Middle East region. Sea Horizon Offshore, with its broad network of local partners, will represent Jumbo Offshore to potential clients in... Continue Reading →
(TN) Brazil is the sixth country in the world that invested the most in energy transition and the leader in Latin America, according to BloombergNEF's Energy Transition Investment Trends 2024 report. The document highlighted that the country invested, in 2023 alone, around US$34 .8 billion. Renewable energy, electric vehicles, hydrogen and carbon capture drove year-on-year... Continue Reading →
(PN) While still awaiting approval to drill in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, Petrobras is advancing its exploratory program at another point in the so-called Equatorial Margin. This month, the company began drilling a new well in block POT-M-762, in the Potiguar Basin, 79 km off the coast of the state of Rio Grande do... Continue Reading →
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