(Reuters) - Chevron shareholders on Wednesday re-elected all its 12 board directors, in a sign of support for the oil major at a time when it is caught in the regulatory crosshairs over its $53 billion proposed buyout of oil producer Hess Corp. CEO Michael Wirth said the company was moving ahead on the U.S. Federal... Continue Reading →
PGS updating offshore Uruguay seismic
(OM) PGS has received approval from regulatory authority ANCAP to reprocess and rejuvenate its Uruguay MC3D GeoStreamer dataset. The survey 3DUR12, acquired in 2012, covered 15,600 sq km across the prospective offshore Pelotas Basin. It identified potential stratigraphic traps in the Syn-rift and Post-rift sequences. Reprocessing should help redefine exploration frontiers in this region, PGS said. The company’s... Continue Reading →
UK subsea player, CRP Subsea, lines up new gig in Brazil on deepwater oil project
(Offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered CRP Subsea, part of AIS, has found a new assignment off the coast of Brazil, which will enable it to deploy its modular buoyancy modules on a deepwater oil field development in the Santos Basin. This deal, which CRP Subsea describes as a “sizable” one from an undisclosed firm it deems to be a “major” engineering, procurement, construction,... Continue Reading →
BOEM Finalizes Environmental Review of Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Research Lease
(OE) The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released its Final Environmental Assessment (Final EA) of an offshore wind research lease in the Gulf of Maine. In October 2021, the state of Maine requested a research lease for the purpose of researching floating offshore wind energy technology and its deployment. The research... Continue Reading →
Vestas Creates Wind Tech, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Role
(OE) Danish wind turbine maker Vestas has united its Technology organization (CTO) and Manufacturing and Global Procurement organization (COO) into one Technology and Operations Organization (CTOO) to strengthen its approach within delivery of wind energy solutions. The united CTOO organization will become the foundation for one enterprise-wide industrial system within Vestas and will be headed... Continue Reading →
Yinson Production Refinances FPSO Anna Nery Through $1B Bond Placement
(OE) Yinson Production has placed $1.035 billion senior secured notes to refinance the floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Anna Nery, working for Petrobras in the Marlim field, offshore Brazil. The successful pricing of $1.035 billion 144A/Reg S non-recourse, senior secured notes, was issued by Yinson Boronia Production, which owns and operates the FPSO... Continue Reading →
Hess shareholders sign off on $53 billion sale to Chevron
(Reuters) - Hess shareholders on Tuesday approved the company's $53 billion merger with No. 2 U.S. oil company Chevron (CVX.N), according to preliminary results of the vote. The merger required a majority vote to approve the deal by a majority of Hess' 308 million shares outstanding to pass. The company did not immediately provide the vote tally.... Continue Reading →
BW Energy progressing Maromba development, Golfinho drilling program offshore Brazil
(OM) BW Energy plans to take FID later this year on two new infill wells at the Golfinho Field in the Espirito Santos Basin offshore Brazil, the company said in a results statement. The GLF-51 oil well and the GLF-50 gas well should double production from the field in 2027. BW Energy reported first-quarter 2024 stable production... Continue Reading →
Iberdrola Commissions 496 MW Saint-Brieuc Offshore Wind Farm in France
(OE) Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Ailes Marines, has fully commissioned the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, which is the second offshore wind farm in France and the first in Brittany. All wind turbines are operational in the 496 MW project as of May 28, 2024, with the entire production from the 62 turbines now feeding into... Continue Reading →
New Petrobras CEO Says Oil Prospect is of “National Interest”
(Reuters) Petrobras' new chief executive said a basin in Brazil's Equatorial Margin, an environmentally sensitive offshore prospect seen as the country's most promising frontier for oil exploration, was a matter of "national interest." Magda Chambriard, who took over as the state-controlled oil company's chief executive after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired its former... Continue Reading →