(offshore-energy.biz) Brazil’s deepwater offshore drilling contractor Ventura Offshore has struck a deal with Umas 1 as the seller of a semi-submersible rig the firm decided to acquire last year to make a lump sum payment as a final settlement. Ventura Offshore Midco disclosed at the end of June 2024 the acquisition of the SSV Catarina, the... Continue Reading →
30 MW French Floating Wind Pilot Project Selects O&M Base
(offshoreWIND.biz) Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL), a consortium comprising Ocean Winds and the Banque des Territoires which is developing the 30 MW floating wind pilot project in the French Mediterranean Sea, has selected Euroports’ Port-La Nouvelle as the site for its operation and maintenance (O&M) base. Euroports, the operator of a terminal... Continue Reading →
BP Posts Lowest Quarterly Profit in Four Years
(Reuters) BP reported quarterly profit of $1.17 billion on Tuesday, weaker than expected and the lowest in four years, while the company promised to reset its strategy, after news broke at the weekend that investor Elliott Management had built up a stake. BP joins other oil majors that have experienced a decline in earnings throughout... Continue Reading →
Norway Drops Fixed-Bottom Offshore Wind Plans, Shifts Focus to Floating Wind
(offshoreWIND.biz) The Norwegian government has cancelled plans for another fixed-bottom offshore wind tender in the North Sea due to cost concerns, shifting its focus toward developing floating offshore wind projects. On 10 February, the Ministry of Energy announced that it no longer plans to advertise the Sørvest F later this year, which is an extension... Continue Reading →
Saipem Lands $620M Revolving Credit Facility
(OE) Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has entered into a new $620 million revolving credit facility with a pool of fourteen national and international financial institutions. The facility has a tenor of three years, extendable for a further period of either one or two years at the option of the lenders. The new credit... Continue Reading →
Guyana Set to Terminate CGX and Frontera’s License for Corentyne Offshore Block
Frontera Energy Corporation and CGX Energy have received a notice from the Government of Guyana for the cancelation of license for the Corentyne block offshore the South American country. According to the joint venture partners, Guyana has taken the position that the license, together with the petroleum agreement with the government, has terminated and that,... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia on the Sale of Concessions in Rio Grande do Norte
BRAVA ENERGIA S.A. (“BRAVA” or “Company”) (B3:BRAV3), pursuant to CVM Resolution No. 44, following the Notice to the Market disclosed on December 17, 2024, hereby informs its investors and the market in general that it signed, on February 7, 2025, with the consortium formed by Azevedo e Travassos Petróleo S. A. (“A&T”) and Petro-Victory Energy... Continue Reading →
Trinidad sees revenue increase from LNG sales after contract revamp
(Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago, the largest producer of liquefied natural gas in Latin America and the Caribbean, is seeing an increase in government revenue from LNG exports by selling cargoes at between 15% and 55% above Henry Hub prices, energy minister Stuart Young said on Monday. The increase follows a contract revamp in late... Continue Reading →
Noble rigs and Stena drillship get down to oil & gas drilling business offshore Guyana
(offshore-energy.biz) Four mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), made up of drillships owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of America’s oil major ExxonMobil, to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and... Continue Reading →
BP shares climb on prospect Elliott stake will drive change
(Reuters) - Shares in BP rose by 7% on Monday, and were on track for the biggest daily gain in two years, as investors anticipated that activist shareholder Elliott Management will press for board changes and strategy shifts to boost returns. BP CEO Murray Auchincloss, appointed in January last year, has struggled to reverse the company's underperformance. Expectations... Continue Reading →