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As part of the commitment to identify, measure and reduce methane emissions linked to their activities, TotalEnergies and Petrobras began a collaboration to carry out an evaluation campaign using drone methane measurement technology on FPSO P-70, dedicated to production from the Atapu field, located in the Santos basin in Brazil. In 2022, TotalEnergies set ambitious... Continue Reading →
(OET) Norway-headquartered seismic company PGS has made progress in its merger with TGS after shareholders of both companies threw their support behind the merger in a bid to establish a stronger and more diversified geophysical company and data provider to the energy value chain. Back in September 2023, TGS and PGS announced their agreement on principal terms... Continue Reading →
The FPSO Pioneiro de Libra (PDL), an asset of the Altera&Ocyan joint venture, has just completed six years of operation, in the same year that the Brazilian Pre-salt celebrates seventeen years of its discovery. Since the first oil, in 2017, the platform ship, responsible for the Long Term Test (TLD) and the Early Production Systems... Continue Reading →
(OP) In Guyana’s territorial waters, after Exxon’s swathe of world-class petroleum discoveries, gigantic ships called floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels are sucking crude oil from reservoirs up to four miles below the Earth’s surface. Since then, it has been estimated the former British colony of just over 800,000 possesses at least 11 billion barrels of recoverable... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s state-controlled oil explorer is considering opening a Middle East unit as Latin America’s biggest crude producer prepares to join OPEC+’s cooperation charter. Petrobras will begin formal analysis later this month on establishing a subsidiary intended to strengthen commercial ties in the Persian Gulf region, Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates wrote in... Continue Reading →
The MOU was signed this Saturday morning that will allow joint investments by the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the World Bank in the low-carbon hydrogen value chain. According to the document, the focus will be on carbon capture projects; electrolysers and associated equipment; shared logistics and infrastructure in hubs focused... Continue Reading →
(OET) Marine geophysical services player PXGEO has won a new contract with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras for a 4D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey offshore Brazil. This survey is to be acquired in water depths up to 2,200 m with a duration of approximately 7 months. According to PXGEO, the 4D OBN survey... Continue Reading →
BrasFELS Shipyard (BrasFELS), a member of the Singapore-headquartered Seatrium Limited, former Sembcorp Marine Ltd before the merger with Keppel Offshore & Marine Limited, has won a contract with Offshore Frontier Solutions Pte. Ltd, a MODEC Group company, to undertake parts of the topside modules fabrication of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) for an Equinor-operated... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it signed, this Sunday (03/12/2023), at COP-28, in Dubai, a protocol of intentions with the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro for the joint evaluation of the implementation of pilot projects for a CO2 capture and storage hub (the so-called CCUS) in the State of Rio... Continue Reading →
(OE) Fincantieri has set the main terms and conditions for the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Remazel Engineering S.p.A. from Advanced Technology Industrial Group S.A. Remazel is a leader specialized in the design and supply of highly customized and complex topside equipment. The transaction enables Fincantieri to acquire highly specialized capabilities in the... Continue Reading →
