In 2021, offshore accommodation provider Prosafe saw its vessel utilisation more than double when compared to the previous year and reach the highest rate since 2015. In an update on Friday, Prosafe reported that its fleet utilisation rate in 4Q of 2021 was 59.3 per cent compared to 25 per cent in 4Q 2020. The... Continue Reading →
Fugro to back subsea ops at Mero 2
Fugro has secured a subsea survey and positioning contract with Maersk Supply Service to support the installation of an anchoring system for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Sepetiba at Petrobras’ deepwater Mero 2 project in Brazil. For the project, Fugro will use its QuickVision augmented reality camera to help guide the installation... Continue Reading →
Brazil, Guyana and Suriname to take first steps towards energy alliance
(Reuters) - The heads of state of Brazil, Guyana and Suriname this week will take the first steps toward forging an infrastructure that would better share the neighboring South American countries' energy and natural resources. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to arrive in Suriname on Thursday, and will travel on Friday with the head... Continue Reading →
Enauta repairs pipeline but Covid-19 outbreak hampers restart
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has completed the repair of a production line on the Petrorajrl I FPSO, which is operating on the Atlanta field offshore Brazil, but the production from the field is still shut down due to a Covid-19 outbreak. The Enauta-operated Atlanta field is located in the Santos Basin. The field producing through... Continue Reading →
Brazil looks to nuclear expansion
(WNN) Brazil has begun a process to identify sites for the new nuclear power units it plans to have in operation by 2050. The Ministry of Mines and Energy has secured cooperation of specialists at Cepel for a siting study. "An increase in the participation of nuclear energy in the Brazilian energy mix is important... Continue Reading →
According to Westwood Demand for Wet Christmas Trees May be Highest Since 2013
Demand for wet Christmas trees in 2022 will hit the highest level in nearly a decade, according to a new forecast from Westwood Energy. The company predicts that the global oil and gas sector can hire up to 354 units, the highest number recorded since 2013. The forecast considers that the barrel of oil should... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Potiguar Cluster divestment
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, regarding the pieces of news in the media about the divestment project of the Potiguar Cluster, which includes a set of 22 concessions of onshore and shallow waters production fields, including the Clara Camarão refinery, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, clarifies that, as informed in a press... Continue Reading →
Enauta extends Brazilian FPSO charter
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has signed agreements with Altera to extend the charter, operation, and maintenance of Petrojarl I FPSO for the Early Production System (EPS) of the Atlanta field located offshore Brazil. Located in the Santos Basin, the Atlanta field is operated by Enauta Energia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, which also has... Continue Reading →
Tubarão Martelo well offline due to ESP failure
(OM) PetroRio has commissioned a workover on the OGX-44HP well at the Tubarão Martelo field in the southern Campos basin offshore Brazil, following a failure in the electrical submersible pump. The well is currently shut-in, with the Kingmaker rig expected to complete intervention work later this month. Production is connected to the FPSO Bravo
Petrobras seeks supplier to develop patented HISEP® technology
(PN) Equipment capable of separating CO2-rich gas from oil at the bottom of the sea. Petrobras, operator of the Libra consortium, started selecting suppliers to execute the project, build, install and carry out HISEP® tests, a technology patented by the company that aims to separate and reinject, even at the bottom of the sea, the... Continue Reading →