(PN) Petrobras launched this week a tender for contracting inspection services in its industrial assets located on land and sea. The tender covers both refining units as well as platform ships currently in operation in the Brazilian pre-salt. The expectation is that the opening of the envelopes with the proposals will take place on the... Continue Reading →
Ibama issues the Installation License for the FPSOS ANNA NERY and ANITA GARIBALDI, in Marlim
The Marlim field revitalization project, in the Campos Basin, has recently achieved a new milestone. The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) issued the installation licenses for the FPSOs Anna Nery and Anita Garibaldi. Both are expected to start producing in the field in 2023. The two platforms will be connected to 77 wells, 14... Continue Reading →
Helix Energy Solutions to Buy Alliance Companies to Boost Presence in Gulf of Mexico Decommissioning Space
U.S.-based offshore oil and gas services firm Helix Energy Solutions Group is set to buy equity interests of Louisiana-baed Alliance group of companies for $120 million cash at closing, plus the potential for post-closing earnout consideration. Alliance is a Louisiana-based privately held company that provides services supporting the upstream and midstream industries in the Gulf... Continue Reading →
Department of Energy to boost investment in U.S. offshore wind development
(WO) — The offshore wind sector has made huge strides over the last year, putting the industry on track to achieve President Joe Biden’s goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind generation by 2030. To ensure its success, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating funds and programs to the development of projects... Continue Reading →
U.S. Provides Guidance on Jones Act Application to Offshore Wind Farms
With efforts accelerating to develop offshore wind farms, there remain many unresolved questions on the scope of U.S. cabotage laws and how specifically the Jones Act will be applied to the construction of the wind farms. While the U.S. has said that it will apply the regulations in a similar fashion to their previous applications... Continue Reading →
Ocyan signs decommissioning contract with Petrobras
(PetroleoHoje) Ocyan signed a contract with Petrobras for the removal of flexible and umbilical ducts from the Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade de Rio das Ostras and Piranema FPSOs, located in the Campos and Sergipe-Alagoas basins. Ocyan had submitted the lowest bid in the state-owned company's tender, with a value below R$900 million. The... Continue Reading →
Helix and Trident agree on contract extension for decommissioning services in Brazil
Helix Energy Solution has secured a one-year contract extension with Trident Energy for field decommissioning services offshore Brazil. The project, located in the Pampo and Enchova Clusters in the Campos Basin, is expected to commence late this year for a period of two years with multiple options to extend. Helix will provide a riser-based well intervention... Continue Reading →
Acteon’s Claxton to Acquire Oceaneering’s Decommissioning Personnel and Assets
Claxton, a brand within Acteon’s drilling and decommissioning segment, has agreed to acquire decommissioning personnel and assets from Oceaneering. From the anticipated closure date of March 30, 2022, certain Oceaneering staff based in Norway will transfer to Claxton, along with decommissioning assets including well and pile abrasive cutting and recovery systems and associated tooling. Conductor... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Trident taps Helix for long-term field decommissioning in Campos Basin
Helix Energy Solutions has secured a long-term field decommissioning contract with Trident Energy for the Pampo and Enchova clusters in the Campos Basin, Brazil. Helix will provide a riser-based well intervention vessel, either Siem Helix 1 or Siem Helix 2, a 10k Intervention Riser System, project management and engineering services and, in conjunction with its Subsea Services Alliance partner Schlumberger, fully integrated... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore to Recycle FPSO BW Cidade de São Vicente
(OE) FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has decided to recycle the FPSO BW Cidade de São Vicente. The company said it had signed an agreement with Priya Blue Industries yard in India to recycle the FPSO in compliance with Hong Kong Convention. The convention, adopted in 2009, is aimed at ensuring that ships when being... Continue Reading →