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(OET) UK-headquartered energy services provider Expro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Houston-based offshore services provider, PRT Offshore, which will enable it to enhance its portfolio of services and solutions within the subsea well access sector in North and Latin America (NLA). This will also boost PRT Offshore’s surface equipment offerings in Europe, Sub-Saharan... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore announced to the market this week its financial and operational balance sheet for the first half of the year. One of the main highlights of the report concerns the updates in the works of three FPSOs ordered by Petrobras (Sepetiba, Almirante Tamandaré and Alexandre de Gusmão). In these three projects, the company is... Continue Reading →
With the mission of providing Subsea, technological and innovative solutions for the oil and gas sector, RRC Tecnologia e Inovação has just closed a 12-month consultancy contract with Trident Energy do Brasil for the decommissioning of flexible pipelines and subsea equipment that were connected to platforms P-07, P-12 and P-15, at the Pampo and Enchova... Continue Reading →
An inter-ministerial working group on offshore wind set up by the Portuguese government as part of the process of organising the country’s first offshore wind tender has narrowed down the initially identified areas to three that would be offered for development later this year. As reported at the beginning of this year, the working group... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has concluded the auction for the disposal of a floating offshore platform, as part of its new commitment to sustainable ship recycling. This is believed to be the first recycling project of this sort to be undertaken in Brazil.Petrobras sold the P-32 floating unit, which worked at the Marlim field in the Campos... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras has again extended the deadline for submitting proposals in the bidding process for contracting the new FPSO in the Albacora field. Now, the companies involved in the process will be able to file their bids until the 15th of September, as stated on the Petronect website. This is the second calendar postponement. As... Continue Reading →
(OET) As the green energy push gathers speed, propelling the shift to renewable energy sources forward, this raises concerns about oil and gas projects being in danger of turning into stranded assets while the world hurtles towards net-zero. However, the potential of converting the existing fossil fuels infrastructure for use in the offshore wind industry... Continue Reading →
(OE) Modern American Recycling Services Europe, A/S (M.A.R.S.) has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore for dismantling and green recycling of SBM Offshore’s FPSO Capixaba. The FPSO Capixaba is 362 m long, with a Light Displacement Tonnage of 54.656 Mt. The contract includes engineering, preparation, dismantling, and green recycling of the unit. The FPSO is moored... Continue Reading →
(OE) The month of May brings a mixed bag of news for offshore wind in the United States, as outlined in the latest U.S. Offshore Wind Report from business intelligence firm Intelatus Global Partners. In the "positive" category, Intelatus said federal permitting of projects continues on schedule, and states continue to plan to procure and... Continue Reading →
Shell Brasil, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered energy giant Shell, has awarded a green recycling limited notice to proceed (LNTP) agreement to Modern American Recycling Services, Europe (M.A.R.S.) for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel working off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. M.A.R.S. disclosed on Monday, 8 May 2023, that it had... Continue Reading →
