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(PN) Brazil and neighboring Guyana are recognized as the two countries with the greatest potential for growth in the offshore market. While the Brazilian coast still reserves many opportunities in the pre-salt and, in the future, also in the Equatorial Margin, Guyana has increasingly assumed a prominent role in the global offshore industry with rich... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Guyana plans to disclose winners of the country's first competitive auction of offshore oil blocks by the end of March, an official with the country's Ministry of Natural Resources said on Monday. The government continues to review proposals and analyze documents provided by six of eight groups that placed bids in an oil auction... Continue Reading →
(PN) Changes in the Petrobras bidding calendar that foresees the contracting of two platform ships (FPSOs) for the Sergipe Aguas Profundas Project (SEAP). The state-owned company once again postponed the deadline for receiving proposals. When they were released last year, the notices predicted that the deadline for receiving proposals would be October 14th. Afterwards, Petrobras... Continue Reading →
(OGJ) Equinor in April will begin drilling the Argerich-1 exploration well in the CAN 100 block in the North Argentinian basin, offshore Argentina. The well will be drilled 315 km from the port of Mar del Plata by the Valaris DS-17 drillship in 1,527 m water depth. It will be the first to be drilled... Continue Reading →
(PN) While still awaiting approval to drill in the Foz do Amazonas Basin, Petrobras is advancing its exploratory program at another point in the so-called Equatorial Margin. This month, the company began drilling a new well in block POT-M-762, in the Potiguar Basin, 79 km off the coast of the state of Rio Grande do... Continue Reading →
(OET) Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has landed a batch of new contracts and extensions across multiple geographies with Petrobras, Equinor, Harbour Energy, TotalEnergies, Shell, Ithaca Energy, Eni, undisclosed operators, and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Occidental (Oxy). These deals will enable three floaters and six jack-ups in the rig owner’s fleet to undertake... Continue Reading →
(OET) With the current energy ecosystem in mind, Japan’s FPSO operator MODEC has unveiled its new, mid-term business plan, covering the period from 2024 to 2026, which spotlights the Japanese player’s intention to further strengthen the profitability of its core FPSO business, strategically invest funds to decarbonize its FPSO units, develop new opportunities, and bolster... Continue Reading →
(OE) Woodside’s Trion oil and gas project has received approval for its Social Impact Assessment from the Mexican Ministry for Energy. Trion is a greenfield development that would represent the first oil production from Mexico’s deepwater. It is located in the Gulf of Mexico at a water depth of 2,500m, approximately 180km off the Mexican coastline. The Social... Continue Reading →
(OET) Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has appointed a North Carolina-headquartered company to deliver a seal-less canned motor boosting system for its field in the Campos Basin with the aim of enabling reliable subsea production. Curtiss-Wright Corporation has signed a technology cooperation agreement with Petrobras to design, manufacture, test, and provide operational support for... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has released a note regarding the installation of mooring lines and torpedo anchors, designed by London Marine Consultants (LMC), for the FPSO Atlanta II offshore Brazil. The moorings are installed in over 1500 meters of water depth offshore Brazil on behalf of Malaysian FPSO leasing firm Yinson Production and... Continue Reading →
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