CorPower Ocean, Maersk Supply Service, and Dieseko have installed the first commercial-scale UMACK anchor to support the HiWave-5 wave energy demonstration project. The novel anchor has been installed 4 kilometers off the coast of Aguçadoura, in northern Portugal, where it will be used to anchor the CorPower C4 wave energy converter, as part of the company’s... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Extends Suriname Rig Contract
TotalEnergies E&P Suriname has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to its contract for the Maersk Drilling's Maersk Valiant drillship. The contract extension is expected to start in January 2023, in direct continuation of the rig’s current work scope, with an estimated duration of 100... Continue Reading →
Allseas to install 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline offshore Mexico
Allseas has won a contract with TC Energy (TCE) to install the offshore stretch of the Southeast Gateway Pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico. The 700-kilometer natural gas pipeline will run south along the coast from Tuxpan through the Gulf of Mexico to Coatzacoalcos and Dos Bocas. Allseas’ scope covers engineering and construction, as well... Continue Reading →
Enauta: All three wells back on stream off Brazil
Brazil’s oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from three wells located on a field offshore Brazil and expects the production to stabilise over the incoming period. Enauta revealed on Wednesday that all three wells on the Atlanta field have come into operation. The company further elaborated that this field is in the process of commissioning... Continue Reading →
Repsol Sinopec appoints new country president
(PN) Alejandro Ponce Bueno is the new president of the company in Brazil, taking over from Mariano Ferrari, who has been at the helm of the company since 2018 and will assume the presidency of Repsol Bolivia. Alejandro has extensive experience in the oil and gas sector, where he has been operating for over 20... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of stake in the Potiguar Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 08/16/2022 and 09/08/2022, informs the beginning of the binding phase regarding the sale of 40% of its stake in the BM-POT-17 exploratory concessions, in which the Pitu well Discovery Assessment Plan is being developed (Blocks POT-M-853 and POT-M-855), and the POT-M-762_R15 Concession (Block... Continue Reading →
McDermott Bags Significant Contract with TotalEnergies Offshore Angola
Offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott International said Tuesday that it secured a "significant" with TotalEnergies EP Angola Block 17/06. McDermott defines a significant contract as between USD $250 million and $500 million. The contract is for engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation, pre-commissioning, and assistance to commissioning and start-up (EPSCI) on its Begonia project. The... Continue Reading →
Damen Working on New Vessel Class to Support Growing Floating Wind Industry
Dutch firm Damen Shipyards said Tuesday it was working to develop a new class of vessel that will be capable of supporting the growing floating wind industry. Damen has cited forecasts which indicate that by 2050 over 200GW or around 13,500 units of new floating offshore wind turbines will be in operation, and these turbines... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Exxon boosts Guyana oil output, undecided on future auction bid
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is uncertain whether it will bid for new offshore areas Guyana wants to explore, a person close to the matter said, as the oil major ramps up production faster than expected and the South American country wrestles with fixing terms of new oil leases. An Exxon-led consortium discovered oil in the... Continue Reading →
Siem Helix 2 stays with Petrobras for another two years
Helix Energy Solutions has secured another extension of its well intervention charter and services contracts with Petrobras for the well intervention vessel Siem Helix 2. The two-year extension directly follows Helix’s current contracts with Petrobras and is scheduled to conclude in December 2024. The initial four-year contract between the two companies for the vessel was extended by one... Continue Reading →