ABS Launches ‘First’ Sustainability Guide for Offshore Industry

Maritime classification society The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) on Monday launched detailed requirements for greener offshore operations in what it said was the first sustainability guide to target the offshore industry. "Developed by working with major offshore industry clients, ABS today launches a revised sustainability guide expanded with offshore asset compliance requirements.The updated ABS Guide for... Continue Reading →

August 29, 2022 0

Brazilian government evaluates holding a traditional bidding round with pre-salt areas

(PN) Even with the Permanent Offer assuming the role of the main modality of bidding for oil and gas areas in the country, the government seems not to have given up on holding at least one more traditional round with pre-salt areas. This week, the board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the geological... Continue Reading →

August 29, 2022 0

PRIO resumes production at Frade in the Campos Basin

PRIO (PetroRio) announced that it has resumed production at the Frade field, in the Campos Basin. Operation in the area had been suspended since August 16, after a breakdown in the inert gas line of the FPSO operating in the concession. “The Company thanks all the teams involved in the work necessary for the return... Continue Reading →

August 26, 2022 0

Brazil: Enauta Interrupts Oil Production from Atlanta Field as Hose Problem Detected

Brazilian oil company Enauta is having difficulties with fully restoring output from the Atlanta field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, but still expects the production to reach normal levels by September. Earlier this month, Enauta said it had restarted production from the offshore oil field - via the Petrojarl I FPSO - following a... Continue Reading →

August 26, 2022 0

ANP includes 218 blocks of the Equatorial Margin in the Permanent Offer System

(PN) The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the inclusion of 218 blocks from the Equatorial Margin in the Permanent Offer system, under the concession regime. The added blocks are located in the Foz do Amazonas, Pará-Maranhão, Barreirinhas, Ceará and Potiguar basins, in deep and ultra-deep water marine environments. According to the ANP,... Continue Reading →

August 25, 2022 0

Shell Namibia Books Semi-submersible Drilling Rig

Oil major Shell has booked a semi-submersible drilling rig for its operations in Namibia, where it recently struck a major offshore oil discovery. Offshore rig owner Northern Ocean said Thursday that Shell Upstream Namibia B.V., a subsidiary of Shell, had awarded it a contract for the Deepsea Bollsta semi-submersible drilling rig. The contract for the... Continue Reading →

August 25, 2022 0

New FPSO vessel heading to Brazil equipped with Sulzer pumps

An increase in demand for oil and gas has hailed the resumption of projects to deliver more FPSO vessels. Recent announcements have included the first round of tenders for equipment destined for the Parque das Baleias (Whale Park) FPSO, a process that has seen the water injection pumps being awarded to Sulzer. Due to be located 77 km... Continue Reading →

August 25, 2022 0

FPSO Carioca completes one year of operation with approximately 175 thousand barrels/day,

The FPSO Carioca, in the Sépia field in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, completed one year of operation. During this period, the platform vessel reached an accumulated production of around 39 million barrels of oil (operated production). It is currently the largest platform in Brazil in terms of complexity and production, with around... Continue Reading →

August 25, 2022 0

Shell takes great strides to enter the Brazilian renewables market

(Valor) The president of Shell Brasil, Cristiano Pinto da Costa, said today that the company is taking “great strides” to enter the renewable energy market. According to the executive, the company filed requests for environmental licensing for 17 gigawatts (GW) in offshore wind farms at the Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources... Continue Reading →

August 24, 2022 0

First-ever 20,000 psi deepwater well control system used in recent drillships build

(WO) A recent ultra-deepwater giant drillships build resulted in two drillships that have the first-ever 20,000 psi well control system equipped with two 20,000 psi blowout preventers. Reel Power Marine & Energy contributed to this project with their patented innovative depth compensated accumulators (DCBs) that reduce subsea equipment weights, lower maintenance requirements and improve equipment... Continue Reading →

August 24, 2022 0

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ABS Launches ‘First’ Sustainability Guide for Offshore Industry

Brazilian government evaluates holding a traditional bidding round with pre-salt areas

PRIO resumes production at Frade in the Campos Basin

Brazil: Enauta Interrupts Oil Production from Atlanta Field as Hose Problem Detected

ANP includes 218 blocks of the Equatorial Margin in the Permanent Offer System

Shell Namibia Books Semi-submersible Drilling Rig

New FPSO vessel heading to Brazil equipped with Sulzer pumps

FPSO Carioca completes one year of operation with approximately 175 thousand barrels/day,

Shell takes great strides to enter the Brazilian renewables market

First-ever 20,000 psi deepwater well control system used in recent drillships build

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