Oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded CGG with a four-year contract extension for its dedicated reservoir services center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Under the contract, CGG will continue providing its reservoir characterization workflows, such as geostatistical, 4D and azimuthal inversion, while also bringing new technologies to Brazil to further enhance reservoir understanding. These... Continue Reading →
Staatsolie to offer 60% of Suriname’s offshore oil blocks in coming year
(Reuters) - Suriname's state-run oil company Staatsolie is getting ready to offer for auction 60% of the country's offshore blocks, which remain unawarded, in the coming year, starting with a deepwater round in the fourth quarter, the firm's vice president told Reuters on Wednesday. The company, in partnership with Shell (SHEL.L), APA Corp and TotalEnergies ,... Continue Reading →
Transocean Takes Delivery of World’s First 8th Generation Drillship
(OE) Singapore-based shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine has delivered the world's first 8th generation drillship, the Deepwater Atlas, to its owner Transocean. The Deepwater Atlas is the first of two ultra-deepwater drillships based on the Sembcorp Marine's Jurong Espadon 3T design. The completed drillship features three-million pound hook-load hoisting capacity and, according to the rigbuilder, sets a... Continue Reading →
JV partners putting the wheels into motion for FPSO replacement off Nigeria
(OEM) In a bid to increase production capacity, joint venture (JV) partners in a field located in the Offshore Mining Lease no. 113 (OML 113) off Nigeria have decided to forgo a long-term extension for the current floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating on this field, as they plan to replace it in... Continue Reading →
Consultancy finalizes pre-salt asset management assessment for Petrobras
(TN) The consultancy Grupo I Can completed the asset management assessment of Petrobras' Santos Basin Exploration and Production Business Unit (UN-BS). Since 2019, the UN-BS has started to implement asset management at the unit, which is located in the pre-salt layer, to understand the maturity level of the organization and, based on that, to develop... Continue Reading →
Apache, Shell Win Offshore Exploration Blocks in Uruguay
(OE) Uruguay's ANCAP has awarded three of the six available offshore blocks on its continental shelf to Shell and Apache, following bids received in the most recent ANCAP 2022 Open Bidding Round. Shell won the rights to the shallow-water block OFF-2 and deepwater Block OFF-7. Apache won the rights to the Block OFF-6. The award... Continue Reading →
BW Energy to Buy Saipem FPSO in Brazil for $73M
Oil and gas company BW Energy has agreed to buy Saipem's Cidade de Vitoria FPSO for $73 million in cash. The vessel is currently owned by Saipem and operated for Petrobras in the Golfinho field offshore Brazil. The sale and purchase of the FPSO is subject to the closing of the acquisition by BW Energy... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the sale of E&P assets in the Espírito Santo Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 06/23/2022, informs that it signed today with BW Energy Maromba do Brasil Ltda (BWE), the contracts for the sale of its total stake in the maritime concessions groups named Golfinho Cluster and Camarupim Cluster, in the post-salt deep waters, located in the Espírito... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 starts floating offshore green hydrogen collaboration with OneSea
Subsea 7 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch hydrogen technology developer, OneSea Energy, to collaborate in the field of floating offshore green hydrogen production. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that OneSea and Subsea 7 will move forward together in exploring and developing field-specific solutions for offshore hydrogen production. Both companies will... Continue Reading →
BW Energy to expand its footprint off Brazil as Petrobras greenlights sale of two clusters
Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras has approved the sale of two assets, located in the Espírito Santo Basin offshore Brazil, to BW Energy, an Oslo Stock Exchange-listed oil and gas E&P company. Earlier this month, Petrobras announced that the divestment process of the maritime concession called Golfinho cluster was still in the binding phase, adding that BW Energy was... Continue Reading →