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McDermott has held the christening ceremony for its newly converted Amazon vessel in the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The vessel has undergone a “sophisticated” conversion from a construction vessel into an ultra-deepwater J-Lay vessel as part of McDermott’s global deepwater subsea strategy. The upgraded specifications enable highly automated operations, the production of hex joints from single or... Continue Reading →
(TN) The Suezmax DP2 Eagle Colatina relief vessel arrived in Brazil, the first of three Eco Type ships built to reinforce the fleet of more sustainable ships for the relief of oil platforms operated by Petrobras. With a deadweight of 155 thousand tons of deadweight, the Eagle Colatina, which docked at the Port of Rio... Continue Reading →
Malaysian oil and gas services provider Sapura Energy secured new contracts with a total value of RM2.7 billion or about $613 million in 2Q FY2023, attributing this to its shift in bid strategy. Sapura Energy revealed on Thursday that its Drilling and Engineering & Construction (E&C) business segments, through its subsidiaries and joint-venture, have secured “six... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore rig owner Maersk Drilling has secured a one-well extension for its drillship Maersk Valiant in Suriname. TotalEnergies E&P Suriname has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58 offshore Suriname to the work scope of the drillship Maersk Valiant, the drilling contractor reported on Thursday. The contract extension has an estimated... Continue Reading →
After its exclusivity deal with Australia’s Karoon Energy came to nought, Enauta, a Brazilian oil and gas player, has revealed that resuming the sale of a partial stake in a field located offshore Brazil is not currently on its agenda. Back in April 2021, Enauta disclosed its strategy to look for new partners for the development of the Atlanta... Continue Reading →
Global energy supermajor ExxonMobil and its partners Hess and CNOOC have made an astonishing number of high-quality oil discoveries in offshore Guyana. In April 2022 Exxon announced that it made three more discoveries in the 6.6-million-acre Stabroek Block, where it is the operator holding a 45% interest with 30% owned by Hess and the remaining 25% held... Continue Reading →
Marine geophysical service provider PXGEO has secured a contract with Petrobras for a 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey in Brazil. The survey, to be acquired in water depths up to 2,200 metres, is scheduled to commence in late 2022, with a duration of approximately four months. According to the company’s CEO, Duncan Eley, this will be... Continue Reading →
Italian oilfield services firm Saipem has confirmed it has recently been awarded a limited notice to proceed (LNTP) by BW Offshore, for the early-stage engineering services for the supply of an FPSO unit to be supplied to Shell for the development of the Gato do Mato field offshore Brazil. The oil and gas field is... Continue Reading →
Oslo Stock Exchange-listed oil and gas E&P company BW Energy has confirmed it is engaged in discussions with Brazil’s state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras to acquire the latter’s stake in a field located offshore Brazil. Back in January 2020, Petrobras disclosed its intention to sell its entire stake in two sets of deep-water post-salt offshore concessions,... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras launched this week a tender for contracting inspection services in its industrial assets located on land and sea. The tender covers both refining units as well as platform ships currently in operation in the Brazilian pre-salt. The expectation is that the opening of the envelopes with the proposals will take place on the... Continue Reading →
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