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Oil and gas company BW Energy has started production from the Tortue Phase 2 field development on the Dussafu Marin license located offshore Gabon. BW Energy kicked off its 2021 Gabon drilling campaign with the spudding of the Hibiscus Extension well (DHIBM-2), on the Dussafu Marin permit, in April 2021, using the Borr Norve jack-up drilling rig. It... Continue Reading →
Three marine seismic data acquisition and processing companies TGS, CGG, and BGP have signed a multi-client agreement with Suriname's national oil firm Staatsolie. Under the agreement, the consortium will be able to acquire, promote and license multi-client seismic programs, including new 3D acquisition and legacy data reprocessing, in the shallow water acreage offshore Suriname. Suriname’s shallow... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling company Valaris has won a drilling rig contract with the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras offshore Brazil. The contract is for the drillship Valaris DS-4, for operations offshore Brazil. The contract is for a minimum term of 548 days. The drillship is currently preservation stacked in the UK and will transit to the Canary... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) TechnipFMC may be close to winning yet another SURF (underwater collection system) contract with Petrobras. The group presented the best proposal in the Brazilian oil company's bid for the 7th module in Buzios, in the Santos cluster, with a value of R$ 5.7 billion. TechnipFMC's offer was ahead of proposals by Saipem, with a... Continue Reading →
(Valor) TotalEnergies (formerly Total) promises to intensify investments in renewables, but, at the same time, it is looking closely at the Brazilian oil and gas market. The French oil company, which changed its name to symbolize its migration towards the energy transition, sees Brazil as a strategic player in the search for projects with increasingly... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has secured long-term day-rate contracts with Petrobras for the pipelay support vessels (PLSV) Seven Waves, Seven Rio and Seven Sun. Seven Waves will commence the new contract in the first quarter of 2022, Seven Rio in the second quarter of 2022 and Seven Sun in the third quarter of 2022. Each contract comprises a firm three-year period... Continue Reading →
Constellation is about to win two new charter contracts for the semi-submersible rigs Gold Star and Lone Star with Petrobras. The deal comes from the tender for the charter of one or more low specification units for operation in 2,400 meters of water depth, the result of which was released on Wednesday (13/10). The result... Continue Reading →
Petrobras is expected to export more oil from Buzios to China in the coming months, while it reserves Tupi oil for the domestic market, reveals consultancy Platts. According to the company, Petrobras sources say that the oil company has been channeling more volumes of Tupi into its own system in recent months, while focusing on... Continue Reading →
French oil major TotalEnergies has exercised an option for Maersk Drilling's drillship Maersk Voyager to drill the ultra-deepwater Ondjaba-1 exploration well in Angola’s Block 48. The contract extension has an estimated duration of 54 days, which means that Maersk Voyager is now contracted until February 2022. The work on Ondjaba-1 began in October 2021, after... Continue Reading →
Oil States Brasil announced this week that it has signed a new and important contract with Petrobras. Under the new agreement, the company will provide offshore planning, maintenance and inspection services on cranes on the oil company's five FPSOs. The new contract will run for three years. "Having a broad knowledge of the market, combined... Continue Reading →
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