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Orders for production floaters have bounced back over the past month driven by rising crude prices, according to Jim McCaul, head of offshore business intelligence firm World Energy Reports. McCaul bases his assessment on data in a new floating production systems report prepared by World Energy Reports. The report provides details for 206 floater projects... Continue Reading →
Japan’s floating solutions provider MODEC has received a notification from Brazil’s Petrobras that its eligibility to participate in new competitive bidding by Petrobras has been suspended for 13 months from 31 March 2021. MODEC said on Thursday that the main basis for this administrative sanction is losses to Petrobras presumably caused by the performance of... Continue Reading →
The company estimates to disburse resources in exploration, development and production in the order of U$ 40 million in 2021 and U$ 105 million for 2022. The projection has a variation margin of 20% negative or positive. Of the total set aside for this year, US$ 19 million will go to the Atlanta field, including... Continue Reading →
A Stena Drilling-owned drillship, Stena IceMAX, has arrived in Mexico ahead of its contract with the Spanish oil company Repsol. In a social media update on Wednesday, Stena Drilling said that the Stena IceMax rig had arrived in Tampico, Mexico to finalise preparations for its upcoming contract with Repsol. Repsol awarded the contract to the Stena drillship... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil is preparing to start up a gas compressor on SBM Offshore’s Liza Destiny FPSO, operating offshore Guyana, this week following a technical issue that started in January 2021. As previously reported, ExxonMobil started experiencing technical issues with the gas compressor on the SBM Offshore-owned FPSO Liza Destiny, which is working on the Liza field located offshore... Continue Reading →
Following the acquisition of the Baúna field in Brazil, Australia’s Karoon Energy has created a Brazil Business Unit and is working to restructure its executive team with immediate effect. Karoon said on Monday it has created the Brazil Business Unit, which will be reporting directly to the CEO and Managing Director, supported by the appropriate... Continue Reading →
Omni Táxi Aéreo has just expanded its fleet of helicopters used to transport workers in the oil and gas sector. The company acquired yet another AW139 model aircraft, made by Italian Leonardo. The model is super medium sized and capable of flying to the most distant platforms of the pre-salt, carrying up to 12 passengers.... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy intelligence group Rystad Energy expects to see an increase in offshore wells drilled this year and the next one, compared to 2020, when the number was hit by low oil prices and the pandemic. Now, with oil and gas demand recovering supported by vaccinations and OPEC+ supply cuts, Rystad expects offshore drilling activity... Continue Reading →
Australian firm BHP, working to develop the deepwater Trion oil field offshore Mexico, has selected the offshore engineering firm DORIS to continue into the next phase of Trion’s engineering work, related to subsea umbilicals risers and flowlines. DORIS has previously completed the pre-DEED scope, and will now work on Front End Engineering and Design (FEED)... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling has received court approval for a previously proposed deal which entails Vantage managing some of the rigs owned by Seadrill Partners. Vantage said Friday it had has entered into a Framework Agreement and related Management and Marketing Agreements with Seadrill Partners LLC (“Seadrill Partners”) under which Vantage’s subsidiaries will provide operating, management... Continue Reading →
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