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Offshore drilling company Transocean expects its two ultra-deepwater drillships under construction in Singapore to cost it $2,25 billion in total, more than a double on the original order price. Transocean first ordered the drillships - now named the Deepwater Titan and the Deepwater Atlas - on speculation from Sembcorp Marine's Jurong Shipyard in 2014 for... Continue Reading →
Tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has signed contract extensions with Petrobras for the supply of its products and services. Since 2019, Vallourec has been supplying Petrobras with OCTG products, including seamless steel tubes, connections, and accessories, as well as associated services such as offshore inspection, repair, and supervision. The contracts have now been extended until 2023.... Continue Reading →
Apache Corp and its joint venture partner Total on Wednesday said they had made their third oil discovery offshore Suriname. The "major oil discovery" was made at the Kwaskwasi-1 well drilled by the Noble Sam Croft in Block 58, where Apache is operator and holds 50% working interest and Total holds the other 50%. Continue... Continue Reading →
The U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has recently discovered two more high-quality oil reservoirs offshore Guyana, Hess, the company's partner in the prolific Stabroek block said Wednesday. To remind, back in January, ExxonMobil said it had struck its 16th oil discovery in the offshore block in Guyana, boosting recoverable resource base in Guyana to more than... Continue Reading →
London-listed oil and gas exploration and production firm Tullow Oil expects to hire an offshore drilling rig soon for drilling operation in Suriname. The company said Monday that the drilling of the Goliathberg-Voltzberg North prospect (GVN-1) in the offshore Block 47 is now planned for the first quarter of 2021. Continue reading
Sypris Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Sypris Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq/GM: SYPR), announced today that it has recently received significant orders for its Tube Turns® branded Ultra-High Pressure and Double Bolt closure product lines. Production will begin immediately and is expected to be completed prior to year end. Terms of the purchases were not disclosed. The... Continue Reading →
July 28, 2020 Petrobras will forward a letter of intent (LOI) to Misc for the construction, chartering and operation of the Mero 3 FPSO in the Libra area. The two companies have completed all the internal approval and negotiation processes for contracting the production unit and the most recent projection is that the document to... Continue Reading →
July 27, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of its entire stake in the exploratory portion of the Tayrona Block, located in the Guajira Basin, Colombia. The teaser, which includes key information about the opportunity, as well as the eligibility criteria for... Continue Reading →
\ July 24, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on July 24, 2019, informs that, due to the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the difficulty to address the previous conditions initially defined, in common agreement with Karoon Petróleo & Gás Ltda (Karoon), a subsidiary of Karoon Energy... Continue Reading →
July 24, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Executive Board approved today the beginning of the contracting processes for three new Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSOs) platforms for the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The three new units are part of the Asset Development Plan, which envisages a total... Continue Reading →
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