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Oil and gas giant Shell has tapped digital innovation specialist Bluware Corp for the supply of deep learning technology, which should speed up work with seismic data interpretation. Bluware Corp said it Monday it had deployed the Pickasso proprietary deep learning technology, a custom version of Bluware InteractivAI in Royal Dutch Shell PLC. "Bluware's technology... Continue Reading →
Aug 28, 2020 Shell has extended, to the beginning of 2021, the deadline for submitting offers for chartering the FPSO of Gato do Mato, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The last deadline reported by PetróleoHoje was September 1st. Santos Basin pre-salt project will be developed with FPSO with capacity to produce 90 thousand bopd. Source:... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil services investment firm Akastor will take full ownership of DOF Deepwater, a joint venture with company DOF, as part of the debt restructuring agreement with the JV's lenders. DOF Deepwater operates five mid-sized AHTS vessels As part of an agreement with DOF Deepwater lenders on a restructuring of its debt that secures continued... Continue Reading →
The Libra Consortium has taken a final investment decision to contract the Mero-3 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel to be deployed at the Mero field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) reported Tuesday. Besides Shell, other members of the Petrobras (NYSE: PBR)-operated Libra Consortium include Total (NYSE: TOT), CNPC and... Continue Reading →
Norwegian subsea project and marine services provider DOF Subsea has been awarded four new contracts with Brazilian oil company Petrobras. DOF said Thursday that at least three vessels from the DOF fleet would be mobilized to perform flexible pipeline, risers and subsea equipment inspection in Campos Basin, Santos Basin, Marlin Field, and Espírito Santos Basin.... Continue Reading →
The global heavy lift vessel market is a difficult place to be. Utilization for the fleet has remained depressingly low since the first oil and gas downturn in 2014, currently hovering around 33% for the global fleet with a lift capacity of over 800 tonnes, according to IHS Markit’s ConstructionVesselBase. Fixed platform installation work,... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil Corp is limiting output at its flagship offshore project in Guyana to 100,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) due to more issues with the reinjection of natural gas, the South American country's environmental regulator said on Friday. Exxon, which operates the Stabroek block in a consortium with Hess Corp and China's CNOOC Ltd, had initially planned... Continue Reading →
Aug 21, 2020 Total, together with its partners, will invest in the third phase of the Mero project in the Libra Block, located 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. Scheduled to start operating in 2024, Mero 3 FPSO1 will have the capacity to process... Continue Reading →
Offshore geotechnical services company Benthic will be deploying a remotely operated seabed drilling system off Brazil, as part of a contract awarded by the Brazilian national oil company Petrobras. Petrobras has hired Benthic to carry out geotechnical site investigation services at the giant Mero field located in the Santos Basin, which the company is developing in... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) has been awarded a large(1) contract for Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (EPCI) through a competitive contracting process, by Petrobras, the leader and operator of the Libra Consortium, which was formed by Petrobras, Shell Brasil, Total, CNPC, CNOOC Limited and Pré-sal Petróleo SA (PPSA), for the pre-salt Mero field, located in... Continue Reading →
