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Guyana is aiming to complete talks with the Exxon Mobil Corp-led consortium producing oil off its coast over crude pricing, lifting costs, and scheduling before the government exports its first cargo, energy director Mark Bynoe said on Monday. Exxon Mobil and partners Hess Corp and China's CNOOC Ltd inaugurated oil output in December at the... Continue Reading →
Houston-based subsea engineering company Oceaneering has been awarded a contract for comprehensive riserless light well intervention (RLWI) services offshore Angola in Blocks 18 and 31 by oil major BP. Oceaneering said on Monday that the value of this award was reflected in the company’s December 31, 2019, subsea products backlog. In connection with this contract,... Continue Reading →
February 10, 2020 Total plans to drill in block CM-541, in the Campos Basin pre-salt, between the end of this year and the beginning of 2021, informed the company's E&P director, Arnaud Breuillac, during a conference call with analysts last Thursday (6/2). According to the company, there are two “giant world-class” prospects in the asset,... Continue Reading →
Constellation said last week it had secured a three-year drilling contract for the Atlantic Star rig. The Atlantic Star is a midwater semi-submersible drilling rig which was originally constructed in 1976 and was acquired by Constellation in 1997. Continue reading
Colombia's Ecopetrol and Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell have teamed up to develop three blocks in the Caribbean, the state-owned oil company said on Friday. Under the deal, Shell will acquire a 50% operating-stake in the Fuerte Sur, Purple Angel and COL-5 blocks, which are found in deep-water areas of the Colombian Caribbean. Continue... Continue Reading →
February 7, 2020 Brazil will receive 10% of the Norwegian oil company's investments in the next two years Equinor plans to drill five high-impact exploratory wells in Brazil over the next two years, the company's vice president and chief financial officer, Lars Christian Bacher, said on Thursday during a conference call with analysts. High-impact wells... Continue Reading →
Schlumberger announced today an award to Subsea Integration Alliance of an exclusive contract by Equinor for the front-end engineering design (FEED) on its Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) project offshore Brazil. The contract scope brings together field development planning, project delivery and total life cycle solutions under an extensive technology and services portfolio. Continue reading
Japan’s MODEC has awarded Norway’s Aibel a letter of intent (LOI) in connection with MODEC’s supply of a newbuilt FPSO to Equinor for the Bacalhau field in Brazil. MODEC has recently signed a sales and purchase agreement with Equinor to supply a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Bacalhau (formerly Carcará) field offshore... Continue Reading →
2020 will be a peak year for floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) demand with up to 14 awards forecast in Wood Mackenzie’s base case scenario, half of which will be located offshore Latin America. Only two of these facilities are expected to be Petrobras units; a result of the increasing number of international... Continue Reading →
Ocean Infinity, a seabed survey and ocean exploration company, has launched of a new pioneering marine technology and data company named Armada. Ocean Infinity said that Armada, with a focus on combining technology and sustainability, would initially add fifteen bespoke designed marine robots to Ocean Infinity’s current fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). According to... Continue Reading →
