Rhino Resources, the operator of the petroleum exploration license (PEL85), and its partners have found oil in the Capricornus 1-X well in Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. The Capricornus 1-X well, spudded on February 17, using Noble Corporation’s Noble Venturer drillship, reached total depth on April 2, successfully penetrating the Lower Cretaceous target. The well found... Continue Reading →
Atlas wins crewing contract for Noble’s Suriname drilling campaign
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S. offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has awarded Atlas Professionals with a crew management contract for its upcoming drilling campaign in Suriname. Under the deal, Atlas is slated to provide junior and expatriate crew for a drilling campaign to be carried out using the Noble Developer rig. Additionally, the firm will provide comprehensive logistics, training, and... Continue Reading →
Hanwha Drilling’s Tidal Action Drillship En Route to Petrobras’ Roncador Field
(OE) Tidal Action ultra-deepwater drillship has embarked on a voyage from South Korea to Brazil to start its maiden job at Petrobras’ Roncador field. The drillship has been officially handed over by its owner Hanwha Ocean to its subsidiary Hanwha Drilling, established in 2024 as its drillship fleet operator. Tidal Action, built on Hanwha Ocean’s... Continue Reading →
Vallourec Gets Line Pipes Supply Contract for Petrobras’ Buzios Field
(OE) French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract with Allseas to supply line pipes for Búzios 10 offshore project located at the Búzios field, operated by Petrobras. The contract represents nearly 18,000 tons of subsea seamless premium carbon steel line pipes, for the risers and flowlines. It also includes an optional scope of... Continue Reading →
MODEC Wins ExxonMobil Guyana’s Hammerhead FPSO Contract
(OE) MODEC has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana to develop an FPSO for the Hammerhead project. The Hammerhead FPSO will have the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), along with associated gas and water. It will be moored at a water depth of approximately 1,025 meters using a SOFEC... Continue Reading →
Atlantic Zonda Drillship Starts its Maiden Job with Petrobras
(OE) The seventh generation Atlantic Zonda drillship, managed by Ventura Offshore Midco, has started operations for Petrobras under a three-year drilling contract. The Atlantic Zonda is managed by Ventura Offshore through marketing and operating agreements with the rig owner, Eldorado Drilling, and the company will earn its management fees and reimbursable revenues from these agreements.... Continue Reading →
UK firm lands multi-year ultra-deepwater weld inspection contract in Brazil
(offshore-energy.biz) UK provider of remotely deployed subsea inspections, TSC Subsea, has secured a multi-year contract in Brazil for subsea phased array (SPA) inspection of circumferential welds on rigid subsea pipelines, covering both flowline and riser sections at depths of up to 3,000 meters. According to TSC Subsea, the contract, which will run from 2025 to... Continue Reading →
Guyana gov’t working with U.S. firm on port that will support second gas project
(oilnow.gy) International engineering giant Bechtel is working closely with the Government of Guyana to develop a deep-water port in Berbice, Region Rix (East Berbice-Corentyne). This is according to President of the South American country, Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali. The facility is expected to play a central role in the country’s expanding gas development and regional... Continue Reading →
Hunt for partners coming soon as Brazilian oil project’s cost estimates reach up to $1.2B
(offshore-energy.biz) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has set its cap on finding a partner ahead of making a final investment decision (FID) for an oil field discovery in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The firm is moving forward with the next stage of development, which includes the entry into the... Continue Reading →
Exxon consortium to begin installation of floating oil facility in Guyana
(Reuters) - A consortium led by U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil is about to begin installing its fourth floating oil production facility in Guyana, the South American country's maritime regulator said in a notice on Tuesday. The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility 'One Guyana,' built by SBM Offshore with a 250,000 barrel-per-day capacity, departed Singapore... Continue Reading →