(offshore-energy.biz) American oilfield services company NOV and Brazilian state-owned energy firm Petrobras have signed a pre-commercial agreement for the development of flexible pipes designed for high CO2 deepwater applications. The collaboration, formalized with the signature of an agreement in February, focuses on creating stainless steel armouring to combat stress corrosion cracking (SCC) caused by CO2,... Continue Reading →
Floatel Victory to Stay with Equinor Offshore Brazil
(OE) Oslo-listed offshore accommodation rig provider Floatel International has secured a contract extension with Equinor for its Floatel Victory semi-submersible accommodation unit. Under the contract extension, Floatel Vicotry will continue to provide Maintenance and Safety Unit (MSU) support alongside the Peregrino Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit offshore Brazil through the end of 2025.... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Awarded Major Contract for Gato do Mato
TechnipFMC has been awarded a major integrated Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation (iEPCI™) contract worth over $1 billion by Shell for its Gato do Mato greenfield development offshore Brazil. In addition to integrated execution, the project will utilize Subsea 2.0® configure-to-order (CTO) subsea production systems. Combining both offerings will enable streamlined project management through a single interface and accelerate time to first... Continue Reading →
Surinamese invest US$516M into country’s first oil project
Kaieteur News- The state-owned oil company of Suriname, Staatsolie on Monday announced that the company has raised US$515.8 million through a new bond that allowed citizens there to invest in the country’s first offshore oil project, GranMorgu. Staatsolie in thanking participants highlighted that the amount raised was US$ 211.7 million more than the US$ 304.1 million that was... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to finish analysis of the India’s Shapoorji appeal in FPSO bid this week
(Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras should analyze an appeal filed by India's Shapoorji Pallonji Energy in the tender to charter an offshore oil production vessel this week, the state-run oil firm's head of engineering, technology and innovation, Renata Baruzzi, said on Tuesday. WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The Indian company was the only one to bid on chartering a... Continue Reading →
MODEC Gets Shell’s Gato do Mato FPSO Ops and Maintenance Job
(OE) MODEC has signed an agreement with Shell for the operations and maintenance of the floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, to be deployed at Gato do Mato deepwater field off Brazil, for a period of 20 years. The agreement follows the execution of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract, which was awarded to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras reports results of exploratory well in Campos Basin pre-salt
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Campos Basin pre-salt, in an exploratory well of Norte de Brava block. Well 1-BRSA-1394-RJS is located 105 km from the state of Rio de Janeiro, at a water depth of 575 meters. The drilling of the well has been... Continue Reading →
Shell Makes FID for Deepwater Gato do Mato Project off Brazil
(OE) Shell Brasil Petróleo, a subsidiary of Shell, has taken the Final Investment Decision (FID) for Gato do Mato, a deepwater oil and gas project in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Gato do Mato Consortium includes Shell (operator with a 50% stake), Ecopetrol (30%), TotalEnergies (20%) and Pré-Sal Petróleo... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes to Deliver Completions Systems for Petrobras’ Offshore Field
(OE) Energy technology company Baker Hughes has signed a multi-year agreement with Petrobras to deliver fully integrated completions systems for its offshore deepwater fields. The award followed an open tender and will leverage Baker Hughes’ innovative completions technology portfolio and extensive experience in Brazil to optimize production across multiple deepwater fields. A range of technologies... Continue Reading →