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Sept. 24 - Petrobras received approval from Ibama on Wednesday, September 24th, for the Pre-Operational Assessment (APO), the emergency response simulation conducted by the company in August of this year, as the final stage of the environmental licensing process for block FZA-M-59, located in deepwater areas of Amapá. The report approving the APO was filed... Continue Reading →
Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. energy major Chevron said on Thursday it was expecting to take a hit of $200 million to $400 million in the third quarter related to the Hess deal. Chevron closed its $55 billion acquisition of Hess in July after winning a landmark legal battle against larger rival Exxon Mobil to gain access to the... Continue Reading →
Sept. 25 (OE) Dutch-based SBM offshore has cut the first steel for Chalchi floating storage and offloading (FSO) at COSCO Shipyard in China, marking the start of construction of the unit bound for deployment at Trion deepwater oil field, offshore Mexico. The FSO’s name, Chalchi, is inspired by Chalchiuhtlicue, the Aztec water deity, symbolizing the... Continue Reading →
Seatrium has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its proprietary FLEXHull 1500K-M floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) design. The AiP underscores Seatrium’s ability to deliver advanced solutions for deepwater oil and gas production, the company said. The FLEXHull 1500K-M is designed to handle topside loads of up... Continue Reading →
Sept. 23 (TN) The ANP Board of Directors approved the inclusion of 275 new blocks and five areas with marginal accumulations in the Permanent Concession Offer (OPC) notice, located in the Campos, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Parnaíba, Potiguar, Recôncavo, Santos, São Francisco, Tacutu, and Tucano Sul basins. The new version of the notice, including the approved... Continue Reading →
Sept 22 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil said on Monday it greenlit funding its seventh development project in Guyana called Hammerhead, bringing its oil joint venture another step closer to its goal of producing 1.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2030 from the country. The prolific Stabroek Block off the coast of Guyana is... Continue Reading →
Sept. 22 (OE) Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has launched its next generation remotely operated vehicle (ROV) control system – ICE Unity. In what is a significant leap forward for ROV control technology, the introduction of ICE Unity meets the increasing sector demand for data and control access from outside the core control system. Key features... Continue Reading →
Sept. 22 (offshore-energy.biz) As three oil and gas players — Chevron, Anadarko, and Westlawn — have forged a consortium to pursue hydrocarbon exploration off the coast of Peru, the results of a previously undertaken 3D marine seismic survey are the first item on their agenda, followed by a drill-or-drop decision. The trio’s formalization of their... Continue Reading →
This year marked the return to boosting oil and gas production, and with it—increased exploration efforts in key basins and promising new frontiers. Guyana, Suriname, Namibia, and Brazil have seen major oil discoveries in recent years. Big oil scaled back on renewable energy investment and has returned to oil and gas exploration. Sept. 19 (oilprice.com)... Continue Reading →
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run energy company Ecopetrol is set to exceed its 2025 goal of drilling 10 oil wells by between 20% and 40%, the company's vice president for hydrocarbons, Rafael Guzman, said on Thursday. The company drilled six wells in the first half of the year, two of which were successful, it has said. "I think... Continue Reading →
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