(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has put the finishing touches on its assignment at a gas-to-energy (GtE) project off Guyana’s Atlantic coast, which is envisioned to enable infrastructure buildout required to allow for natural gas to be transported from an oilfield in the waters of the prolific Stabroek Block to an integrated natural gas... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs 26 concession contracts in the Pelotas Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on Communication of December 13, 2023, informs that it signed 26 Concession Contracts of the 4th Permanent Concession Offer Cycle, acquired in partnership with Shell in the public session held by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) in December 2023. The consortium will have... Continue Reading →
Petrobras to use Paradigm’s technology for deluge system testing
(offshore-mag.com) Petrobras has signed an agreement to implement Dry-Flo technology in Brazil for the dry testing of deluge systems in its Búzios field FPSO units. This technology, developed by the Paradigm Group, has already seen global adoption across various players in the onshore and offshore markets. The contract was facilitated with support from Mi Fire, Paradigm’s local partner in... Continue Reading →
Mexico approves Harbour acquisition of Wintershall Dea
(offshore.mag.com) Harbour Energy expects to complete its acquisition of Wintershall Dea’s global E&P portfolio in early September. The process of satisfying the conditions to completion has been advancing, including the recent receipt of Mexico regulatory consents. Earlier this month, the Danish Energy Agency also approved the indirect transfer of interests in four licenses that had been granted to... Continue Reading →
CBO Group signs contract with ENEL for decarbonization solutions
(TN) Enel Trading, the Enel Group's trading company, has facilitated the acquisition of carbon credits from Enel Green Power plants by CBO Group (Companhia Brasileira de Offshore), a company in the maritime support segment. The company signed a contract to offset emissions from its vessels, via carbon credits, and from three administrative units, via I-RECs... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will invest BRL 500 million in five supercomputers
Petrobras, the Latin American champion in the past four years according to the Top500.org ranking, which evaluates the world's foremost High-Performance Computers (HPCs), will boost its technological park by acquiring five new supercomputers with a total investment of BRL 500 million. One of the machines, capable of processing the equivalent of roughly 10 million mobile... Continue Reading →
Platform ship Sepetiba reaches top pre-salt production
The platform ship Sepetiba, chartered by Petrobras, reached its top production, 180 million oil barrels per day (bpd), in the Mero field, in the Santo Basin’s pre-salt layer, last Tuesday (08/27). This milestone was reached within the estimated time frame of eight months due to the promptness of the unit’s oil treatment and gas compression... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Will Seek to Reduce Gas Reinjection When Possible
(Reuters) Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras will do what it can to reduce the reinjection of natural gas into oil wells, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard said on Wednesday. The government published a decree on Monday authorizing the oil regulator ANP to order oil companies to reduce the reinjection to increase the supply of gas and... Continue Reading →
CNOOC Posts Record Interim Profit
(Reuters) Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC posted record first-half profit on Thursday, boosted by output growth and higher oil prices. Net profit attributable to shareholders rose 25% to 79.73 billion yuan ($11.19 billion), CNOOC said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CNOOC's net production of oil and gas increased by... Continue Reading →
Helix bags $786 million for multi-year well intervention ops with two vessels offshore Brazil
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S.-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions has picked up multimillion-dollar long-term assignments off the coast of Brazil for two vessels, which will carry out well intervention work for the country’s energy giant, Petrobras. Following a competitive tender process, Helix entered into three-year vessel charter and service contracts with Petrobras for the Siem Helix 1 and Siem Helix 2 riser-based... Continue Reading →