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(OE) Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured new contracts and extensions for its drilling rigs, increasing its contract backlog to approximately $4 billion. Since its latest fleet status report, issued on February 15, 2024, Valaris has secured approximately $480 million new contracts and contract extensions, increasing its backlog from $3.9 million. Drillships and Jack-Ups Deals... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) Offshore drilling contractor Transocean is looking forward to securing new assignments for its rig fleet, thanks to the high demand for offshore drilling services on the global oil and gas stage. The rig owner’s expectations of further long-term contracts are fueled by the current upcycle and deals awarded in the first quarter of 2024.... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has produced first gas through the P-68 platform serving the Berbigão and Sururu fields in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil, the company said in its latest results statement. It also conducted a scheduled shutdown of the Mexilhão Platform (Route 1) in the same basin for preventive maintenance, designed to ensure continued production, flow and natural gas supply operations. In... Continue Reading →
In 1Q24, average production of oil, NGL and natural gas reached 2,776 MMboed, increase of 3.7% when comparing with the same period last year (1Q23). Among the main factors behind this variation, we can highlight the ramp-up of the FPSOs Almirante Barroso, P-71, Anna Nery, Anita Garibaldi and Sepetiba, as well as the start-up of... Continue Reading →
(OE) France-based tubular solutions supplier for the energy market Vallourec has secured an order from ExxonMobil for the supply of line pipe for the Whiptail development, offshore Guyana. This is the fourth major order in the framework of the long-term agreement signed in 2021 with ExxonMobil Guyana. Vallourec will deliver over 180 km of line... Continue Reading →
(OM) Offshore rig rates hit a nine-year high last year, according to a report from Westwood Global Energy Group subsidiary RigLogix. Day rates for jackups, semisubmersibles and drillships averaged $118,000, $368,000 and $419,000, respectively, 54% up on the figures for 2021. However, the inflationary prices, caused by a combination of higher global rig demand, rising rig use... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling firm Noble Corporation has informed about two new drilling campaigns secured for its Noble Venturer drillship in Africa, which is currently employed on drilling assignment with Tullow Oil offshore Ghana. Following the early completion of the Tullow Oil Ghana campaign expected to end in late May 2024, Noble Corporation said it will relocate... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras is the company in the global oil and gas market whose investment has grown the most. In 2023, the company practically doubled its investment effort, totaling US$ 21.4 billion between direct investments and assets related to the leasing of production units, compared to an amount of US$ 10.9 billion in 2022. -Petrobras has... Continue Reading →
History is repeating itself in Uruguay. And Chevron plays an important role (Geo Expro) When the Kudu gas field was discovered offshore Namibia in the early 1970s, Chevron jumped to the other side of the Atlantic to take acreage in Uruguay in a similar setting. It led to the drilling of Uruguay’s first couple of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Portuguese oil company Galp has successfully completed the first phase of the Mopane exploration campaign in the PEL 83 block offshore Namibia, and started a process of evaluating commerciality of oil discoveries made in the past months. Galp (80%, operator), together with its partners NAMCOR and Custos (10% each), said it successfully completed the... Continue Reading →
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