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(OM) BW Energy plans to take FID later this year on two new infill wells at the Golfinho Field in the Espirito Santos Basin offshore Brazil, the company said in a results statement. The GLF-51 oil well and the GLF-50 gas well should double production from the field in 2027. BW Energy reported first-quarter 2024 stable production... Continue Reading →
(OE) Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s energy company Petronas, has made a third hydrocarbon discovery at the Fusaea-1 exploration well in Suriname’s Block 52. The discovery is located about 170 kilometers offshore and 9 kilometers east from Roystonea-1. The well was spudded in February 2024, and successfully drilled to a total depth of... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) Texas-headquartered Oceaneering International has reported an operating income of $44.2 million for its Subsea Robotics division in the first three months of 2024, a 31% increase compared to the first quarter of 2023. In Q1 2024, Oceaneering reported a net income of $15.1 million on revenue of $599 million, while adjusted net income was... Continue Reading →
(OE) ExxonMobil and its partners have made an oil discovery at Block 15 offshore Angola, while drilling the exploration well located in the Kizomba B development area. The discovery was made while drilling the Likembe-01 well in Block 15, operated by ExxonMobil, in partnership with Azule Energy, Equinor and Sonangol. Drilled between the months of... Continue Reading →
(OM) Harbour Energy expects the FEED process to start shortly for the Zama oilfield development in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico, the company said in a trading update. Later this year, it will participate in an appraisal well on the recent Kan oil discovery in offshore Block 30. In the Andaman Sea offshore Indonesia, testing is underway on... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras must do a series of studies on the impact on Indigenous groups in the Amazon area of planned offshore drilling nearby in order to analyze the project's viability, according to a federal agency and documents from government agencies. The wide-ranging studies demanded by Brazil's environmental agency Ibama are meant... Continue Reading →
(OE) U.S.-based offshore drilling company Diamond Offshore has secured the marketing rights for three seventh generation drillships - West Dorado, West Draco and West Libra, which will be renamed Tidal Action. Diamond Offshore entered into an agreement with Eldorado Drilling, the owner of the West Dorado and West Draco, to market the rigs in Brazil,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras will begin to drill off Colombia's coast at its Uchuva-2 well this month, Chief Exploration and Production Officer Joelson Mendes told journalists during a press-conference. The promising area off Colombia's coast could justify a large project to supply natural gas to the Andean country and for exports, Mendes said in... Continue Reading →
Barry Parker, Contributor (OE) Offshore energy is on a growth trajectory. Rystad Energy wrote in February 2024 that upstream oil majors were diving in to deeper waters. “Despite tightened budgets, frontier drilling is fueling optimism for a productive year, particularly deepwater projects in the Atlantic Margin, Eastern Mediterranean and Asia,” Rystad wrote, noting that “the trend... Continue Reading →
(OE) Classification society DNV said it is set to publish its new set of rules and standards for the offshore industry. The new rules, which cover several segments, including underwater systems and installations, offshore units, diving systems, structural design, and drilling systems, will be published in July and enter into force on January 1, 2025.... Continue Reading →
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