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(PN) Petrobras intends to save up to US$100 million annually by partially automating its fleet of drilling rigs by 2030. The objective is to reduce the average drilling time of offshore wells, bringing financial, safety and environmental benefits. By optimizing the use of rigs in well drilling, automation could reduce, after 2030, around 30 thousand... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oilfield services firm Archer has been awarded a two-year contract for platform drilling services for Equinor in Brazil. The contract will commence in November 2024 in direct continuation of Archer’s current contract for drilling operations and maintenance on Equinor’s Peregrino A & B platforms and includes an optional two-year extension period. The estimated firm... Continue Reading →
(OilNow.gy) ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead development will be a “stand alone” project, according to the summary submitted to Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Potentially, additional resources can be tapped, if determined to be feasible and economically viable, the document read. The proposed project will be located in the south central portion of the Stabroek Block, 160 kilometers (km) from... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp plans to drill up to 30 wells as part of its seventh oil project in Guyana, named Hammerhead, according to the development plan proposed by the company and disclosed by the government on Monday. The project, which is pending government approval, would start production in 2029, lifting the country's capacity to... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras began drilling a new pioneer well offshore in block ES-M-673, in the Espirito Santo Basin. Named 1-BRSA-1393-ESS, the well is in a water depth of 2,848 meters. The activity is being carried out with the Norbe IX drillship, owned by Foresea. Block ES-M-673 was acquired by Petrobras in 2013, during the 11th Bidding... Continue Reading →
(PN) Oil States signed a services contract with Petrobras to carry out operations with Dual Bore Riser Systems and peripherals, as well as planning services for operations with these systems. The four year agreement provides for completion, withdrawal and intervention services in subsea wells using a completion system linked to the Riser Dual Bore type... Continue Reading →
(OE) France-based tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract from TotalEnergies to supply almost 5,000 tonnes of OCTG solutions and associated services for the Kaminho deepwater project on Block 20, 100 km off the coast of Angola. On this project, Vallourec will supply its range of VAM connections and use CLEANWELL, its more environmentally-friendly,... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian energy giant Eni has made a new oil and gas discovery in an exploration well in Block 9 in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. The discovery was made on the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well, approximately 63 kilometers off the coast in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina. The preliminary estimates indicate a... Continue Reading →
(OE) U.K.-based oil and gas company Trident Energy has welcomed Noble Corporation’s Noble Venturer drillship for a new drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea, expected to begin shortly. Trident Equatorial is the operator of Block G in the Ceiba and Okume complex fields offshore Equatorial Guinea. The drilling campaign, which is expected to recommence shortly with... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) Switzerland-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has gotten down to business in Brazil, where its newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship set the ball rolling on its inaugural drilling assignment with the country’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras. Following a purchase agreement at the end of 2022 for the acquisition of the Deepwater Aquila (ex-West Aquila) drillship for $200 million from Hanwha Ocean,... Continue Reading →
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