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Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has confirmed that one of its drillships kicked off its assignment at a field offshore Brazil with the country’s oil and gas giant, Petrobras. Back in November 2021, Seadrill secured two contracts with Petrobras for its West Carina and West Tellus rigs for work on the Búzios field offshore Brazil. At the time, the offshore drilling contractor explained that... Continue Reading →
Seaway 7 has been awarded a contract for the transport and installation of cables on the Hai Long offshore wind farms in Taiwan. Under the contract, Seaway 7 will be responsible for the transport and installation of inter-array cables, the respective cable protection systems, and four export cables. The export cables will connect the offshore... Continue Reading →
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has made a decision to drill the second well within an existing oil discovery offshore Brazil to assess the commerciality of a potential Neon field development, following the confirmation of net oil-bearing pay at the first well in this drilling campaign. Back in April 2021, Karoon hired a rig to perform... Continue Reading →
Offshore installation firm DEME Offshore will need to deploy its special drilling technology again to install offshore wind monopiles at an offshore wind farm in France, due to rough ocean conditions and a rocky seabed. The company recently secured two deals for the transportation and installation contracts for the foundations and the offshore substation for the Yeu... Continue Reading →
(OM) Offshore exploration and production capex shook off the COVID-19 pandemic-induced declines of the past two years to rebound by 21% in 2022, reaching a total $165 billion spent on exploration, wells and facilities. This is slightly less than half the all-time high for offshore E&P investment of $332 billion, set in 2014 at a... Continue Reading →
APA Corporation APA has successfully drilled and flow-tested the Sapakara South-2 (SPS-2) appraisal well, the second appraisal well to test the previously announced discovery in the area. The well is located about 4.6 kilometers south of the Sapakara South-1 (SPS-1) appraisal well. It has encountered approximately 118 feet of high-quality net oil pay in the Campano-Maastrichtian... Continue Reading →
(TN) Equinor has started the offshore installation campaign in the Bacalhau field, located in the Santos Basin. The work is performed under an integrated EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) contract with SIA - Subsea Integration Alliance, an alliance between OneSubsea® and Subsea7. Seven Pacific, Subsea7's construction/flex-lay vessel, capable of operating at depths of up... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling has secured more work for three premium jack-up rigs, thanks to a new deal and two contract extensions, which increase the company’s firm backlog by approximately 625 days, excluding unexercised optional periods. Borr Drilling disclosed on Monday, 13 February 2023, the award of a new contract for the Ran jack-up rig with Fieldwood... Continue Reading →
(PN) Earlier this week, Petrobras launched a new tender for the charter of up to four drilling rigs. The tender is divided into three non-excluding lots and the opening of the envelopes with the proposals is scheduled, in principle, for the 17th of March. According to the rules of the tender, only the 13 companies... Continue Reading →
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