Aug. 27 (OE) Singapore's Seatrium is preparing for the sailaway of two floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units for Brazil's Petrobras, with the P-80 and P-82 vessels scheduled to depart within weeks of each other. The two vessels were marked at a christening ceremony at Seatrium's Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore and will head... Continue Reading →
Buzios sets new Natural Gas export record
Aug. 26 (PN) -The Buzios field, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, set a new record for natural gas exports in July. During that period, the asset reached an average of 10.8 million cubic meters per day, underscoring the expansion of production destined for the Brazilian market and the operational reliability of... Continue Reading →
China’s CNOOC Posts Record First-Half Profit
Aug. 26 (Reuters) Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC posted a record first-half net profit on Wednesday, as higher oil prices driven by the Iran war and rising production boosted earnings. Net profit attributable to shareholders rose 23.4% to 85.8 billion yuan ($12.9 billion) from 69.5 billion yuan a year earlier, according to a... Continue Reading →
Why Guyana brings a different growth profile to Chevron’s portfolio
Aug. 24 (oilnow.gy) A year after Chevron completed its acquisition of Hess, Guyana is emerging as a distinct part of the company’s longer-term production outlook, with a resource base that can support successive offshore developments through the 2030s. Chevron acquired Hess in July 2025, gaining a 30% interest in Guyana’s Stabroek Block along with producing and... Continue Reading →
Shell Puts Aphrodite Gas Project off Trinidad On Hold
Aug. 25 (Reuters) British oil major Shell has shelved its Aphrodite offshore gas project in Trinidad and Tobago after disagreements over commercial terms with Trinidad's National Gas Company, three people familiar with the decision said on Monday. Shell had given the project a positive final investment decision last year, but it has decided for now... Continue Reading →
Venezuela’s Oil Revival Is Slower Than the U.S. Hoped
Aug. 24 (oilprice.com) More than half a year after the U.S. captured and extracted Nicolas Maduro from Venezuela, the biggest American oil firms haven’t returned to operating oilfields in the world’s largest oil reserves holder. Chevron, which has operated in Venezuela throughout Maduro’s reign, is extracting and exporting oil to the U.S., but neither ExxonMobil... Continue Reading →
Petrobras decides to reevaluate Sergipe Deepwater gas pipeline and considers gas export alternatives
Aug. 24 (PN) Petrobras's board met last week and reached a decision that could alter the course of one of the sector's most anticipated projects. Due to discussions surrounding the "gas release" program, the company deemed it prudent to hit the brakes and reevaluate the export pipeline project for the Sergipe Deepwater (SEAP) development, anccording... Continue Reading →
Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO reaches peak production in the pre-salt
Aug. 20 - Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO, the fifth to be installed in the Mero field in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached peak production, at 180,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). Mero is the third largest producing field in Brazil, after Búzios and Tupi. “Each unit that reaches the maximum production level envisaged in the project not only contributes to the... Continue Reading →
Three Ørsted Offshore Wind Farms Set for Full Commissioning in 2026
Aug. 10 (offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted expects three of its offshore wind farms currently under construction to reach full commissioning in the second half of 2026, with Borkum Riffgrund 3 in Germany, Greater Changhua 2b and 4 in Taiwan, and Revolution Wind in the US all approaching completion. The updates were provided by Ørsted as part of... Continue Reading →
Errea Wittu currently off Guyana’s coast ahead of Uaru installation
Aug. 20 (oilnow.gy) The Errea Wittu floating production, storage and offloading vessel was positioned off Guyana’s coast on August 19, VesselFinder data showed. The automatic identification system data listed Georgetown, Guyana, as the vessel’s destination. It was traveling at 7.4 knots, with an estimated arrival time of 10 a.m. today. Arrival estimates can change based... Continue Reading →