(WO) Perenco has discovered oil with an exploratory well offshore Congo-Brazzaville, raising the prospect of a new geological play, the company said on Monday. The shallow water Pointe Noire Grand Fond (PNGF) Sud license of the privately owned French independent, whose portfolio is mainly weighted toward West Africa, said the well, Tchinem 1-01, targeted a... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind: BAR Targets U.S. Crew Transfer Vessel Deployment for 2024
(OE) Marine engineering consultancy, BAR Technologies (BAR), said Wednesday that its low-emission crew transfer vessel (CTV) design, the BARTech 30, will be available for the first U.S. offshore wind projects in 2024, following quotes at several U.S. shipyards. BAR said Wednesday it was meeting with the U.S. offshore wind vessel supply chain at a workboat... Continue Reading →
First gas flows from BP’s ‘biggest offshore facility’ in Trinidad and Tobago
BP’s subsidiary, bp Trinidad and Tobago (bpTT), has started production from its Cassia Compression (Cassia C) development project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. Located 57 kilometres off the southeast coast of Trinidad, the Cassia C platform is BP’s 16th offshore facility in Trinidad and Tobago. The first gas from the facility was previously expected in 3Q 2021 but the... Continue Reading →
Economic headwinds set to push oil below $100 in 2023
(Reuters) - Brent oil prices will hold above the $100 level for the rest of 2022 as an impending EU ban on Russian oil sparks uncertainty over supply, but will tick lower next year as economic concerns prevail, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. A survey of 38 economists and analysts forecast benchmark Brent crude... Continue Reading →
Thirteen Firms Team Up to Develop Next-gen Floating Wind Tech
(OE) Technip Energies is leading a 13-partner consortium that is working to roll out the next generation of floating wind technology "for a competitive, more scalable and industrial deployment." The initiative, called NextFloat, launched in Paris earlier this month, and includes Technip Energies as project coordinator, X1 Wind, Naturgy, 2B Energy, Hellenic Cables, Technical University... Continue Reading →
New job for UK firm on SBM Offshore’s largest FPSO to date
UK-based centrifugal pumps and associated equipment manufacturer, Amarinth, has won an order from VWS Westgarth for two titanium pumps, which will be used aboard SBM Offshore’s FPSO One Guyana, destined to work for ExxonMobil off Guyana. Amarinth disclosed on Monday that it was tasked by VWS Westgarth to provide the two titanium API 610 OH2 chemically enhanced... Continue Reading →
How is the transition to renewables faring in the midst of a global energy crisis? Long read
(OET) In the aftermath of COP27, which took place against the backdrop of the first true global energy crisis, many argued that little progress was made on the phasing out of fossil fuels. This was justified by the need to strengthen energy security, protect consumers at the pump, and avoid a global recession. In light... Continue Reading →
Huge Australian wind farm secures $1.3 bln funding with no power contracts
(Reuters) - Construction is set to begin on one of Australia's biggest wind farms after its developers secured funding in a unique deal for the A$2 billion ($1.3 billion) first stage of the project after years of delays. The first stage of the Golden Plains project, being developed by privately owned TagEnergy, involves a 756-megawatt... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Development of the Production Sharing contracts may require 21 FPSOs by 2029
(epbr) The development of the 18 production sharing contracts currently contracted may require the contracting of 21 production platforms (FPSOs) of up to 225 thousand barrels/per day of capacity by 2029, estimates Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA). — Investments in production development are estimated at US$ 72.4 billion between 2023 and 2032, which include everything from the... Continue Reading →
Sangomar FPSO Gears Up for Topside Integration as Construction Phase Completed
(OE) Australian oil and gas company Woodside on Tuesday announced the completion of the construction phase for the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility which will be deployed at the Sangomar field offshore Senegal. This will be Senegal's first offshore oil production unit. MODEC, Inc. was awarded the contract to supply the FPSO by... Continue Reading →