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Petrobras CEO,Magda Chambriard, announced that the FPSO P-78 has begun its journey to Brazil. The unit, which will be installed in the Buzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, was in Singapore undergoing integration and commissioning stages. The Keppel/Hyundai consortium was responsible for building the vessel. “And before anyone says that there... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) The steel-cutting ceremony for a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit destined for a field offshore Brazil operated by the Brazilian subsidiary of the U.K.-headquartered energy giant Shell has been held at the Sumitomo Heavy Industries’ Yokosuka shipyard in Japan. Based on a social media post by Cristiano Pinto da Costa, President of Shell Brasil,... Continue Reading →
– Exail, a global leader in inertial navigation technologies, has secured a contract with Brazilian offshore services company Mitang to deliver 30 Quadrans Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). These units will be installed on Floating Production, Storage and Offloading units (FPSOs) operated by Petrobras off the coast of Brazil. The Quadrans AHRS provides real-time... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted the preliminary license for oil and gas production activities at the Raia Project, operated by Equinor in the pre-salt layer of the Campos Basin. Also, the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the construction of the 200 km gas pipeline that will connect the Raia FPSO to... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to acquire the 25% interest held by Moeve, formerly known as CEPSA, in Block 53, offshore Suriname, joining APA and Petronas as partner in the license. Block 53 lies directly east of Block 58, where TotalEnergies and its partners made the final investment decision (FID) for the GranMorgu development in October 2024.... Continue Reading →
The company was contracted by Allseas to supply 120 km of mechanically lined pipes (MLP) with anti-corrosive alloys for the Buzios field, operated by Petrobras in the Santos Basin pre-salt layer. According to Cladtek, this is the largest project in the history of the Brazilian oil company in terms of MLP manufacturing scope. The MLP... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) OneSubsea has delivered the 21st and final subsea tree for Petrobras’ Búzios project in Brazil, said to be the largest deepwater oil and gas field in the world, concluding a four-year journey for the project. OneSubsea, a joint venture backed by SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, announced today, June 23, the completion of the... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore announces that it has signed an operations and maintenance contract with TotalEnergies EP Suriname B.V., an affiliate of TotalEnergies, for the FPSO GranMorgu, as part of the field development project located in Block 58 in Suriname. The operations and maintenance contract covers the operation readiness phase before first oil as well as the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Malaysian FPSO leasing firm Yinson Production has closed of the previously announced $1 billion investment from a consortium of global investor to further drive its business growth. The funding was secured through a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), and funds managed by British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), and... Continue Reading →
(OE) MODEC has renewed its joint research and development (R&D) agreement with Terra Drone for the non-destructive internal inspection of crude oil storage tanks on floating production, storage, and offloading systems (FPSOs) using Terra UT drones. The renewed agreement builds upon the joint R&D contract signed by the companies in 2024, following significant achievements in improving... Continue Reading →
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