(offshore-energy.bi) French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has renewed the contract with Brazil-based Omni Táxi Aéreo, an affiliate of Latin America’s provider of air mobility and delivery solutions Omni Helicopters International Group, to operate its field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The contract relating to the Lapa field has been prolonged by an additional five... Continue Reading →
SLB OneSubsea to Deliver Production-Boosting Systems for Petrobras’ Búzios Field
(OE) Global energy technology company SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract with Petrobras for the delivery of two subsea raw seawater injection (RWI) systems to increase production at the Búzios field, offshore Brazil. Under the contract, SLB OneSubsea will provide two complete subsea RWI systems to support Petrobras’ floating production storage... Continue Reading →
SBM Considers Bidding for Petrobras’ Sergipe FPSO Units
(Reuters) Dutch firm SBM Offshore is considering bidding on a tender launched by Brazil's Petrobras to build up to two oil platforms for the state-run oil firm, SBM's president in Brazil, Jonas Lobo, told Reuters. The tender, to build up to two Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, is part of Petrobras' plans to... Continue Reading →
Hanwha Ocean Gets Bureau Veritas Clearance for FPSO Design
(OE) Shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) from certification body Bureau Veritas for its standard Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit (FPSO) design, which includes the latest developments in advanced digital solutions to support more energy efficient operations. Standard FPSO design of Hanwha Ocean measures 340 meters in length and 62... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC slots first subsea piece into Guyanese waters for ExxonMobil’s fifth oil project
(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has put the first equipment part of a subsea production system in place for an oil development at the Stabroek block, which ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, operates off the coast of Guyana. ExxonMobil hired TechnipFMC in May 2023 to provide a subsea production... Continue Reading →
ABL Expands Its FPSO Expertise with Latest Brazil Acquisition
(OE) ABL Group has entered into an agreement to acquire Brazil-based naval architecture and engineering consultancy Proper Marine, increasing its expertise in floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) sector. Proper Marine will be merged with ABL’s design and engineering arm Longitude. The company will expand ABL’s design and engineering capabilities with a team of over... Continue Reading →
ELIRE Infra announces world’s first intelligent floating infrastructure to accelerate net zero goals across multiple industries
ELIRE Infra, a revolutionary innovation company, operating at the intersection of infrastructure, mobility and clean energy, has announced today, its pioneering ‘Smart Hubs’ - modular, multi-purpose and scalable infrastructure solutions, designed to accelerate decarbonisation across ports, harbours, waterways, and the industries they support. ELIRE Infra’s Smart Hubs address critical infrastructure challenges by offering a sustainable,... Continue Reading →
New pipeline milestone for natural gas project in Brazilian waters
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has tucked a new steel pipe production milestone under its belt for its upcoming natural gas project off the coast of Brazil. Equinor marked the occasion by hosting a celebration at Confab, Tenaris’ welded mill in Brazil’s Pindamonhangaba to commemorate the completion of steel pipe production for the Raia project. With over 99%... Continue Reading →
Petrobras initiates procurement of platforms for Sergipe Deep Waters Project
Petrobras informs that it has initiated a new procurement process for the construction of up to two FPSO oil production units for the Sergipe Deep Waters Project (SEAP), in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The procurement model will be Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), where the contractor is responsible for the design, construction, assembly, and operation of the asset for... Continue Reading →
Seatrium Dives Deeper into Cyber-Physical Modeling of FPSOs
(OE) Seatrium and the Technology Centre for Offshore & Marine, Singapore (TCOMS) have expanded the research agreement to explore cyber-physical modelling capabilities for predicting the behavior of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) platforms in high sea states. Seatrium and TCOMS have expanded Master Research Collaboration Agreement (MRCA) signed in April 2023, to advance methodologies... Continue Reading →