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(offshore-energy.biz) Dubai-headquartered engineering and services company Kent is developing a comprehensive report aiming to offer guidance for determining the cost of decarbonization, including its societal aspect, in the upstream oil and gas industries on behalf of the London-based Energy Institute. While the guideline document will focus on the UK North Sea, it will be written... Continue Reading →
(OE) British startup DRIFT Energy has closed a seed funding round for making green energy at sea using hi-tech sailing vessels. Led by Octopus Ventures, one of the largest and most active venture capital investors in the UK and Europe, and with support from Blue Action Accelerator, the company has secured £4.65 million ($6 million),... Continue Reading →
(OilNow..gy) Guyana’s next Stabroek Block development could potentially be ExxonMobil’s Longtail discovery, Vickram Bharrat, the country’s Minister of Natural Resources said. “They are already moving ahead with Hammerhead, and we have heard talks that Longtail will come after that,” he said. The Longtail-1 discovery in the Stabroek Block was drilled in 2018, encountering approximately 256... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) State-run oil firm Petrobras has begun studies for the implementation of a new oil platform in Brazil's Buzios field, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Each Buzios platform has an average cost of $3.5 billion, said a source, adding that the one under study would be a FPSO (floating production storage... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil intends to purchase the Liza Destiny and Prosperity floating production storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) from SBM Offshore, the shipbuilder reported in its half-year earnings. SBM Offshore said both purchases are expected in the “second half of 2024, ahead of the end of the maximum lease terms in November 2025 and December 2029... Continue Reading →
(offshore-mag.com) Global expenditure on subsea facilities is set for a 10% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2024 to 2027, according to research by Rystad Energy. The consultants project a total capex spend for the period of more than $42 billion. Some of the biggest investments are taking place in South America and Europe. In... Continue Reading →
(PN) SBM Offshore has completed a new stage in the construction of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, which will be installed in the Mero field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The Dutch company announced this week that the lifting campaign for the vessel's topside modules was successfully completed. Integration and commissioning activities continue... Continue Reading →
(Oilnow.gy) Suriname’s state oil company Staatsolie is set to plug US$1.8 billion in the nation’s first offshore oil project, according to the company’s 2023 annual report. Staatsolie could participate with up to 20% stake in the Block 58 field development. Its Managing Director, Annand Jagesar, told OilNOW that it intends to exercise this option. “We fully... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has obtained environmental licenses to expand production in two offshore fields, and could have one vessel start production earlier than expected in one field, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The licenses will allow Petrobras to increase production in the Mero and Buzios fields, with Buzios... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has appointed a new "super manager," Wagner Victer, tasked with boosting capital expenditure, to meet demands from Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, sources said. Lula considers Petrobras an engine for job creation and development, but the company has faced hurdles to invest in the past year... Continue Reading →
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