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(OE) ExxonMobil Guyana has unveiled that the Prosperity floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, used in the Payara project, achieved background flare in 39 days, ahead of the 60-day target. Achieved ahead of schedule outlined in the project’s environmental permit, the accomplishment marks a significant milestone in the company’s commitment to efficient and environmentally... Continue Reading →
Jumbo Offshore Installation Contractors B.V. (“Jumbo Offshore”) has been awarded a contract by MODEC Guyana Inc. (“MODEC”) for the pre-installation of the mooring spread of the FPSO Errea Wittu, which will be located offshore Guyana. The FPSO “Errea Wittu”, the name of which means ”abundance”, will have the capacity to store 2 million barrels of... Continue Reading →
(OET) In a bid to propel the development of four oil projects forward, Angola-based Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, has set its cap on using a digital design and visualization platform from FutureOn, a Norwegian software company specializing in the energy sector, which allows the latter to gain its first foothold in... Continue Reading →
(OET) Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from another well at a field offshore Brazil. Following issues in the subsea pumping electrical system adopted for the FPSO Petrojarl I, Enauta temporarily halted the Atlanta field’s production in July 2023. After the reinstallation of the subsea pumping equipment at one of the wells, production resumed on November 5, with well #5... Continue Reading →
(OE) CRP Subsea, an AIS company, has secured a ‘substantial contract’ for the supply of distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) to a deepwater oil field project in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. CRP Subsea secured was hired by a leading energy technology company, whose name was not disclosed. The company DBMs will be utilised on a... Continue Reading →
(OET)Thanks to multiple discoveries, Guyana has quickly emerged as a global oil and gas exploration hotspot. In recognition of this, India recently greenlighted the inking of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between its Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Guyana’s Ministry of Natural Resources to join forces in the hydrocarbon sector. The two countries... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Environmental Institute (Ibama) gave the green light for the installation of the new platform ship (FPSO) in the Mero field, in the Santos Basin. The environmental agency issued the license for the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, which is being built by SBM Offshore and is expected to come into operation in 2025. The... Continue Reading →
Dutch FPSO operator SBM Offshore has corroborated the start of production from a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is working on Petrobras’ giant oil field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. As a result of a 22.5-year lease and operation deal from December 2019 with SBM Offshore, Petrobras chartered the FPSO Sepetiba for operations on its Mero... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Environmental Institute (Ibama) issued the preliminary license for the Parque das Baleias Integrated Project, in the Campos Basin. The document is valid for five years. The project foresees the interconnection of 17 wells to the new platform vessel (FPSO) Maria Quitéria, nine of which are oil producers and eight water injectors. The platform... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signed, this Tuesday (02/1), a contract with the company FMC Technologies do Brasil, a subsidiary of TechnipFMC, which won the bid for the integrated Engineering, Acquisition, Construction and Installation (iEPCI™) contract, as well as the carrying out tests to develop the HISEP® technology, patented by Petrobras for the separation of oil and gas at... Continue Reading →
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