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Petrobras started to move the FPSO Anita Garibaldi to the Marlim field, in the Campos Basin. The unit was moored at Estaleiro Jurong, in Aracruz (ES), where it underwent final tests and commissioning stages. The platform vessel should start operating at the beginning of the second semester. The unit has the capacity to produce up... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil has made yet another oil discovery in Guyana's prolific Stabroek offshore block. The news of the new offshore oil discovery in Guyana was shared by Hess Corp., ExxonMobil's partner in the block, where around 11 billion barrels of oil have been discovered in recent years. According to Hess, a partner alongside China's CNOOC in... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has received Official Letter nr. 299/2023/GM-MME, by means of which the Ministry of Mines and Energy has requested information, based on Article 26, item II, of Decree-Law nr. 200, to assist the Civil House in the preparation of the new Growth Acceleration Program. Thus, in response to... Continue Reading →
(OE) On Friday, Australian oil and gas giant Woodside said that its Sangomar development project offshore Senegal was 82% complete and on target for first oil later this year. Once online, this will be Senegal's first offshore oil project in production. Woodside, the operator of Sangomar, said in its first quarter report that the development... Continue Reading →
(PN) Baker Hughes announced a new and important company contract in Brazil. The company will provide CO2 compression solutions for the FPSO P-80, P-82 and P-83, which will be operated by Petrobras in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt. There will be six compression trains, powered by gas turbines, designed to reinject more... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has restarted production from a well located on a field offshore Brazil. Enauta temporarily halted the production from the 7-ATL-2HP-RJS well on the Atlanta field in March 2023, only days after completing of preventive maintenance of the water-cooling system of the FPSO Petrojarl I, which works at the field. In an update on Monday, 17 April 2023,... Continue Reading →
(OET) Dutch upstream oil and gas company, ONE-Dyas, has awarded N-Sea with a contract to install a subsea power cable between the Riffgat offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and the new, to-be-built N05-A gas production platform. The scope of N-Sea includes the complete scope comprising survey, design, supply, engineering, transport, installation, burial,... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (IBAMA) authorized Petrobras to start operating the FPSO Almirante Barroso – which is already moored in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin. The license will be valid for eight years. The platform vessel was named in honor of the commander who led the victorious Brazilian naval force in... Continue Reading →
Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has been picked to operate power modules onboard a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, working offshore Brazil. In addition, the Finnish player inked a long-term optimised maintenance agreement with 3R Petroleum, a Brazilian offshore operator. Wärtsilä revealed on Wednesday, 12 April 2023, that it would operate – on behalf of the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch FPSO specialist SBM Offshore on Tuesday announced the arrival of the FPSO Prosperity at the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The FPSO traveled just over 11,000 nautical miles – or just over 20,000 kilometers - from Singapore to Guyana in just under 50 days. On track for first oil later this year, Prosperity becomes... Continue Reading →
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