Dril-Quip achieved revenue of $94 million in second-quarter 2022, up $10.8 million from the first quarter, and driven by improved subsea equipment and downhole products and services results. President and CEO Jeff Bird said the figures reflect the improving offshore drilling market and a focus on controlling costs while improving margins Downhole Tools experienced broad growth across all geographies,... Continue Reading →
Drilling In South America Set To Peak During 2022
(Rigzone) Drilling and completion activity in South America is expected to peak this year after a significant slowdown in 2020 due to the global demand destruction brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, Rystad Energy claimed. According to Rystad, the rebound is more pronounced for offshore wells, primarily driven by an uptick in activity in Brazil... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies FIDs £850 Million Angolan Tieback
TotalEnergies has made a final investment on the $850 million Begonia project in Block 21, Angola. The project is the first development of block 17/06, 150 kilometers off the Angolan coast, in agreement with concession holder Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG) and its partners on Block 17/06. The Begonia development will consist... Continue Reading →
Ivory Coast well delivers ‘excellent results’ for Eni
(OEM) Italian oil and gas company Eni has drilled and tested an exploration well in waters offshore Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire), delivering a 25 per cent increase to the field’s reserves. Eni revealed on Thursday it has successfully drilled the Baleine East 1X well, the first exploration well in block CI-802 and the second discovery on... Continue Reading →
Eni takes FID on Angolan gas first
Eni, with its partners in the New Gas Consortium, has taken a final investment decision in Angola's first non-associated gas development project, the development of the Quiluma and Maboqueiro (Q&M) fields. The project includes two offshore wellhead platforms, an onshore gas processing plant and a connection to Angola LNG plant for the marketing of condensates... Continue Reading →
BP reserves Yinson FPSO for Angola
BP has reserved Yinson's Nganhurra floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for use on its proposed 10-well subsea Palas, Astrea and Juno oil fields (PAJ Project), on Block 31, offshore Angola. Under an agreement signed between BP and Yinson, Yinson will exclusively allocate FPSO Nganhurra to BP for the PAJ Project until 31 December... Continue Reading →
BP Extends Prosafe’s Safe Concordia
Semi-submersible accommodation vessels owner and operator Prosafe said BP Trinidad and Tobago LLC (‘bpTT’) has exercised all four weeks of options for the Safe Concordia to continue providing gangway connected operations through September 2022 at Cassia C offshore Trinidad. Total value of the contract extensions is approximately $3.5 million. Safe Concordia is a DP2 semi-submersible... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Extends Siem PSV Pair in Brazil
Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore said it has secured contract extensions for two of its platform supply vessels (PSV) working for TotalEnergies offshore Brazil. Total E&P do Brazil has declared the first of two options for the PSVs Siem Atlas and Siem Giant, and both vessels are now firm until June 2023. Siem Atlas and Siem... Continue Reading →
Petrobras books another AKOFS Offshore subsea services vessel
Norwegian AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract for Aker Wayfarer that will continue to perform services as a subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) for Petrobras in Brazil. The duration of the contract is almost four years and the services will commence in the first half of 2023. AKOFS Offshore will perform the operations jointly with... Continue Reading →
CGX Secures Funds for Wei-1 Exploration Well Off Guyana. Spud Date Set for October
(OE) CGX, a Toronto-based oil and gas firm focused on the Guyana-Suriname Basin, has secured funding for its next offshore exploration well in Guyana's Corentyne block by agreeing to farm out a portion of its interest to its partner Frontera. As part of the agreement, CGX will transfer 29.73% of its interest in the Corentyne... Continue Reading →