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Swiss underwater robotics company Hydromea and Scotland’s remote technology specialist Air Control Entech (ACE) have entered into a service partnership agreement to commercialize what is said to be the world’s first wireless remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) for inspections at offshore floating platforms. Under the deal, ACE will promote and use Hydromea’s EXRAY wireless ROV... Continue Reading →
US operator Apache has discovered light oil with its Baja-1 wildcat in deep-water Block 53 offshore Suriname and is working to firm up the potential of the resource. The US independent and partners Petronas of Malaysia and Spain’s Cepsa drilled the Baja-1 exploration well to a total depth of 5290 metres from a water depth... Continue Reading →
Dutch maritime equipment and technology firm Royal IHC has handed over the converted J-lay vessel Amazon to McDermott International. Royal IHC said: "For this project, Royal IHC has converted Amazon into the modern and state-of-the-art J-lay vessel it is today. The patented system, with dynamic top tension capacity of 1.500 tonnes, can handle a variety... Continue Reading →
FPSO operator BW Offshore has received a short-term contract extension for a floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating for the Houston-based Vaalco offshore Gabon. The FPSO will be replaced with an FSO unit as part of the Etame Marin field reconfiguration project. BW Offshore revealed on Sunday that it has entered into a... Continue Reading →
(TN) The basins of the North and Northeast of Brazil may be the new great frontiers of the country's oil. WesternGeco has announced a new “Reimaging” project of 60,000 kilometers of high resolution 2D data in the Brazilian Equatorial Margin, covering the Foz do Amazonas, Pará-Maranhão, Barreirinhas and Ceará basins. The project will apply advanced... Continue Reading →
With the current energy crisis and clean energy transition taking centre stage, companies are shifting focus to lower-risk core assets and regions, thus, Rystad Energy, an energy intelligence group, forecasts that the global oil and gas exploration spending and activities are expected to shrink even further this year as the number of licensed blocks and total acreage fall... Continue Reading →
(PN) A new wave of developments in the Santos Basin that should start next year creates the expectation of generating new jobs, in addition to enabling the expansion of the use of support vessels. The so-called Stage 4 of the Santos Basin will cover 13 new Petrobras production units in the region, located in the... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted Petrobras the first renewal of the seismic survey license for the Itapu field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The license will last for 1 year and two months, authorizing the oil company to carry out the activity within the authorized polygon, with the seismic... Continue Reading →
Scana-owned PSW Technology has secured a contract with offshore drilling contractor Odfjell Drilling for the delivery of marine risers to operations in West Africa. The deal includes the leasing of a complete riser package for a minimum of 18 months. The risers will be employed in Odfjell Drilling's forthcoming West African activities. PSW's work starts... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Satellites recorded another large methane leak at an offshore platform belonging to Mexico's Pemex in August, according to exclusive data shared with Reuters, even as pressure mounts on the state oil company to reduce these emissions. Three satellites recorded images of methane plumes at the Ku-Maloob-Zaap oil field cluster in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
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