CRP Subsea has secured several deepwater contracts to provide distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) in Brazil for undisclosed companies. The distributed buoyancy modules will be used to reduce top tension by maintaining a lazy wave configuration of the pipeline, reducing the risk of pipeline failure and increasing the lifetime of the field, CRP Subsea said. The... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Equinor Brings Peregrino Offshore Field Back Online
(OE) Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has restarted oil production from the Peregrino offshore field after it was suspended in April 2020. The field was brought back online on June 16, 2022. Production was shut down in April 2020 and Equinor has since thenexecuted a major program of maintenance, upgrades, and repairs on the Floating... Continue Reading →
Petrobras carrying out assessment of recent oil discovery
Brazilian Petrobras has completed the drilling of a wildcat well, located in the pre-salt Campos Basin offshore Brazil, after finding an oil accumulation. The work is now being done to establish the full potential of this play. At the beginning of April 2022, Petrobras revealed that it had found a new oil accuCampos mulation in a wildcat well... Continue Reading →
Major subsea Christmas trees contracts in the third quarter will be led by Brazil projects
The world market for the supply of underwater Christmas trees should have Brazil as the main stage during this third quarter. In a survey carried out by Westwood Energy, the main contracts of the type expected for the period between July and September should include Shell's Gato do Mato projects in the Santos basin; Maromba,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Awards 4-year Contract for Offshore Flotel
Brazilian oil company Petrobras has awarded a 4-year contract to CIMC and OOS International for the OOS Tiradentes semi-submersible accommodation rig. Under the contract, the accommodation rig will be used to provide safety and maintenance support offshore of Brazil from April 2023 onwards. The four-year contract award follows on from two long-term contracts previously awarded by Petrobras in 2018... Continue Reading →
Field development offshore Brazil driving deepwater rig activity
(OM) Two key Equinor field development projects offshore Brazil are driving deepwater rig contracting activity, according to Evercore ISI’s latest Offshore Rig Market Snapshot. Recently,Valaris announced that it will be reactivating the DS-17 for a new 540-day contract with Equinor for offshore Brazil. The $327-million contract value includes $86 million in upfront reimbursements for mobilization, reactivation,... Continue Reading →
Guyana races against the clock to bank its oil bonanza
(Reuters) - For the poor, small South American country of Guyana, there's no time like the present when it comes to reaping the rewards of its offshore oil jackpot. With sky-high oil prices, a transition to renewable energy on the horizon and 750,000 citizens desperate for better lives, Guyana is putting its foot on the... Continue Reading →
Offshore market up 17% to highest level for 7 years, Clarksons Research shows
Half-year data points for the offshore market released by Clarksons Research, profiling improving activity, utilization and day rates across the offshore oil and gas market, show the overall index is up 17%. Reviewing the data, Steve Gordon, Managing Director of Clarksons Research, commented: Overall Index up 17% in 1H to highest level for seven years …... Continue Reading →
Ocyan signs a contract with Solstad Offshore
Ocyan has signed a contract with Solstad Offshore for the charter of a “Normand Cutter” construction support vessel. The purpose is to enable Ocyan to participate in several projects in the segment and the first of them will be the contract for the decommissioning of the subsea systems of 3 FPSOs, recently won from Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Equinor to resume operations at Peregrino by the end of August
Equinor is very close to restarting production in the Peregrino field, in the southern part of the Campos basin. However, the date for restarting operations in the area has been slightly readjusted. The board of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the postponement of the resumption of production in the field to August 31 this... Continue Reading →