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E&P company BW Energy is still on track for the first oil from its Hibiscus/Ruche development off Gabon later this year despite delays caused by Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. However, there is still an increased risk of delays due to price inflation on services and materials. BW Energy is currently executing the Hibiscus/Ruche development project,... Continue Reading →
AET, a Singapore-based petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad, has brought in the third and final Suezmax second-generation dynamic positioning (DP2) shuttle tanker, purpose-built for a long-term charter with Shell in Brazil. AET informed on Friday that it took delivery of Eagle Colombo, its latest second-generation DPST, from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas company Trident Energy said Thursday it had completed its first Brazilian subsea campaign to connect the MA-34 production well to the P-08 semi-sub platform, as part of its plans to enhance production on its Pampo field. "Trident Energy set to relocate two existing flowlines from our old MA-1 X-tree (one production... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service said Wednesday it had won a long-term contract with ExxonMobil in Angola. The contract is for the provision of project management, engineering, and marine services in support of the development of offshore drilling and production operations offshore Angola in the Block 15. Maersk Supply Service subsea support vessel... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe has been awarded a contract by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. Prosafe was declared the winner of a bidding process launched by Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Eurus semi-submersible unit earlier in May. A potential contract award and the timing of the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has been granted an extension of the concession agreement for a field located offshore Brazil, enabling it to put its development plan into motion in a bid to ramp up output from the field and increase hydrocarbon reserves. Enauta revealed on Thursday that the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas... Continue Reading →
(OEM) Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe has agreed with China’s COSCO Shipping on another extension of the delivery of two of its newbuild units, planning to take the delivery once contract opportunities materialize with expectations for Brazil to be the most likely location. Prosafe informed on Thursday that, as part of entering into a global agreement... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned energy company, Ecopetrol (ECO.CN), on Wednesday announced an agreement to develop four offshore, deep-water blocks with a subsidiary of U.S. oil major Occidental (OXY.N). The four blocks are located in deep waters some 150 kilometers off Colombia's northern Caribbean coast, Ecopetrol said in a statement. Ecopetrol will take a 40% stake in... Continue Reading →
Deepwater Atlas, dubbed the world's first 8th generation drillship, was recently named at a ceremony in Singapore. The news of the naming ceremony, held late in April, was shared by Transocean, a drilling contractor that owns the vessel, via social media this week. The Deepwater Atlas and its sister rig Deepwater Titan will be the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) U.S.-based oil producer Talos Energy has temporarily suspended pursuit of an arbitration claim against Mexico amid high-level talks over one of the country's flagship offshore projects, five people close to the matter said. The dispute erupted after Mexico selected state-run Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) as the operator of their shared 850-million-barrel Zama field ahead of Talos,... Continue Reading →
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