The Special Tender Committee (CEL) approved the registration of one more company for the Permanent Offer: Ecopetrol Óleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda. With Ecopetrol, 69 companies have already signed up for the Permanent Offer. See the complete list: https://www.gov.br/anp/pt-br/rodadas-anp/oferta-permanente/inscricao-licitantes. The Permanent Offer is a modality of concession of blocks and areas with marginal accumulations... Continue Reading →
Petrobras rehires Skandi Santos
Petrobras has awarded Akastor’s affiliate AKOFS Offshore with a three-year contract for its subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) Skandi Santos to perform a scope of subsea services in Brazil. Under the $107 million contract, AKOFS Offshore will be performing the operations with its partners Bravante for marine services and IKM Subsea for ROV services. Work... Continue Reading →
Zurich AirPorts wants to make Macae Airport into a top offshore services unit
Main logistical support base for units operating in exploration and production in the Campos Basin, Macae Airport announced the launch of a package of services that innovates assistance in the operations of offshore flights. Established through concepts of safety, quality and efficiency applied by Zurich AirPorts in different air bases around the world, the "Offshore... Continue Reading →
GRANIHC, OCYAN AND SISNERGY WILL SIGN PETROBRAS PLATFORMS MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS
GranIHC, Ocyan and Sisnergy will sign contracts with Petrobras for maintenance and integrity services of 19 platforms in the Campos Basin. The deal is the result of the oil company's mega-bid, divided into four lots, the total value of which is R$ 1.97 billion. The signing of contracts should take place this week. GranIHC will... Continue Reading →
EXXONMOBIL TO DRILL IN SERGIPE
(PetroleoHoje) ExxonMobil intends to start in December the drilling of its first exploratory well in Sergipe, at the SEAL-M-428 block, which will also extend to the neighboring area of SEAL-M-351. The oil company, which already has the rig ready to carry out the work, is just waiting for the release of the environmental license to... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s Ghana team marks first subsea tree assembly in five years
TechnipFMC’s Takoradi base in Ghana has completed the assembly of its first subsea tree in five years, destined for Tullow Oil’s Jubilee South East development. The tree is the first of ten being manufactured in Dunfermline, the UK, then assembled and tested in-country for Tullow’s full field development (FFD) project. Besides tree assembly, a number... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Wood to Keep Maintaining Equinor’s Peregrino Offshore Facilities
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has extended the contract with the engineering and consulting firm for the delivery of maintenance solutions across the Peregrino wellhead platforms (WHP) and FPSO, located offshore Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "This is the third one-year extension awarded to the team, with the contract initially secured in 2015 as a... Continue Reading →
Ecuador planning bids for oil blocks, refinery in 2022 -minister
(Reuters) - Ecuador hopes to hold at least four auctions in 2022 to award oil blocks and the operation of Esmeraldas, its largest refinery, to private companies as it seeks to pull in billions of dollars in investments, Energy Minister Juan Carlos Bermeo said on Friday. The blocks up for grabs are currently controlled by... Continue Reading →
Helix, Trendsetter Engineering join hands for well intervention services
Helix Energy Solutions and Trendsetter Engineering have partnered up to provide integrated hydraulic intervention services for subsea wells and flowlines. The new partnership will integrate Trendsetter’s 15,0000psi Subsea Tree Injection Manifold (15K STIM) and personnel into Helix’s fleet of well intervention vessels and equipment used to perform well services globally. Helix’s well intervention vessels include... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC, Saipem jointly pursue SURF projects
TechnipFMC and Saipem have entered into a global commercial agreement to identify projects worldwide that could be jointly executed for the benefit of clients. Specifically, the agreement targets subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines (SURF) projects where the combination of the companies’ complementary assets, technologies, products and competencies improves project economics and de-risks the overall project... Continue Reading →