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Petrobras will invest US$ 16 billion in the Campos Basin renovation plan, with plans to install three new platforms and connect more than 100 wells in the area over the next five years. With more than 40 years of history and two awards received by the Offshore Technology Conferece (OTC) for technological advances in the... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation specialist Prosafe has won a four-year contract with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Notos semi-submersible accommodation rig. Petrobras will use the accommodation unit for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The contract is expected to start in Q3/Q4 2022 after the expiry of its current with Petrobras.... Continue Reading →
(OE) U.S.-based international energy services and technology firm Baker Hughes has launched a new subsea wellhead technology, the MS-2 Annulus Seal. According to Baker Hughes, the seal can save substantial operational rig costs by helping lower overall wellhead installation costs due to reduced rig trips. "The new integrated sealing solution, globally launched and exhibited at... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has secured an additional contract and received notice to proceed from ExxonMobil for its Yellowtail development in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. The newly announced, "significant" flexibles contract covers six risers that are qualified for high pressure and high temperature. For TechnipFMC, a “significant” contract is between $75 million and $250... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has just issued a tender to contract up to eight ultra-deepwater rigs for drilling operations offshore Brazil, according to Esgian. The consulting firm reports that the tender is divided into three lots. Lot 1 is for up to two high-spec rigs with drilling capabilities in water depths up to 3,000m (~10,000ft). Lot 2 is... Continue Reading →
Offshore installation services firm Subsea 7 said Friday it had won a substantial contract in West Africa. Subsea 7 defines a substantial contract as being between $150 to $300 million. In a brief statement in which it didn't reveal much, Subsea 7 said the contract was for the engineering, procurement, installation, and commissioning of flowlines... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC has signed a frame agreement with TotalEnergies for the delivery of subsea production systems offshore Angola. Under the agreement, TechnipFMC is set to deliver its Subsea 2.0 production systems for brownfield developments in Block 17 in Angola. “Subsea 2.0 products use standardized components that are pre-engineered and qualified, which allows equipment to be rapidly... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC has reported $1.9 billion of inbound subsea orders in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 83% when compared to the fourth quarter of 2021, resulting in a book-to-bill of 1.5. For the Subsea segment, TechnipFMC reported revenue of $1,289.1 million, a 4.3% increase from the fourth quarter of 2021, primarily said to... Continue Reading →
Houston-based Vaalco Energy has brought on stream its second well in the 2021/2022 four-well drilling campaign offshore Gabon and started drilling the third one. The second well has shown strong initial flow rates. To set its 2021/2022 drilling campaign focused on the Etame field in motion, Vaalco hired in June 2021 a jack-up rig provided by Borr Drilling to... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company PetroRio is gearing up to start its revitalisation campaign offshore Brazil with Ocyan’s rig after its drilling programme for the Frade field received a green light from the country’s oil and gas regulator. Located in the Northern Campos Basin off the coast of Brazil, the Frade field is a subsea... Continue Reading →
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