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(OE) Stronger hurricanes threatening the U.S. Gulf Coast energy hub are elevating the risks of oil spills from damage to area refineries, oil platforms and subsea pipelines, say experts. On Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said it was investigating nearly 350 reports of spills in and along the Gulf after Hurricane Ida hit. Federal and state agencies... Continue Reading →
The Colombian Maritime Authority (DIMAR) has selected Fugro to carry out a joint environmental and exploration seep study in the Caribbean Sea. The project began in late August and is scheduled to complete in November. According to Fugro, the work will involve the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of seabed sediment samples and heat flow measurements... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) McDermott will be responsible for the campaign to replace part of the flexible risers in the Tupi field with rigid lines. After months of negotiations, the company and Petrobras reached an agreement to contract the service, after the group presented the lowest price in the oil company's bid. Officially, the two companies do not... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore said Friday it had secured contracts for seven platform supply vessels. Without sharing the client identity Solstad Offshore said the new medium-term contracts were secured in West Africa. Solstad said it had signed letters of agreement with "key clients for 7 PSVs", all with start-up in the fourth quarter... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Subsea has won more work in Brazil with Petrobras. After a recent three-year contract secured for a pipelay support vessel duo co-owned with TechnipFMC, DOF Subsea said Thursday it had secured a contract extension with Petrobras for the diving support vessel Skandi Achiever. The extension will see the Skandi Achiever... Continue Reading →
While some of the oil production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico has been brought online following Hurricane Ida, which swept across the Gulf coast earlier this week, nearly 94 per cent remains offline. The U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) said in its latest update, published on Tuesday 31 August, that personnel had... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has shed more light on vessel contracts it recently secured with Petrobras in Brazil in cooperation with the Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF. DOF last week said it had, in JV with TechnipFMC, secured three-year contracts for two pipelay support vessels Skandi Vitória and Skandi Niteroi, without sharing further details on the scope... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The Brazilian Institute for the Environment and Natural Resources (IBAMA) granted the operating license for Petrobras to carry out the multiazimuth 3D and 4D seismic survey activity in the Albacora, Marlim and Voador fields, in the Campos Basin. The license is valid for 4 months. The new survey could be carried out using the... Continue Reading →
CRP Subsea has delivered more than 140 Distributed Buoyancy Modules (DBMs), said to be the biggest in the world, for the ultra-deepwaters in Brazil. In the ultra-deepwaters, the DBMs will be creating steel lazy wave riser (SLWR) configurations, protecting steel pipelines from stress and fatigue, CRP Subsea said. The project incorporates several rigid SLWR pipelines... Continue Reading →
Mexican national oil and gas company Pemex has restarted production from its Ku-Maloob-Zaap complex, located offshore Mexico, following a shutdown due to a fatal incident earlier in August. The fire erupted on the E-Ku-A2 platform located in the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, 22 August 2021. The incident resulted in the deaths of five... Continue Reading →
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