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Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that it has registered records in its 2020 annual oil production and total annual production (oil and gas) of, respectively, 2.28 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil and 2.84 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The previous records occurred in 2015 and were 2.23 million bpd... Continue Reading →
This week Petrobras launched a bidding process for chartering one or more vessels for supply, towing and anchor handling (AHTS). The scope of the tender will be national and the deadline for sending proposals has already started. The opening of the bidders' envelopes is scheduled for January 27th. The contract term to be granted by... Continue Reading →
Taking the power to where you want it is another option – perhaps not for compression or pumping system, but potentially for monitoring, inspection, and even intervention systems, such as resident robotics concepts. It’s an idea some have been looking at, such as Ocean Power Technologies, which recently won a DeepStar project award to study... Continue Reading →
Ten years ago, a future where subsea fields and their power-hungry process equipment could be fully electrified, enabling long step-outs to tap remote reserves with lean new infrastructure architectures, lit the fuse for a spate of investment in subsea power distribution.The result, following at least two major joint industry projects (JIP) and tens of millions... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil will start a new exploration campaign off the Brazilian coast. The company received the authorization from Ibama (Brazilian Environmental Institute) to drill wells in blocks BM-C-753, BM-C-789, BM-S-536, BM-S-647 and Titã, located in the Campos basins and Santos. The license granted by the environmental agency will last for four years. With the authorization in... Continue Reading →
In 2017, the Brazil National Petroleum Agency (ANP) issued a failure mode alert: stress corrosion cracking (SCC-CO2) triggered by the presence of CO2 in high-pressure pre-salt conditions had been identified as the cause of broken tensile armor wires on a certain flexible pipe installation. Relatively common in other applications where carbon steel is subject to... Continue Reading →
Norway's Solstad Offshore said Thursday it had secured contracts for three platform supply vessels, two in the North Sea, and one in Suriname. Platform supply vessel Normand Surfer has been awarded a long-term contract with an unnamed company in the North Sea. Solstad said the client was "a leading North Sea operator." The vessel has... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has entered into a frame agreement with ExxonMobil for the provision of supply vessel services supporting its exploration activities in Brazil. Solstad said on Tuesday that the frame agreement is for three years firm. The first call-off has been received for the platform supply vessel (PSV) Normand Swift for... Continue Reading →
Japanese FPSO contractor Modec has won a contract with Woodside for the operations and maintenance of the Sangomar FPSO in Senegal. The deal follows a contract signed in January for Modec to deliver the FPSO for Sangomar field development - Senegal's first offshore development. The operations and maintenance contract will cover all in-country installation and commissioning activities following which... Continue Reading →
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has made its first offshore discovery offshore Suriname. The company, as the operator of Block 52, said Friday the hydrocarbon discovery had been made while drilling the Sloanea-1 exploration well in the offshore block. The Sloanea-1 exploration well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 4,780 meters using... Continue Reading →
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