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(PetroNoticias) Petrobras will intensify its exploratory activity in the coming months. The company confirmed that it will add two more drilling rigs to its fleet: the drill ship Norbe VIII, in the Libra block; and the monocolumn SS-91 (Developer) for projects in the Campos and Santos basins. The two units are expected to start operating... Continue Reading →
The opening months of 2021 have witnessed markedly positive trends in the global subsea market, as evidenced by recent increases of up to 35% in day rates for some vessel types and a doubling of vessel fixtures between January and April compared to the corresponding period last year – much of which pre-dated the Covid-19... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil company Enauta has chartered an anchor handling tug and supply vessel from Norway's Solstad Offshore. Solstad Offshore said Tuesday it had struck a deal with Enauta for the charter of the 2006-built AHTS Normand Turmalina (previously known as BOS Turmalina). Enauta will continue using the vessel it first chartered back in August 2017... Continue Reading →
Equinor has awarded CGG a major contract for the seismic imaging of its Bacalhau 3D ocean bottom node (OBN) survey covering 409 sq km currently being acquired in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin. The project is already underway at CGG’s Rio de Janeiro subsurface imaging center where its team is using imaging technologies, including reverse time migration, time-lag... Continue Reading →
BW Energy, an Oslo-listed oil firm, said Thursday that the drilling of the Hibiscus Extension appraisal well DHIBM-2 in the Dussafu Marin license in Gabon had fallen short of expectations, hitting water instead of oil. "The primary objective of the well was to test the northern extension of the Gamba Sandstone reservoir of the Hibiscus... Continue Reading →
French oil major Total has started oil production from the Zinia Phase 2 project offshore Angola, connected to the existing Pazflor FPSO. The Zinia Phase 2 project includes the drilling of nine wells and is expected to reach a production of 40,000 barrels of oil per day by mid-2022. Located in water depths from 600... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Petrobrás is to restart today a mega bidding process that aims to contract maintenance and repair services on several offshore platforms in the Campos Basin. The tender was be concluded at the end of last year, but the state-owned company had to make adjustments to the bidding documentation and the process was republished. In... Continue Reading →
(Offshore Energy) Just like its rival Transocean, offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation, which has recently marked its 100th anniversary, is optimistic about the market outlook for its rig fleet with a pipeline of tender opportunities developing on the horizon as well as higher day rates. Noble Corporation celebrated its one-hundred-year anniversary about a month ago, but that... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticia) The Libra block development project will move forward. Petrobras applied to the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) for the operating license for the second Early Production System (SPA) in the Mero field, located within the block. Like the first SPA in the area, this new project will also be carried out with the... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes has been awarded a subsea oilfield equipment contract from Petrobras as part of the Marlim and Voador field revitalization plan in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The contract includes several key technologies from Baker Hughes’ Subsea Connect portfolio and will provide Petrobras with a connected suite of solutions to help drive efficiencies, reduce... Continue Reading →
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