(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 →
PETROBRAS ASKS FOR OPERATING LICENSE FOR THE SECOND ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION SYSTEM AT LIBRA
(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 awarded subsea contract for Petrobras’ Marlim and Voador fields in Brazil
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 →
PPSA to contract an oil trading agent for the Tupi Individualized Area
( TNPetroleo) Pre-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) is holding an international bidding this Wednesday, the 28th, at 10 am, for the contracting of a trading agent for the Union share of oil from the Individualized Area of Tupi. The contract will run for five years and is expected to sell 4 million barrels of oil at an... Continue Reading →
Total Declares Force Majeure on $20B Mozambique LNG Projectd After Attacks
(Reuters) Total declared force majeure on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique and confirmed it had withdrawn all staff from the construction site following insurgent attacks last month. Dozens of civilians were killed in the Islamic State-linked attacks in the coastal Mozambique town of Palma, near gas projects that are worth... Continue Reading →
OPT’s PowerBuoy Deployed Offshore Chile
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) said Thursday that Enel Green Power (EGP) has deployed OPT's PB3 PowerBuoy off the coast of Las Cruces, Chile to support the country’s transition to clean energy. OPT’s PB3 PowerBuoy converts wave motion into electricity to supply continuous and autonomous power and enable secure collection and transmission of data from... Continue Reading →
CGX picks Maersk rig for Guyana well
Maersk Drilling has been awarded a contract by CGX Resources, operator and joint venture partner with Frontera Energy, for the semi-submersible rig Maersk Discoverer for exploration drilling in the Corentyne Block off Guyana. Frontera Energy and CGX Energy, joint venture partners in the Petroleum Prospecting License for the Corentyne block, separately announced on Thursday that... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Awarded a Significant Subsea Contract for Petrobras’ Marlim and Voador Fields
(BUSINESS WIRE)--TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) (PARIS: FTI) today announced that it has been awarded a significant(1) subsea contract from Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) for the Marlim and Voador fields, located offshore Brazil. “We are very excited to bring new technology and automation capabilities to this project through the use of the RVC to operate the manifolds. Our innovations... Continue Reading →
CGX taps $19 million loan from Frontera for Guyana projects
Canadian oil and gas companies Frontera Energy and CGX Energy have entered into a term sheet for a $19 million loan that will enable CGX to continue to finance its share of costs related to the Corentyne, Demerara, and Berbice blocks off Guyana. Frontera said that the loan would also allow CGX to further finance... Continue Reading →
Kraken Robotics Buys Brazil’s 13 Robotics
Canada-based offshore robotics company Kraken Robotics has acquired Brazil's 13 Robotics Ltda of Brazil (“13R”). The 13R team, with offices in Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, Brazil, consists of software developers and engineers who have significant experience in underwater robotics and autonomous systems for the energy markets, Kraken said. "Since inception in 2013, 13R have... Continue Reading →