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Fugro is carrying out seep survey and geochemical campaign for Petronas in Block 48, offshore Suriname. Petronas hired the Dutch-based surveyor in order to optimise future exploration activities in this frontier area. The work, conducted from the survey vessel MV Fugro Brasilis, involves geophysical data collection; heat flow measurements; core sampling as well as onboard geochemical... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas companies Apache and Total have been forced to stop drilling operations at an offshore well in Suriname due to "substantial pressure increases." As announced on January 14, the Keskesi East-1 well discovered oil, volatile oil, and condensate in the Upper Cretaceous-aged Campanian and Santonian intervals and, subsequently, continued drilling toward deeper Neocomian-aged... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has recently awarded a contract extension to Seadrill for the use of the West Saturn drillship in Brazil. Seadrill revealed the news in its fourth-quarter 2020 presentation on Thursday. The offshore drilling contractor, which said it expected the 2021 rig demand to be bleak, said ExxonMobil earlier this year exercised the... Continue Reading →
French oil services group CGG said on Friday it expects its 2021 segment revenue to increase by low single digits from the previous year, mainly driven by growth in its equipment business and a gradual recovery in geoscience from the second-half of the year. The group, which provides geophysical services and equipment to oil and... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill said on Thursday it had taken an additional $2.9 billion non-cash impairment on its assets due to a bleak outlook for the sector, which has reduced demand for its drilling rigs. Seadrill, which in February filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States for the second time in... Continue Reading →
Companhia Docas do Rio de Janeiro signed a transition contract with Petrobras, in order to guarantee the maintenance of the company's operations in the Port of Rio de Janeiro, which is one of the main bases of the country's offshore support for the exploration of the Santos Basin pre-salt fields. Considered very important for the... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant Baker Hughes and Norway's Akastor on Monday said they would create a joint venture that will bring together Baker Hughes’ Subsea Drilling Systems (SDS) business with Akastor’s subsidiary, MHWirth AS (MHWirth). MHWirth provides advanced drilling solutions and services, and Baker Hughes’ SDS business is a division of the Oilfield Equipment segment of... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC's expectations with the Brazilian market are high. The company recently released its 2020 financial results and also presented its outlook for this year. According to the company, Brazil will be the country with the highest number of new subsea project orders in 2021. The company has mapped eight opportunities for new contracts in the... Continue Reading →
In the midst of the process of change in its high command, Petrobras launched this week a new tender that promises to move the market. The state-owned company published a public notice to contract up to five offshore drilling rigs. The opening of the envelopes with the bidders' proposals is scheduled for March 15th. The... Continue Reading →
Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) launches, in an online event promoted by the Energy Research Company (EPE), on March 11, the Program to Revitalize and Encourage the Production of Offshore Fields (Promar). The program seeks to create conditions for the revitalization of mature offshore fields and to improve the economic use of accumulations of... Continue Reading →
