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Sept. 24 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) continued developmental drilling on September 20 at the Yellowtail Project’s YT_1P10 drill center within the Stabroek Block. The Noble Don Taylor rig will carry out the operation until October 31, 2025, according to a recent notice from the Maritime Administration Department. The YT_1P10 drill center lies 105.7 nautical... Continue Reading →
Sept. 25 (Reuters) U.S. energy producer Chevron is expected to begin drilling at Suriname's shallow-water Block 5 next month, the country's oil minister, Patrick Brunings, said. "They will be drilling the Kori Kori well," he said in a TV interview this week. "If this well does indeed contain oil or gas, it will of course be very... Continue Reading →
Sept. 25 (OE) Global technology company SLB has secured a major contract from Petrobras to provide services and technology for up to 35 ultra-deepwater wells in the strategically important Santos Basin. The wells, which are part of the second development of the Atapu and Sépia fields, target massive pockets of oil and gas beneath thick... Continue Reading →
Sept. 24 - Petrobras received approval from Ibama on Wednesday, September 24th, for the Pre-Operational Assessment (APO), the emergency response simulation conducted by the company in August of this year, as the final stage of the environmental licensing process for block FZA-M-59, located in deepwater areas of Amapá. The report approving the APO was filed... Continue Reading →
Sept. 24 (PN) The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) announced this week the release of R$2.5 billion for Starnav Serviços Marítimos to acquire vessels to be built at the Detroit Brasil shipyard in Itajaí, Santa Catarina. The loan granted to Starnav is equivalent to over 88% of the R$2.9 billion earmarked for the purchase of eight... Continue Reading →
Sept. 24 (OE) TotalEnergies has renewed the contract with the Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group for its Skandi Patagonia construction support vessel (CSV), which will remain on duty in Argentina. The new contract will see the Skandi Patagonia CSV continue with its current client TotalEnergies in Argentina for a period of three years,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 24 (offshore-energy.biz) TechnipFMC has secured a contract defined as significant, meaning it is worth between $75 million and $250 million, with Brazilian oil & gas company Petrobras for the delivery of subsea production systems. Following a competitive tendering process, TechnipFMC has been selected to design, engineer, and manufacture subsea production systems to be deployed in an... Continue Reading →
Sept 23 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil, Brazilian state-run Petrobras and oil services provider TechnipFMC petitioned the country's antitrust regulator Cade to intervene in a merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, public documents seen by Reuters show. In filings submitted on Thursday, the firms said the merger between Norway's Subsea7 and Italy's Saipem would bring a level of concentration... Continue Reading →
Sept. 23 (PN) Equinor has completed the 15-km shallow-water section of the Raia Gas Pipeline. The 200-kilometer line will connect the Raia FPSO to the gas transmission network near Cabiúnas, in Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2028. Installation of the shallow-water section took approximately two months. In the next stage,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 22 (OE) Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has launched its next generation remotely operated vehicle (ROV) control system – ICE Unity. In what is a significant leap forward for ROV control technology, the introduction of ICE Unity meets the increasing sector demand for data and control access from outside the core control system. Key features... Continue Reading →
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