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Sept 3, 2019 Petrobras is receiving one of the most important awards in the petroleum and gas industry, given by the Brazilian chapter of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC Brazil), for the series of innovations developed during the Libra Long Term Testing (TLD), at the Bacia de Santos' pre-salt layer. According to the OTC Brazil,... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore vessel operator Solstad Offshore has won a contract extension for its construction support vessel Normand Pacific. The offshore vessel has been working for the offshore cabling specialist Prysmian, which has now exercised its option to extend. The extension in for two years. The contract is now expected to keep the vessel busy with... Continue Reading →
September 2, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release dated 08/09/2019, reports the beginning of the binding phase to sell all of its operated working interest in 11 producing shallow waters fields located in the Campos Basin, jointly called Garoupa Cluster. Qualified parties for this phase will receive a process... Continue Reading →
Mexican oil company Pemex has chartered two CIMC Raffles-built jack-up drilling rigs on long term contracts. CIMC last Thursday held a naming and sail-away ceremony for the two 400ft jack-up rigs the Gulf Driller VI and Gulf Driller VIII. “The two rigs will soon sail to the Gulf of Mexico to provide oil and gas... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has secured a contract from Total for the development of the Lapa North East field offshore Brasil. The field is located approximately 300 kilometres off the coast of the State of São Paulo, at 2,150 metres water depth in the pre-salt Santos Basin. The work scope includes the transport, installation and pre-commissioning of... Continue Reading →
JFD said it has delivered the world’s first saturation diving products rated to a depth of 500 meters. The products have been developed as part of a saturation diving system for what JDF says is a leading offshore service provider. Continue reading
Sept 2, 2019 DOF’s subsidiary Norskan and Petrobras have signed a 1-year extension for the AHTS Skandi Fluminense. The vessel, built in 2007, is an AHTS 18.000 with one work-class ROV operated by DOF Subsea on board. According to DOF, the new deal should see the vessel employed until September 2020. The contract extension... Continue Reading →
Aug 30, 2019 Petrobras' main projects today are focused on natural gas, whose exploration focuses on deep water. There are several development fronts in this arena, which involve resources of US $ 3.7 billion. The most important of them, the so-called Route 3, is under implementation. The Integrated Route 3 Project, with a capacity of... Continue Reading →
Aug 30, 2019 The ANP approved the assignment of responsibility for the operation and 20% of Anadarko's stake to BP Energy, in block BM-C-32, in the Campos Basin. In 2016, the US oil company took over the operation of the asset that, until then, was in the hands of BP itself. The regulatory agency board... Continue Reading →
Aug 30, 2019 Decommissioning of platforms should generate $ 50 billion of investments for the naval industry. Rio de Janeiro will concentrate the works with the decommissioning of 21 old oil rigs installed in the Campos Basin, which need to have their equipment disassembled and uninstalled. The statement comes from the Secretary of State for... Continue Reading →
