August 29, 2019 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/28/2019, reports that Modec has reported to the company that, this Thursday morning, the Salvage team boarded the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro again to proceed with the activities to prepare the decommissioning and removal of the vessel.... Continue Reading →
Torpedo piles to keep Mero 1 FPSO in place
Brazilian engineering and construction firm Delp will deliver subsea torpedo piles for the anchoring system designed to keep Petrobras’ Mero 1 FPSO in place. The Mero 1 FPSO will be used for oil production at Mero field, in the Libra block offshore Brazil. The Mero field is located around 180 kilometers off the Rio de... Continue Reading →
Liza Destiny FPSO reaches Guyana
The Liza Destiny FPSO has reached Guyanese waters 42 days after it set sail from a shipyard in Singapore. The news of the FPSO arriving in Guyana has been confirmed by Hess Corp, a partner in the ExxonMobil operated Stabroek block, where the Liza Destiny will now be moored. Able to produce up to 120,000... Continue Reading →
KNOT clinches long-term shuttle tanker charter with Total in Brazil
French oil giant Total has hired a shuttle tanker from Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT) for the use in Brazil. KNOT said on Wednesday that the long-term contract with Total had been signed in August. The contract is for 15 years for a shuttle tanker to be built in China by COSCO Zhousan Shipyard. The... Continue Reading →
MODEC cleaning up after oil spill on Petrobras field off Brazil
Japanese FPSO operator MODEC is working to clean up and disperse the remaining oil following an oil spill on the Petrobras-operated Espadarte field offshore Brazil last Friday. Operated by Modec and serving Petrobras since 2007, the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro ended its production cycle in July 2018 and has been in the process... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC’s 600th subsea tree arrives in Brazil for installation at Guyana’s Liza field
UK based oil services company TechnipFMC recently celebrated the delivery of the company’s 600th subsea tree in Brazil, which will be installed at ExxonMobil’s Liza field offshore Guyana. The event, which took place at the company’s assembly plant in Rio de Janeiro, was attended by officials from TechnipFMC, ExxonMobil, and several Guyanese who are employed... Continue Reading →
Petrobras updates on event in the Campos Basin – FPSO Rio de Janeiro
, August 28, 2019 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 08/26, reports that Modec has informed the company that the FPSO Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, located in the Campos Basin, 130 kilometers from the coast, remains stable and under normal draft and slope conditions. Overflight conducted yesterday observed... Continue Reading →
Cade approves Trident Energy entry into Campos Basin
August 28, 2019 Cade approved, without restrictions, the sale by Petrobras of control of 11 shallow water offshore fields from the Campos Basin to Trident Energy. The completion of the U$1 billion operation was announced by the state company in mid-July. Petrobras has bid the fields three times. In July 2018, the state-owned company announced... Continue Reading →
Searcher Seismic in new multi-client campaign offshore Peru
Searcher Seismic has reached an agreement with state-owned Perupetro to produce four new multi-client projects as part of its Offshore Peru Multi-client Campaign. According to Searcher’s statement on Wednesday, the interpretation, regional reconstruction, and play level evaluation will be delivered to participants through the delivery of four new projects; Huayno 2D Pre-Stack Reprocessing, Peru Offshore Rectified... Continue Reading →
BENTHIC TO OPEN A NEW TECHNOLOGY CENTER IN RIO DE JANEIRO – Press release
Benthic, a global geosciences company in subsea services group Acteon, has announced plans to open its first Brazilian technology center and geotechnical laboratory in Rio de Janeiro. The state-of-the-art facility will open later this year in the Technological Park of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Benthic aims to use the center for geoscience... Continue Reading →