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Oil and gas company Tullow Oil has started drilling operations offshore Guyana with the spudding of the first exploration well on its Jethro-Lobe prospect on the Orinduik Block. Tullow is the operator of the Orinduik Block with a 60% Working Interest and its partners are Total and Eco (Atlantic) Oil & Gas with 25% and... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Grupo R has started drilling the Xikín – 32 marine well, becoming the first company to start the offshore drilling works of the program promoted by the new administration of Pemex Exploration and Production (PEP). The Xikín field is the first of the 16 marine fields that PEP is scheduled to develop to increase... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation rigs operator Prosafe has taken delivery of its newbuild unit Safe Eurus from a shipyard in China. Built by China’s COSCO, the Safe Eurus is an advanced and flexible accommodation rig for worldwide operations, excluding Norway. Prosafe said on Thursday that the Safe Eurus will shortly begin mobilization to Brazil to start its... Continue Reading →
July 3, 2019 Shell is expected to receive pre-FEED (pre-pre-detail engineering) pre-FEED (Risers, Umbilicals and Flowlines Submarine) and SPS (Underwater Production System) pre-FEED for the Gato do Mato project in the pre- of the Santos Basin. The oil company passed the suppliers two scenarios, one with three wells and one with four wells. The scope... Continue Reading →
July 3, 2019 After overtaking Jubarte, the Búzios field now closes in on Sapinhoá, which is the second largest oil and gas producer in the country. According to data from the ANP, Búzios produced 281,290 thousand boed in May, compared to 312,980 thousand boed extracted in Sapinhoá. The difference may seem great, but it can... Continue Reading →
July 3, 2019 Constellation may agree to a new drill ship charter contract for overseas operation. The Brazilian group is negotiating with Karoon to hire equipment to carry out an exploratory campaign on the Z-38 block in the Tumbes basin in Peru. The Karoon campaign on assets acquired in 2008 is scheduled to begin in... Continue Reading →
With nearly 60 offshore rigs, China is doing everything it can to boost oil and gas production. And the country’s energy independence policy is keeping rig supply out of the global market. Sudden demand from a wide range of places has driven up offshore rig utilization. Continue reading
Italian oil company Eni has started the early production phase from the Miztón field in Area 1, located in the Campeche Bay offshore Mexico, making Eni the first international company to start offshore production in Mexico after the Energy Reform. This is the first step in the development of Area 1, estimated to hold 2.1... Continue Reading →
The Cabiúnas 1 consortium, owner of the Rota 2 gas pipeline, was authorized to increase the capacity of the natural gas from pre-salt fields to 16 million m³ / day for the Cabiúnas processing unit in Macaé (RJ) ). Owned by Petrobras, Shell, Petrogal and Repsol Sinopec, Rota 2 started the operation in 2016... Continue Reading →
July 1, 2019 CGG received a permit from IBAMA to conduct a seismic campaign to acquire 35,806 km2 of seismic data in the Santos Basin. The license, issued last week, is valid until March 31, 2020. The company's forecast is for the campaign to use the Geo Caribbean vessel. The Santos Phase IX project will... Continue Reading →
