Norway on Thursday got a new OSV player after Solstad Offshore, Farstad Shipping and Deep Sea Supply merged into one new company named Solstad Farstad. With the completion of the merger transactions announced on February 6, Wednesday marked the effective conception of the world’s largest offshore service vessel (OSV) company, Solstad Farstad. The new company... Continue Reading →
Changes to the Executive Board of Petrobras Distribuidora (BR)
Rio de Janeiro, June 20, 2017 - Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that the Board of Directors of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Distribuidora S.A. (BR) approved yesterday the extension of the term of office of President Ivan de Sá Pereira Júnior and Officers of Operations and Logistics, Marcelo Fernandes Bragança, and Consumer Market, Antonio... Continue Reading →
Benthic’s PROD Aces Libra
Houston, June 14, 2017 - On Friday, February 24th Benthic Brasil Ltda., a wholly owned subsidiary of Benthic Geotech Pty Ltd, successfully completed the offshore phase of a major geotechnical site investigation on the Libra Consortium’s ultra-deepwater Libra project. Utilizing Benthic’s proprietary PROD (Portable Remotely Operated Drill) seabed founded drill rig, the fieldwork phase... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Three workers die after deadly drillship boiler blast
zoom Three workers died and one was injured after a boiler exploded on the Odebrecht-run NS-32 (Norbe VIII) drilling rig offshore Brazil on Friday. According to Petrobras, Ericson Nascimento de Freitas, 29, who was hospitalized died on Friday. Jorge Luiz Damião, 44, died on Saturday. Eduardo Aragão de Lima, a 33-year-old employee of Odebrecht Oil... Continue Reading →
DSV Southern Star starts 6-year charter with Fugro
A new subsea operations vessel named Southern Star has started a bareboat charter with Fugro. Singapore-based new subsea services provider Tasik Subsea supervised the vessel’s build by Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding in Fuzhou, China, at their new Culu Island shipyard. The diving support vessel was launched at the end of May 2016. The six-year charter is an... Continue Reading →
Statoil aims to more than triple Brazil output
Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil aims to more than triple its production in Brazil and will seek to become operator for the entire Carcara discovery, among the world's biggest in recent years, the firm's country manager said. Read more
Brazil’s Petrobras reports explosion on drill ship
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA on Friday reported an explosion on the NS 32 drill ship, which is operated by Odebrecht Óleo e Gás, a unit of Odebrecht SA, according to a statement. The explosion wounded four people, three of them with burns and one with mild injuries, according to the statement. There... Continue Reading →
The second leg of the Road Show for the Bidding Round will be from June 12 to 16
The second leg of the road show to publicize the upcoming rounds of bids for oil and natural gas exploration and production will be held from 12 to 16/6 in Perth (Australia), Singapore and Beijing (China). The Secretary of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Renewable Fuels of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, Márcio Félix;... Continue Reading →
Odebrecht Oil and Gas drilling units
June 7, 2017 With the experience of being the first Brazilian private company to provide Offshore Drilling services in Brazil, and operating a semisubmersible unit anchored in water depths of more than 1,000 meters in Brazil, Odebrecht Oil and Gas informs that it continues to innovate by chartering and operate platforms with the latest technology,... Continue Reading →
PETROBRÁS CONCLUDES ADJACENT WELL IN LIBRA
June 06, 2017 Petrobras has taken an important step in its exploration in the pre-salt layer. Petrobras completed an adjacent pioneer well in Libra, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. Located at a water depth of 2,252 meters. The well 4BRSA1346RJS has not yet had evidence of hydrocarbons, according to data from the National... Continue Reading →
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