Mon Jun 26, 2017 | 5:54pm EDT The logo of Petrobras, state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA, is seen at their President Bernardes Refinery in Cubatao, Brazil June 8, 2017. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Brazil's Petróleo Brasileiro SA halted production at a platform in its Marlin field in the Campos Basin after a "small amount" of water and oil... Continue Reading →
ITC GLOBAL INITIATES INSTALLATIONS TO PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO FPSOs IN BRAZIL
June 23, 2017 ITC Global, a provider of satellite communications for remote and difficult environments, announced on Friday that it has begun to deliver communications services to seven FPSOs in Brazil. Platform ships are being equipped with new infrastructure components; and dedicated links are being established for business applications. The company did not disclose the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras negotiates additive on contract for pre-salt equipment in search of safety
Petrobras is negotiating an addendum to the contract with the supplier of equipment TechnipFMC aimed at providing more safety for connections used in the pre-salt production, after two failures in gas-injected pipelines that alerted to possible risks in the country's important oil producing area, revealed The oil company told Reuters. The oil company is now... Continue Reading →
Solstad Farstad goes live as trio finalizes merger
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 →
