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(OE) Offshore accommodation firm Prosafe has been declared the winner of a bidding process for a four-year contract by Petrobras, for the provision of the Safe Notos semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. Contract award and timing are subject to a formal process during which Petrobras is under no formal obligation to... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) France’s energy giant TotalEnergies is getting ready to embark on drilling activities off the coast of Suriname with a drillship owned by Stena Drilling, an offshore drilling contractor. TotalEnergies has set its cap on drilling the Macaw-1 exploration well in Block 64 by mid-May 2025, according to Suriname’s national oil company (NOC), Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname (Staatsolie). This... Continue Reading →
(OM) Petrobras has upped its oil and gas exploration budget to develop new frontiers and expand production, even as it intends to foster the “energy transition” and work towards the Net Zero by 2050 goal. Those were among the thoughts offered by Petrobras CEO Magda Chambriard at a technical session held on Monday at the... Continue Reading →
(OM) Petrobras has launched a large-scale tender to charter up to 18 platform supply vessels as part of the national oil company’s efforts to develop new frontiers and expand production over the next three years. The selection process will be in line with Petrobras’ usual closed-bid model, with the lowest price as the primary selection... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured a contract with Petrobras for its anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessel Normand Turquesa. The four-year contract, subject to board approval, is scheduled to begin in February 2026. The current contract for Normand Turquesa has been extended by nine months and runs until start of new... Continue Reading →
(OE) SLB announced the award of an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract by bp to its OneSubsea joint venture and Subsea7 for the Ginger project offshore Trinidad and Tobago. The Ginger project is the first project award under the global framework agreement between bp and Subsea Integration Alliance partners SLB OneSubsea and Subsea7.... Continue Reading →
(OE) BW Energy has made a final investment decision (FID) for the Maromba development offshore Brazil, which will feature an integrated drilling and wellhead platform (WHP) and a refurbished floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit. The Maromba development targets 500 million barrels of oil in place in the highly delineated and tested Maastrichtian sands.... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel operator DOF Group has secured work for two of its subsea vessels offshore Brazil. DOF’s Skandi Achiever diving support vessel has been awarded an offshore service and survey contract in Brazil in support of a SURF project with operations planned to start in early May and covering three campaigns during 2025.... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore drilling company Valaris has secured over $1 billion of new contracts and extension for its drilling rigs since its previous fleet status report published mid-February 2025. Valaris’ contract backlog, excluding lump sum payments such as mobilization fees and capital reimbursements, increased to approximately $4.2 billion from approximately $3.6 billion as of February 18,... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras has requested authorization from Ibama to begin moving the ODN II drillship towards the Foz do Amazonas Basin, on the Equatorial Margin. The vessel's presence in the region is essential for carrying out the so-called Pre-Operational Assessment (APO), which is an oil spill simulation required as part of the environmental licensing process for... Continue Reading →
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