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(OE) Skandi Buzios, a pipelay support vessel owned by TechnipFMC and DOF, reportedly caught fire Friday morning in a Brazilian port. The Brazilian media and some social media accounts on Friday showed images and videos of the burning vessel with thick smoke billowing above it and firefighters trying to quell the fire. The incident reportedly happened at... Continue Reading →
Italian oilfield services provider Saipem has completed works for the subsea production network for Azule Energy’s Agogo field development project offshore Angola. Saipem reported on 2 June that its team had completed the subsea production network for the Early Phase 2 development of the Agogo field on behalf of the joint venture between BP and Eni. The scope... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it started today the production of the FPSO Almirante Barroso platform, in the Búzios field, with capacity to produce daily up to 150 thousand barrels of oil and 6 million m³ of gas. FPSO Almirante Barroso will contribute to the oil production of the Búzios field, which currently... Continue Reading →
(TN) Petrobras invested BRL 600 million in the largest seismic campaign in ultra-deep waters in the world, concluded at the end of April in the Tupi field and in the Iracema area, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, on the southeastern coast of Brazil. Lasting one year, the operations covered an area of 3,164 km², equivalent... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian offshore services firm Saipem said Tuesday that its Integrated Acoustic Unit (I.A.U.) technology for monitoring of subsea pipelines during laying operations had obtained the statement of qualified technology for medium and large pipelines by DNV. Saipem describes its I.A.U. as an innovative digital instrument, developed by Saipem and based on acoustic technology, which... Continue Reading →
Canada-based Shawcor has informed that its pipe coating division, Pipeline Performance Group (“PPG”), has received a formal contract award for a development project, located offshore in South America. Shawcor had previously announced its conditional award, pending project sanction, in late 2022. Shawcor will provide thermal insulation and anticorrosion coating services from an unnamed Western Hemisphere... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, and following the material fact disclosed on May 16, 2023, informs its investors and the market in general that repairs of the offloading system on platform 3R-3 (FPSO) were concluded on May 24 and on... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies and the Government of Rio de Janeiro announced the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate with the development of offshore wind generation in the State. The agreement, which lasts for 2 years, includes the company's collaboration in studies related to fiscal and tax incentives and the expansion of the GRID system... Continue Reading →
(OET) With decarbonisation being seen as one of the biggest challenges facing the energy industry today, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has outlined that the recently offered carbon storage licences signify the country could bury 30 million tonnes of CO2 a year by 2030 and become a renowned mover and shaker in decarbonisation technology. After the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA) has asked to resume a process for a license to drill a controversial well at the Foz do Amazonas Basin, the company's chief executive said late on Thursday. CEO Jean Paul Prates' statement regarding the well known as Morpho 1-APS-57 comes after the company said it would appeal environmental agency Ibama's... Continue Reading →
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