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Offshore installation services company Subsea 7 said Friday it had won a "sizable" vessel contract with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. The contract is for the 145.9m pipelay support vessel (PLSV) Seven Cruzeiro off the coast of Brazil. It extends the vessel's current contract from February to November 2023. For Subsea 7, a "sizeable contract"... Continue Reading →
Guyana is working with the Indian government on awarding oil and gas exploration blocks to Indian companies, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Wednesday. The South American nation, home to one of the largest oil discoveries of the last decade, has also offered 14 offshore exploration blocks in its latest global auction round. Jagdeo said the blocks to be... Continue Reading →
Chinese subsea cable manufacturer ZTT Submarine Cable & System has secured a cable design and supply contract with Hokchi Energy, the Mexican subsidiary of Pan American Energy, for a field located in the Gulf of Mexico. The contract covers the design, supply, delivery, and testing of 33.3 kilometers of submarine power cable and spares for the Hokchi... Continue Reading →
(OE) French oil major TotalEnergies is set to embark on a multi-well appraisal and exploration program offshore Nambia, where it made one of the world's largest oil discoveries in 2022, by drilling the Venus-1x well. According to Impact Oil & Gas Limited, one of TotalEnergies' partners in the offshore acreage in Nambia, the drilling will... Continue Reading →
DOF Subsea Brasil, a subsidiary of Norwegian offshore support vessel firm DOF, has secured a charter for its ROV support vessel, Geoholm. DOF said that the 85.7-meter-long vessel and its ROV would be used for a 'major' subsea umbilical, riser, and flowline (SURF) project in Brazil. While DOF did not disclose the client's name, the... Continue Reading →
Norwegian subsea services company DOF Subsea has secured more work for its Skandi Africa vessel. The client, which DOF Subsea did not name, has exercised an extension option for the subsea service vessel, with the new commitment now running until February 2025. DOF Subsea CEO, Mons S. Aase, said: "Skandi Africa is the most sophisticated vessel... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has confirmed that one of its drillships kicked off its assignment at a field offshore Brazil with the country’s oil and gas giant, Petrobras. Back in November 2021, Seadrill secured two contracts with Petrobras for its West Carina and West Tellus rigs for work on the Búzios field offshore Brazil. At the time, the offshore drilling contractor explained that... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC has secured a “significant” contract with TotalEnergies EP Angola for the supply of flexible pipe and associated hardware for a life extension project. The contract covers the engineering, procurement, and supply of flowlines and connectors for the Girassol Life Extension project (GIRLIFEX) offshore Angola. According to TechnipFMC, the flexible pipes are set to extend the life... Continue Reading →
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has made a decision to drill the second well within an existing oil discovery offshore Brazil to assess the commerciality of a potential Neon field development, following the confirmation of net oil-bearing pay at the first well in this drilling campaign. Back in April 2021, Karoon hired a rig to perform... Continue Reading →
(WO) — Karoon, an international oil and gas exploration and production company, has reached a final total depth of 2,382 m at its Neon-1 control well offshore Brazil. The well spudded on Jan. 23; wireline logging of the target sections is currently underway. Neon-1 was drilled into the down-dip southern flank of the Neon discovery,... Continue Reading →
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