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Petrobras started to move the FPSO Anita Garibaldi to the Marlim field, in the Campos Basin. The unit was moored at Estaleiro Jurong, in Aracruz (ES), where it underwent final tests and commissioning stages. The platform vessel should start operating at the beginning of the second semester. The unit has the capacity to produce up... Continue Reading →
Operator Wintershall Dea and its partners Harbour Energy and Sapura OMV have made a significant oil discovery on the Kan exploration prospect in Block 30, located in the shallow waters of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. Based on preliminary estimates, the discovery may contain 200 to 300 million barrels oil equivalent... Continue Reading →
(OED) Singapore-based shipbuilding company Strategic Marine has commissioned a study to compare the efficiency of traditional diesel-powered and hybrid-powered crew transfer vessels (CTVs). The study will be conducted by the Maritime Energy and Sustainable Development Centre of Excellence (MESD CoE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). It will assess the difference in energy and... Continue Reading →
(PN) Karoon Energy announced that it has completed its drilling program, in the Santos Basin, with the Noble Developer rig (formerly known as Maersk Developer). The rig was contracted to carry out the oil company's first workover campaign and the development of new fields in Brazil. The rig was mobilized from the Caribbean to Brazil... Continue Reading →
(OE) Subsea optical inspection technologies developer Voyis Imaging Inc. has launched a new product line called Discovery Vision Systems that it says will advance ROV vision systems, and deliver a new level of situational awareness to ROV operations, achieving both high-resolution video and real-time 3D perception for piloting, inspection, and autonomy applications. "Subsea inspection... Continue Reading →
Norwegian shipyard Green Yard Kleven AS has secured a retrofit project with Brazilian offshore vessel owner Oceanica. This is the fourth contract signed with the same shipowner that includes the reactivation and rebuilding of offshore ships bought from Norwegian shipowners. The vessel, named Oceanicasub X, is a 78-meter anchor handling vessel which will be rebuilt... Continue Reading →
Bourbon Marine & Logistics has partnered with the Guyanese company Tethys Marine & Logistics, which becomes a 51% shareholder of the Bourbon Guyana Joint Venture. "With 75% Guyanese Directors, Bourbon Guyana thus becomes the first indigenous Offshore Support Vessels operator, fully compliant with the most recent local content regulations," Bourbon Marine & Logistics said. "With a... Continue Reading →
BW Energy on Monday announced it has achieved first oil from the Hibiscus / Ruche Phase 1 development in the Dussafu license offshore Gabon. "Production performance from the first well has been in line with expectations and is currently stabilized at approximately 6,000 barrels per day," the Oslo-listed E&P company said in a statement. "We... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil company Enauta Participações has concluded the production ramp-up of the new well in its Atlanta field offshore Brazil., Enauta had said earlier this week that it had connected the new well 7-ATL-5H-RJS (“5H”) to the FPSO Petrojarl I. The production was at the time still in the production ramp-up phase, at around... Continue Reading →
(OM) Petrobras has been a key driver of a tightening ultra-deepwater rig market, accounting for more than a quarter of all term floater contracts over the past two years, according to Evercore ISI’s latest Offshore Oracle report. From a rig count of 19 currently (up from 17 a year ago), Petrobras’ rig count is expected... Continue Reading →
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