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(OET) Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe is taking part in three ongoing tenders to win more work for its fleet of vessels. As the recent Petrobras tender for 450 days was cancelled, Prosafe is currently not participating in any Petrobras tenders, however, the company is engaged in three tenders. The first of these is in the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's environmental regulator Ibama has asked oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) for additional information on its plan to drill at the mouth of the Amazon river before authorizing Petrobras to test its emergency oil spill response, the agency's president Rodrigo Agostinho told Reuters. The request frustrated the hopes of Petrobras to start the drilling test as... Continue Reading →
Italian oil company Eni said Friday it had made a new discovery on the Yatzil exploration prospect in Block 7, located in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. According to preliminary estimates, the new finding may contain around 200 million barrels of oil (MBoe) in place. Yatzil-1 EXP... Continue Reading →
Norway's Green Yard Kleven has completed and delivered two retrofit projects for the Brazilian shipowner Oceanica. Oceanicasub Vlll and Oceanicasub lX have been rebuilt from offshore supply vessels to advanced offshore vessels for ROV- and crane operations. "Both rebuilding projects were largely based on reused equipment and focused on sustainability at the request of the... Continue Reading →
Engeman won the tender from Petrobras and will expand its presence the Roncador Cluster, one of the largest oil and gas producers in Brazil. This time, the Company will be responsible for a variety of activities in disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, refrigeration, maintenance planning, cargo handling, climbing services, refrigeration engineering, air conditioning, inspection,... Continue Reading →
With more than $200 billion of greenfield investments expected by 2025, the offshore oil and gas sector is expected to get back in the spotlight, according to Rystad Energy, an energy market intelligence group. Rystad Energy’s research shows that annual greenfield capital expenditure (capex) broke the $100 billion threshold in 2022 and will break it again... Continue Reading →
Maritime classification society DNV has appointed Torgeir Sterri as the new Offshore Classification Director for DNV Maritime, with effect from 1 March 2023. Lucas Ribeiro, former Area Manager for Iberia, Italy, and Malta, will succeed Sterri as Regional Manager for West Europe. “Offshore classification has long been part of the bed rock of DNV,” says Knut... Continue Reading →
Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro and Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras have completed what they said is the first-ever remote subsea inspection survey off the coast of Brazil. Fugro used a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) deployed from the Fugro Aquarius to conduct the survey. Office-based personnel piloted the ROV from an operations center in Aberdeen, Scotland, instead of from the... Continue Reading →
Italian cabling giant Prysmian Group has reported that 2022 was its best year ever in terms of financial results as its profits and cash generation had grown by over 50 per cent. For 2022, Prysmian’s adjusted EBITDA amounted to €1,488 million, representing a +52.5 per cent growth compared to 2021, while group net profit soared... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Biden administration needs until the end of this year to finalize a long-awaited five-year plan for offshore oil and gas development in federal waters, according to court documents filed this week. The U.S. has been without a congressionally-mandated five year schedule of offshore oil and gas auctions since the previous one expired in... Continue Reading →
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