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Brazilian offshore support vessel service company OceanPact has acquired two AHTS vessels, Skandi Saigon and Skandi Pacific, from Akastor's subsidiary DDW Offshore. OceanPact chartered the two vessels in March 2021 to support Petrobras' operations, with OceanPact having a purchase obligation at the end of the bareboat term. "Following the expiry of the charter period, both vessels are now... Continue Reading →
(OE) UK-based CRP Subsea has recently won a "major" contract from an unnamed "leading energy technology company," AIS, CRP's parent company, said this week. CRP Subsea will deliver 333 distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) for a deepwater oil field project located in the pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. Distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) are typically used between structures... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The Big three oilfield services (OFS) companies will likely report higher profits for the second quarter as resurgent demand in international markets and strong offshore drilling helped counter tepid activity in North America. Baker Hughes, Halliburton, and SLB are set to post a combined second-quarter adjusted profit of $2.04 billion, according to Refinitiv data,... Continue Reading →
PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), informs its shareholders and the market in general of the start of production of the ODP5 (“F23P3”) well, in the Frade Field (“Field” or “Frade”), with stabilized initial production of approximately 8,000 barrels of oil per day. Thus, PRIO has exceeded the milestone of 100,000 barrels per day... Continue Reading →
Chevron’s newest mini ROVs for subsea inspections are the result of a partnership with tech company BeyonC to use ROVs that combine a vehicle made by JM Robotics with FiGS sensor technology made by FORCE Technology. Chevron says the mini ROV-based inspections allow the company to get a thorough and accurate assessment of its assets... Continue Reading →
(OE) Plans for floating wind farm development off the coast of Wales and South West England are progressing as the first specialist survey vessel embarks on a 100-day mission from Swansea. With a crew of 30, the vessel will use towed and hull-mounted sensors to gather geophysical data on the properties of the seabed and... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore support vessel operator Havila Shipping has secured a bareboat charter extension for its Havila Harmony vessel. Brazil's offshore service firm OceanPact has declared the option for one-year extension of the bareboat agreement on the Havila Harmony, currently sailing under the name Parcel Dos Meros. The agreement will keeps the vessel on contract until... Continue Reading →
Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has updated its contingent resource estimates for a field offshore Brazil. This is expected to facilitate the technical and commercial feasibility studies for a potential development, which are currently underway. Karoon added the Neon oil discovery option in May 2022 to the rig it hired in April 2021. Following the Patola completion activities, the Maersk Developer rig,... Continue Reading →
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Baker Hughes (NASDAQ: BKR), an energy technology company, announced Wednesday it has been awarded a significant order, to be booked in the second quarter of 2023, by MODEC to supply gas technology equipment for the BM-C-33 project in the Brazilian pre-salt Campos area. The project is developed by Equinor with partners Repsol Sinopec Brasil... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has temporarily interrupted production from a field located offshore Brazil only days after completing the preventive maintenance activities for a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is carrying out operations on this field. Enauta started preventive maintenance at the FPSO Petrojarl I in May 2023 and the production at the Atlanta field was... Continue Reading →
