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(OET) Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed that one of its rigs has completed its task in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM) with Murphy Oil, a Houston-based oil and gas company. As a result, the rig moved to Mexico to embark on drilling assignments, which were secured earlier this year. Back in January... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oil and gas exploration is likely to continue to have an important role in the decades to come, a view reinforced by the 2022 energy crisis and growing energy security needs, according to energy intelligence group Westwood. In the offshore drilling space, Westwood says that the year 2022 has seen a continued increase in... Continue Reading →
(OET) London-headquartered oil and gas company Tullow Oil is planning to drill four new wells at a field located offshore Ghana, which are expected to be brought on stream in 2023. Tullow Oil announced it is planning to drill two new production wells at Jubilee South East before the end of the year, and a... Continue Reading →
The availability of emission-lowering upgrades for offshore rigs has been on the rise, but adoption of these new technologies is slow outside of Norway and the US Gulf of Mexico due to limited regulatory and financial incentives, energy intelligence group Westwood has found. According to Westwood the biggest users of rigs fitted with emission reduction... Continue Reading →
(OE) The Italian oil and gas company Eni, the operator of the the Coral South project offshore Mozambique, said Monday that the first shipment of LNG produced from the Coral gas field, in the ultra-deep waters of the Rovuma Basin, had departed from the Coral Sul FLNG facility. The Coral Sul is Mozambique's first LNG project... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras' revitalization plans for the Marlim field will bring new investments to the Campos Basin. The National Petroleum Agency (ANP) approved the new version of the field development plan presented by the oil company. Altogether, the program foresees investments of US$ 3.8 billion for Marlim and another US$ 60 million for the neighboring field,... Continue Reading →
Wilson Sons posted a net profit of R$ 67 million (US$ 13 million) in the third quarter of this year (3Q22), 92% above the 2021 comparative (3Q21). In the first nine months of 2022 (9M22), the company's profit after tax was R$ 226 million (US$ 44 million), up 24% compared to the same period last year... Continue Reading →
TGS has commenced a 3D data reprocessing program offshore Uruguay, which covers blocks in the country’s active licensing round. Tannat 3D PSDM Repro consists of 25,000 square kilometers. According to TGS, the data will be regionally integrated and reprocessed using advanced techniques, including de-ghosting, improved velocities and pre-stack merge and migration to depth. This newly... Continue Reading →
Pemex and its partners could take a final investment decision (FID) on the Zama oil project by the end of next year, according to Harbour Energy. The London-based independent is a partner in Block 7 in the Sureste Basin, which contains the main part of the Zama accumulation. In its latest result statement, Harbour said the block’s co-venturers are close... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling company Diamond Offshore said Monday it had received a notification of award of a new drilling program with Petrobras in Brazil. The soon to be signed four-year contract is for the semi-submersible offshore drilling Ocean Courage. Petrobras will have an option to extend the contract for an additional four years. The total estimated... Continue Reading →
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