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Sept 19 (Reuters) - French energy company TotalEnergies and its partners in the $12 billion GranMorgu offshore oil and gas project in Suriname are on track to inaugurate output in mid-2028, the head of state-run Staatsolie, Annand Jagesar, said on Saturday during a tour to oversee the development's progress. "Together, we are not only developing... Continue Reading →
Sept.18 (oilnow.gy) Indonesia’s state-owned energy company PT Pertamina is exploring upstream oil and gas investments in Guyana and Suriname to secure more reliable energy sources. Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the company has started preliminary discussions on exploration and investment opportunities in the two South American countries. Indonesian state news agency ANTARA News... Continue Reading →
Sept. 17 - Petrobras informs that its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Netherlands B.V. (PNBV) has signed, with the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and PETROCI Holding, Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) for eight offshore exploration blocks located in the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The PSCs cover the offshore blocks CI-513, CI-600, CI-601, CI-602, CI-603, CI-605, CI-701 and CI-702. Petrobras, through PNBV,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 16 - Vallourec—a global leader in premium seamless tubular solutions—announces that it has secured a major contract with Subsea7 to supply seamless carbon steel line pipe and thermal insulation coating for the Sepia 2 project, developed by Petrobras in the pre-salt region of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. This award follows the EPCI (Engineering,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 14 (OE) Petrobras has awarded Strohm a contract to supply thermoplastic composite pipes for water injection and gas lift applications in Brazil's deepwater post-salt cluster, with the technology to be tested in water depths of up to 1,500 metres. The contract with Strohm and its subsidiary Strohm Brasil also covers qualification testing, project engineering,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 14 (OE) Saipem has been awarded a contract worth about $350 million for subsea work on Azule Energy's West Hub Tails oil project offshore Angola, part of the wider Agogo Integrated West Hub Development. The project is located about 180 kilometers offshore Angola in water depths of up to 1,750 meters. Under the contract... Continue Reading →
Sept. 13 (agencuainfra.com) Petrobras is expected to approve the proposal submitted by the Malaysian builder and operator Yinson for the Albacora FPSO (P-88), a Petrobras project in the Campos Basin. Sources at the state-owned company told Agência iNFRA that, despite concerns raised privately by competitors, the project design complies with the requirements. Companies that participated... Continue Reading →
Sept. 13 (agenciainfra.com) Lourenço Fróes, coordinator of Petrobras’ New FPSO Program (Profort), indicated on Friday (11) that the state-owned company is considering renewing the operating contracts for the FPSOs (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading units) in the Seap (Sergipe Deepwater) project with the builder and operator SBM Offshore. Currently, the contracts run for six and... Continue Reading →
Sept. 11 (OE) Eni Ghana and Vitol have signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Ghana's government covering two offshore blocks in the Tano Basin, paving the way for the parties to finalize petroleum agreements. The MoUs cover blocks GH WB 3 and GH WB 8, which span about 2,100 square kilometers in water depths... Continue Reading →
Sept. 10 - ANP (National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels) announced that bp has begun drilling the first well in the Tupinambá block, located in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin. Drilling operations commenced on September 8, four days after Ibama issued the license authorizing an exploratory campaign of up to three... Continue Reading →
