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(PN) SBM Offshore has completed a new stage in the construction of FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, which will be installed in the Mero field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The Dutch company announced this week that the lifting campaign for the vessel's topside modules was successfully completed. Integration and commissioning activities continue... Continue Reading →
(PN) Earlier this month, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) issued a license authorizing Petrobras to begin a 4D seismic survey with nodes in the Buzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The survey may be conducted using one of the seismic source vessels: Artemis Arctic or Artemis Odyssey. In addition,... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has been tasked with putting all the pieces in place for the development of a gas project off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago, thanks to an engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), hook-up, and commissioning contract with Shell Trinidad and Tobago Limited, a subsidiary of the UK-headquartered... Continue Reading →
(Oilnow.gy) Suriname’s state oil company Staatsolie is set to plug US$1.8 billion in the nation’s first offshore oil project, according to the company’s 2023 annual report. Staatsolie could participate with up to 20% stake in the Block 58 field development. Its Managing Director, Annand Jagesar, told OilNOW that it intends to exercise this option. “We fully... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has obtained environmental licenses to expand production in two offshore fields, and could have one vessel start production earlier than expected in one field, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The licenses will allow Petrobras to increase production in the Mero and Buzios fields, with Buzios... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that it has signed a contract with Woodside Petróleo Operaciones de México, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“Woodside”), operator of the Trion deepwater oil field development located in the Perdido Belt of the western Gulf of Mexico. Under this contract, SBM Offshore will construct and thereafter lease to Woodside... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Equinor and ExxonMobil Corp said on Wednesday they have transferred their stakes in a deepwater oil and gas exploration block off Suriname to Hess Corp, with the Norwegian oil producer exiting the South American country. The exit aligns with Equinor's strategy to focus on producing oil and gas in a few core areas, such... Continue Reading →
The Maria Quitéria platform vessel has arrived in Brazil, destined for the Jubarte field, in the Parque das Baleias complex, in the Espírito Santo portion of the Campos Basin. It is an FPSO (floating oil production, storage and transfer system) unit, equipped with technologies to reduce emissions, including the combined cycle in power generation –... Continue Reading →
(Oilprice.com)U.S. shale producer Occidental Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:OXY) and Colombia's integrated energy company Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE:EC) are planning to drill an offshore oil well off Colombia's waters in seas roughly 3,900 meters (close to 13,000 feet) deep before the year is out, Bloomberg has reported. Dubbed Komodo-1, the ultra-deepwater well will qualify as the deepest offshore oil well in the world, beating... Continue Reading →
(Oil Now) Subsea7 is closely watching Suriname’s offshore oil sector, with hopes of winning a massive subsea contract to support TotalEnergies’ Block 58 project. In a Q2 earnings presentation, Subsea7 listed the Suriname project among a selection of Invitations to Tender (ITT) in-house or expected in the next 12 months. It expects the contract to... Continue Reading →
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