(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has completed the anchoring of the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta at a field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. However, the production start from the unit might face delays due to announced strikes by the officials working in public institutions. In June, Enauta completed the anchoring... Continue Reading →
Greek Firm to Supply Steel Pipes for Woodside’s Mexico Trion Deepwater Field
(OE) Corinth Pipeworks has secured a contract from Woodside Energy, the operator of the Trion deepwater field offshore Mexico, to manufacture and supply approximately 118 kilometers of High Frequency Welded (HFW) steel pipes. The Trion field is located in the Perdido Fold Belt in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Situated approximately 180km off... Continue Reading →
Shell Greenlights Manate Gas Field Development Off Trinidad and Tobago
(OE) Shell Trinidad and Tobago, a subsidiary of Shell, has taken Final Investment Decision (FID) on the Manatee project, an undeveloped gas field in the East Coast Marine Area (ECMA) in Trinidad and Tobago. Manatee will allow Shell to competitively grow its Integrated Gas business by building on development efforts in the ECMA, one of... Continue Reading →
Eni Finds Oil Offshore Mexico
(OE) Italian energy giant Eni has made a new oil and gas discovery in an exploration well in Block 9 in the Sureste Basin, offshore Mexico. The discovery was made on the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well, approximately 63 kilometers off the coast in the mid-deep water of the Cuenca Salina. The preliminary estimates indicate a... Continue Reading →
MODEC’s FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29 completes six years of operational efficiency
(TN) In June 2024, the FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes MV29 celebrated six years since it produced the first oil in the Tartaruga Verde and Tartaruga Mestiça Fields of the Campos Basin. The start of this operation represented a new moment for MODEC, due to its production capacity, weight (108.7 thousand tons) and size... Continue Reading →
Slim’s Grupo Carso inks deal to partner with Pemex on Lakach natural gas project
(Reuters) - Grupo Carso, the Mexican holding company controlled by the family of Mexican mogul Carlos Slim, said on Friday that it has signed an exploration and extraction services contract with state oil firm Pemex for the stalled Lakach natural gas project. With the contract, Grupo Carsobecomes Pemex's partner to develop the project after its... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s biggest FPSO by target production to set sail in H1 2025
(Oil Now) Guyana is set to welcome a trailblazing new floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel next year. The ONE GUYANA vessel, being constructed by SBM Offshore, is targeting the highest initial oil production observed in the industry for an FPSO—250,000 barrels per day (b/d). The FPSO is destined for the ExxonMobil-operated Stabroek Block.... Continue Reading →
SLB OneSubsea Gets TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Deepwater Job Off Angola
(OE) SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract from TotalEnergies to provide subsea production system, including associated equipment and services, for the development of Kaminho project, offshore Angola. SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture between SLB, Aker Solutions, and Subsea7, will provide a 13-well subsea production system scope. The project will be developed... Continue Reading →
Trident Energy Ready to Restart Drilling Off Equatorial Guinea
(OE) U.K.-based oil and gas company Trident Energy has welcomed Noble Corporation’s Noble Venturer drillship for a new drilling campaign offshore Equatorial Guinea, expected to begin shortly. Trident Equatorial is the operator of Block G in the Ceiba and Okume complex fields offshore Equatorial Guinea. The drilling campaign, which is expected to recommence shortly with... Continue Reading →
Oil majors show interest in Galp’s Namibia oil prospect, sources say
(Reuters) - More than 12 oil companies, including Exxon, Shell and Brazil's national oil company, have expressed interest in buying a 40% stake in Galp Energia's major oil discovery offshore Namibia, sources close to the sale process said. Galp's Mopane discovery, which is estimated to hold at least 10 billion barrels of oil and gas equivalent,... Continue Reading →