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Feb 17 (Reuters) - The tiny oil-producing nation of Guyana, already one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has a window of opportunity for more expansion amid ongoing U.S. activity in neighboring Venezuela, geopolitical and oil experts said ahead of the Guyana Energy Conference. That growth potential will take center stage at the four-day event beginning... Continue Reading →
12 February 2026 – Jumbo Offshore has completed mooring pre-installationactivities for the FPSO Errea Wittu for Exxon Mobil Guyana Ltd. at Uaru Field,Stabroek Block, Offshore Guyana, on behalf of Modec. The scope of work included theinstallation of suction anchors and the pre-lay of mooring lines in preparation forFPSO hook-up.Jumbo Offshore performed installation engineering, procurement, mobilisation... Continue Reading →
Feb. 12 (OE) BW Offshore has unveiled a floating blue ammonia FPSO concept developed in collaboration with McDermott International, combining offshore production, carbon capture and direct export to convert surplus natural gas into lower-carbon fuel. The floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) concept is designed to process up to 3 million cubic meters of gas... Continue Reading →
Feb. 11 (oilnow.gy) MODEC has completed the first steel cutting for the Hammerhead floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel more than a month ahead of schedule. MODEC made the announcement today via LinkedIn. The steel cut ceremony marked the start of fabrication at BOMESC Offshore Engineering Company Limited in Tianjin, China. The FPSO is being... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Petrobras' total oil and natural gas production exceeded the upper limit of its target by 2.8 percentage points (+4%), reaching 2.99 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), representing an 11% increase compared to 2024 production. In 2025, Petrobras achieved its best result in the last ten years by adding 1.7... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Petrobras's P-79 platform, an FPSO-type unit, arrived at the Santos Basin pre-salt this weekend, according to the planned schedule. The unit was towed to its location with the crew on board, a successful strategy already used with P-78 to reduce the time to start production. "Embarking the crew during the voyage to the location allows... Continue Reading →
Feb 10 (Reuters) - Equinor's international oil and gas portfolio will return to growth in the next few years as the Norwegian energy group targets sharply increased output abroad by 2030, its head of foreign operations told Reuters. After recent divestment of onshore assets in Argentina, Equinor now produces oil and gas in seven countries outside Norway, down... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 - Seatrium, through its wholly owned subsidiary Jurong Shipyard, has started arbitration proceedings against Petrobras Netherlands in connection with a legacy contract for the conversion of the P-54 floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO). The dispute relates to a settlement agreement reached in 2008 following amendments to the original 2004 contract. Under... Continue Reading →
Feb. 10 (Reuters) BP posted quarterly profit in line with analyst expectations on Tuesday and suspended its share buyback programme as it wrote down around $4 billion in its renewables and biogas businesses. BP, whose new CEO Meg O'Neill will start in April, said it would allocate the excess cash to invest in oil and... Continue Reading →
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Shell needs an acquisition or exploration breakthrough to make up for an expected production shortage of 350,000-800,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2035 due to maturing fields unable to meet its output targets, the company and analysts say. For years, oil majors have been restrained in topping up reserves,... Continue Reading →
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