(Reuters) - A promising area off Colombia's coast where Brazil state-run Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab is drilling this year could justify a large project to supply natural gas to the Andean country and for exports, Petrobras' head of exploration and production said on Wednesday. As oil production in Brazil's prolific presalt region is set to plateau... Continue Reading →
Dril-Quip, Innovex agree to merger
(OM) Dril-Quip and Innovex Downhole Solutions, a supplier of well life-cycle technologies and services, have agreed to merge via an all-stock transaction. On closure, Dril-Quip stockholders would own around 52% of the combined company and Innovex stockholders around 48%. The new group, with annual revenue of over $1 billion, would offer clients technical solutions for... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil CEO says not trying to acquire Hess
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil(XOM.N), opens new tab CEO Darren Woods on Monday said his company is trying to secure preemption rights over Hess Corp (HES.N), opens new tab's Guyana assets in its dispute with Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab, not buy the company itself. In his first public remarks on the company's pursuit of an arbitration case that could block... Continue Reading →
Final Subsea System Components for Atlanta FPSO En Route to Brazil
(OE) The final pieces of subsea system equipment that will support the production from Enauta’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta at Brazil's Santos Basin have been shipped. The final pieces of subsea system equipment that will support the production from Enauta’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta at Brazil's Santos... Continue Reading →
Petrobras breaks record for processing natural gas from the Santos Basin Pre-Salt in 2023
Petrobras has never processed so much natural gas from the Santos Basin Pre-Salt as it did in 2023. The company reached a daily average of 25.25 million m³, surpassing the 2022 record by around 200,000 m³/day. Pre-salt gas is processed at the Caraguatatuba (UTGCA) unit in the state of São Paulo and the Macaé (UTGCAB)... Continue Reading →
BP in talks with Venezuela and Trinidad governments to develop gas field
(Reuters) - BP PLC (BP.L), opens new tab said on Thursday it was in talks with the Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago governments to develop a gas field. BP has been seeking to increase its natural gas production in Trinidad to feed into Atlantic LNG's liquefied natural gas export facility. BP's gas output has fallen in the... Continue Reading →
Woodside Hires Subsea 7 for Trion Subsea Installation Services Offshore Mexico
Australia's top oil and gas company Woodside Energy has awarded a contract to Subsea 7 for subsea installation services for the Trion development offshore Mexico. Subsea 7 described the contract as large, which means its value ranges between $300 million and $500 million. The scope of contract for Subsea 7 includes engineering, construction, and installation... Continue Reading →
Petrobras hits bump in the contracting of FPSOs and subsea equipment due to supply chain difficulties
(PN) Despite making progress in some of its bidding processes for platform ships (FPSOs), Petrobras is encountering difficulties in contracting various equipment and vessels. According to the director of engineering, technology and innovation at the state-owned company, Carlos Travassos, other actors in the oil and gas sector around the world are also experiencing this situation.... Continue Reading →
Saipem targeting fabrication of “more complex” subsea structures in Guyana this year
(ON) By the third quarter of 2024, Saipem Guyana is set to occupy 81,000 square meters (m2) of the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc. (VEHSI) facility, allowing it to fabricate “more complex” subsea structures for the country’s booming oil industry. Saipem is one of the prime contractors of Stabroek Block operator, ExxonMobil. The revelation was made... Continue Reading →
First Steel Cut for FPSO Raia in Brazil
(OE) The fabrication of a floating production storage and offloading (PFSO) for the Raia project in Brazil, operated by Equinor on behalf of the Raia project consortium, has officially started at Seatrium’s BrasFELS Shipyard. The strike steel ceremony, which symbolizes the first steel cut of the FPSO Raia project, marks the start of the collaboration... Continue Reading →