(offshore.mag.com) Harbour Energy expects to complete its acquisition of Wintershall Dea’s global E&P portfolio in early September. The process of satisfying the conditions to completion has been advancing, including the recent receipt of Mexico regulatory consents. Earlier this month, the Danish Energy Agency also approved the indirect transfer of interests in four licenses that had been granted to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras will invest BRL 500 million in five supercomputers
Petrobras, the Latin American champion in the past four years according to the Top500.org ranking, which evaluates the world's foremost High-Performance Computers (HPCs), will boost its technological park by acquiring five new supercomputers with a total investment of BRL 500 million. One of the machines, capable of processing the equivalent of roughly 10 million mobile... Continue Reading →
MODEC and Altera: Marrying FPSO tech with renewable and low-carbon plays to shape energy transformation beyond oil & gas
(offshore-energy.biz) Given the rising expectations about oil and gas, especially liquified natural gas (LNG), being in demand even after 2050, entwining innovation and technology arms is increasingly being recognized as the right recipe to not only unleash untapped low-carbon barrels but also unlock the gates of green power. Japan’s MODEC and the UK-based Altera Infrastructure... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Will Seek to Reduce Gas Reinjection When Possible
(Reuters) Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras will do what it can to reduce the reinjection of natural gas into oil wells, Chief Executive Magda Chambriard said on Wednesday. The government published a decree on Monday authorizing the oil regulator ANP to order oil companies to reduce the reinjection to increase the supply of gas and... Continue Reading →
CNOOC Posts Record Interim Profit
(Reuters) Chinese offshore oil and gas major CNOOC posted record first-half profit on Thursday, boosted by output growth and higher oil prices. Net profit attributable to shareholders rose 25% to 79.73 billion yuan ($11.19 billion), CNOOC said in a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. CNOOC's net production of oil and gas increased by... Continue Reading →
Helix bags $786 million for multi-year well intervention ops with two vessels offshore Brazil
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S.-headquartered offshore energy services provider Helix Energy Solutions has picked up multimillion-dollar long-term assignments off the coast of Brazil for two vessels, which will carry out well intervention work for the country’s energy giant, Petrobras. Following a competitive tender process, Helix entered into three-year vessel charter and service contracts with Petrobras for the Siem Helix 1 and Siem Helix 2 riser-based... Continue Reading →
Full Output Resumes at Liza Unity in Guyana
(Reuters) An Exxon Mobil consortium's crude output in Guyana has been fully restored at two floating production facilities after workers completed a natural gas pipeline tie-in, a company spokesperson said on Monday. Output had fallen to between 400,000 and 500,000 barrels per day from July 2 through the end of the month, government data showed,... Continue Reading →
TGS and Petrobras Enter Tech and Research Partnership
(OE) Norwegian seismic company TGS announced it has entered into a partnership with Brazilian state-owned energy company Petrobras to collaborate on scientific research and technological development activities in Brazil. Under the memorandum of understanding (MOU), the partners will seek to drive innovation in the energy sector through collaborative efforts to develop new technologies and conduct... Continue Reading →
China CNPC’s global oil, gas investment
(Reuters) - China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), Asia's largest oil and gas producer, has over the past three decades built a global portfolio with assets in 33 countries. The company's overseas production exceeded 100 million metric tons, or 2 million barrels per day of oil equivalent, for the first time in 2019 and has since... Continue Reading →
Namibia: The Newest Most Promising Deepwater Rig Demand Hotspot
Teresa Wilkie, Contributor Research Director of RigLogix at Westwood Global Energy.. (OE) Over the past few years the Namibian Orange Basin has emerged as an exciting new oil province and subsequently a provider of significant new demand and future demand potential for deepwater drilling rigs. According to Westwood’s Wildcat, “the Upper and Lower Cretaceous plays opened in... Continue Reading →