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(Offshore-energy.biz) Texas-based subsea oil and gas equipment and services player Trendsetter Engineering has tucked a new assignment under its belt on two offshore oil fields in Brazil, following its entry into the South American country’s market with the establishment of local facilities in Macaé. Trident Energy do Brasil, part of Trident Energy Group, has picked... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) U.S. firm Fulcrum LNG was selected to help Guyana develop a plan to design, finance, construct and operate a natural gas processing facility in the South American country, President Irfaan Ali said on Thursday. The company's proposal was selected from among 17 submitted to Guyana for the gas project. Fulcrum will work with Guyana... Continue Reading →
This month, June, in London, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), connected with the UN through its Sub-Committee on Navigation, Communications and Search and Rescue (NCSR), recommended approving the Brazilian proposal to create Areas To Be Avoid (ATBA) to reduce the risk of collisions between merchant ships and oil platforms and support vessels of the energy... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that the FPSO Maria Quitéria is currently en route to Brazil. The platform ship departed from China in May and is expected to arrive at its location in the third quarter of this year. The unit is scheduled to begin operations in the last quarter of 2024, thus advancing... Continue Reading →
(Offshore-energy.biz) While the search for hydrocarbons has been ongoing in certain parts of Africa for decades with varying degrees of success, a slew of new oil and gas discoveries has pushed the continent to the forefront of global exploration hotspots. Given its string of recent discoveries, one of the countries in West Africa, Cote d’Ivoire,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras has selected a consortium led by PetroRio SA for bilateral talks over the sale of its Albacora and Albacora Leste offshore oil fields, both companies said on Friday. The value of PetroRio's bids was not immediately clear, but Petrobras said in September that "the offers may exceed $4 billion... Continue Reading →
(PN) The general manager of the Petrobras Business Unit in the Campos Basin (UN-BC), Alex Murteira Celem, revealed that the company intends to drill three wells in the Campos Basin pre-salt in 2025. The news was announced by the executive during the Macaé Energy event, co-hosted by the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan), Sebrae... Continue Reading →
(OE) SLB and Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) have launched a joint venture, set up to enable wider adoption of market-ready and new carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies for power and hard-to-abate industrial sectors worldwide The new company combines technology portfolios, expertise and operations platforms to support accelerated CCS adoption for industrial decarbonization at scale.... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has decided to stop production from the Petrojarl I floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) to perform modifications related to selected equipment maintenance after inspections at the process plant at the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil. According to Enauta, Atlanta field production is expected to be resumed in the... Continue Reading →
(OM) The Zama Unit partners Wintershall Dea, Pemex (operator), Talos Energy and Harbour Energy have awarded the front-end engineering and design contract (FEED) for the development of the Zama oil field to the French engineering company DORIS. The FEED work will be based on the scope of the Unit Development Plan approved by the Mexican Hydrocarbon Commission... Continue Reading →
