(OE) MODEC has executed a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the delivery of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Shell, which will be deployed offshore Brazil. MODEC and Sumitomo Heavy Industries signed a contract for the forward block of MODEC’s new generation hull for the Gato do Mato FPSO,... Continue Reading →
Oil States signs contract with Petrobras for offshore platforms maintenance in the Santos Basin
Oil States announced the signing of a new contract with Petrobras to provide inspection and maintenance services for cranes and cargo handling equipment on offshore platforms. The agreement will last three years and will cover units located in the Tupi, Berbigão and Atapu fields in the Santos Basin. According to the company, the services will... Continue Reading →
Wison lands work on FLNG destined for Petronas’ field off Suriname
(offshore-energy.biz) China-based provider of clean energy services Wison New Energies (WNE) has won a detailed feasibility study (DFS) for a newbuild floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility set to work at a block offshore Suriname operated by Malaysia’s energy giant Petronas. The FLNG unit is slated to work at Block 52, located north of the Surinamese... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s Q1 oil output rises 3% yr/yr to 631,000 bpd
(Reuters) - Oil output in Guyana fell about 3% to 627,000 barrels per day (bpd) in March from the previous month, but the 631,000 bpd produced in the first quarter was 3% higher year-on-year, data from the country's energy ministry showed on Thursday. Guyana last year became Latin America's fifth largest oil exporter after Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela... Continue Reading →
PRIO workover approvals for TUBARÃO MARTELO wells
PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following the best corporate governance practices, informs its shareholders and the market in general that, today, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (“Ibama”) has granted approval for the workover of wells in the Tubarão Martelo field including wells TBMT-10H and TBMT-4H, which had been... Continue Reading →
Fire breaks out at Petrobras’ Campos Basin oil rig
(offshore-energy.biz) Dozens of workers have been treated for injuries following a fire on an oil platform off the coast of Brazil operated by the state-owned energy giant Petrobras. According to the Norte Fluminense Oil Workers’ Union (Sindicato dos Petroleiros do Norte Fluminense), a fire occurred on the platform PCH-1 in the morning of April 21, 2025, at... Continue Reading →
Hanwha Drilling’s Tidal Action Drillship En Route to Petrobras’ Roncador Field
(OE) Tidal Action ultra-deepwater drillship has embarked on a voyage from South Korea to Brazil to start its maiden job at Petrobras’ Roncador field. The drillship has been officially handed over by its owner Hanwha Ocean to its subsidiary Hanwha Drilling, established in 2024 as its drillship fleet operator. Tidal Action, built on Hanwha Ocean’s... Continue Reading →
Vallourec Gets Line Pipes Supply Contract for Petrobras’ Buzios Field
(OE) French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a contract with Allseas to supply line pipes for Búzios 10 offshore project located at the Búzios field, operated by Petrobras. The contract represents nearly 18,000 tons of subsea seamless premium carbon steel line pipes, for the risers and flowlines. It also includes an optional scope of... Continue Reading →
MODEC Wins ExxonMobil Guyana’s Hammerhead FPSO Contract
(OE) MODEC has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana to develop an FPSO for the Hammerhead project. The Hammerhead FPSO will have the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), along with associated gas and water. It will be moored at a water depth of approximately 1,025 meters using a SOFEC... Continue Reading →
UK firm lands multi-year ultra-deepwater weld inspection contract in Brazil
(offshore-energy.biz) UK provider of remotely deployed subsea inspections, TSC Subsea, has secured a multi-year contract in Brazil for subsea phased array (SPA) inspection of circumferential welds on rigid subsea pipelines, covering both flowline and riser sections at depths of up to 3,000 meters. According to TSC Subsea, the contract, which will run from 2025 to... Continue Reading →