Australian oil company Karoon announced that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Altera & Ocyan to acquire 100% of FPSO Cidade de Itajaí for $115 million, plus approximately $8 million in transaction costs. The unit operates in the Baúna field, which is fully operated by Karoon. The agreement is subject to... Continue Reading →
MODEC and Samsung Team Up to Install Carbon Capture Tech on FPSO
(OE) MODEC has entered into a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract with Samsung E&A for the installation of carbon capture technology on a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel. The offshore carbon capture project envisages the installation of a carbon capture module on a MODEC FPSO vessel as a pilot, and it will... Continue Reading →
Apollo to Progress Design for Repurposing of Oil Platforms for Hydrogen Production
Engineering and energy advisory consultancy Apollo has secured Phase 2 concept definition contract from Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) for the Hydrogen Offshore Production (HOP2), which aims to progress the design of 500MW offshore hydrogen production facility for HOP2. The second phase of the project builds on Apollo’s earlier work, and aims to further develop... Continue Reading →
New FPSO for Equinor’s Bacalhau Field Arrives in Brazil
The FPSO Bacalhau arrived at its final destination this Saturday, February 22. The vessel was built to operate in the Bacalhau field, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, approximately 185 km off the coast of the municipality of Ilhabela, in the state of São Paulo. MODEC, responsible for the design, construction and... Continue Reading →
Allseas preps for huge subsea pipeline job at Brazil’s supergiant ultra-deepwater oil field
(offshore-energy.biz) Switzerland-headquartered offshore pipeline installation, heavy lift, and subsea construction contractor Allseas has put the wheels into motion to get ready for its new assignment on Brazil’s second largest oil field. With its headquarters in Switzerland and central engineering and project management office in the Netherlands, Allseas has opened a new project management and engineering... Continue Reading →
Guyana Set to Sign Oil Exploration Deal with TotalEnergies-Led Group
(Reuters) Guyana expects to soon sign an oil production-sharing agreement with a consortium led by France's TotalEnergies will allow it to explore an offshore area, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat told Reuters. Guyana is the world's fastest-growing oil-producing country and is on course to reach capacity of 940,000 barrels per day this year - nearly 1%... Continue Reading →
Staatsolie Looks to Secure $1.5B to Join GranMorgu Project Off Suriname
(Reuters) Suriname's Staatsolie needs to secure an unprecedented $1.5 billion in bank financing this year to ensure it can participate in the country's Gran Morgu energy project, the head of the state-owned company told Reuters. The project, led by TotalEnergies, is Suriname's first major offshore project. The country has discovered reserves that may allow it... Continue Reading →
Guyana’s oil output fell to 620,000 bpd in January, government says
(Reuters) - Guyana's average oil production fell to some 620,000 barrels per day in January from 656,000 bpd in December, the lowest monthly figure since August, the Natural Resources Ministry said on Friday in a report. A consortium led by U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil and involving Hess and China's CNOOC controls all crude and gas output in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras considers cancelling FPSO tender after high bid, sources say
(Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab is considering cancelling a tender to charter a production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) from India's Shapoorji Pallonji Energy, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The state-run firm believes the bid by the Indian shipbuilding firm was too high, at $1.5 million per... Continue Reading →
Rystad Energy: Suriname set for exploration surge
(OM) The Guyana-Suriname basin has seen significant activity in recent years, with Guyana alone unearthing more than 13 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) of discovered volumes in the past decade. As operators in offshore Guyana continue to explore and develop its resources, the focus on its coastal neighbor, Suriname, is growing. Rystad Energy analysis forecasts... Continue Reading →