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(PN) OceanPact announced a new R$697 million contract with Petrobras, for a period of four years, for the charter of the Ilha do Mosqueiro vessel, an OTSV (Offshore Terminal Support Vessel). The vessel will be used for the maintenance of offloading hoses on platform ships (FPSO) and oil tankers (FSO), with high-capacity winches and cranes,... Continue Reading →
U.S.-based oilfield services provider Expro has signed a technology agreement with Petrobras for the development of a new non-intrusive flowmeter for the optimization of production from oil and gas wells. The technology will provide flow rates and identify flow patterns, generating online and real-time data availability for control and monitoring of slug instabilities to increase... Continue Reading →
The FPSO (Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading Unit) Alexandre de Gusmão left China today, December 16, heading towards the Mero oil field in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The platform, leased by Petrobras in partnership with SBM, can produce 180,000 barrels of oil per day and compresses 12 million cubic meters of gas... Continue Reading →
(OE) Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Compagnie Maritime Monegasque (CMM) to deliver advanced ship design and technology for six hybrid platform supply vessels (PSVs), with oil spill recovery capacity, which will support Petrobras’ offshore operations. CMM was ranked first in Petrobras’ tender for six state-of-the-art, hybrid large multipurpose 5,000 DWT PSVs with oil... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil wants to preserve its right of first refusal in Hess Corp's sale of its Guyana oil production assets because of the work it has put into developing the country's offshore fields, two of its top executives said on Wednesday. A three-person panel in May is to decide whether Hess's deal to sell itself... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.bi) French-headquartered energy giant TotalEnergies has renewed the contract with Brazil-based Omni Táxi Aéreo, an affiliate of Latin America’s provider of air mobility and delivery solutions Omni Helicopters International Group, to operate its field in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. The contract relating to the Lapa field has been prolonged by an additional five... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has signed contracts worth R$16.5 billion for the construction and chartering of 12 Platform Supply Vessels (PSV). Of the total value of the contracts, R$5.2 billion are earmarked for investments in shipbuilding in Brazil. These vessels will be essential for the company's Exploration and Production logistics operations until 2028. The contracts, signed with the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Global energy technology company SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract with Petrobras for the delivery of two subsea raw seawater injection (RWI) systems to increase production at the Búzios field, offshore Brazil. Under the contract, SLB OneSubsea will provide two complete subsea RWI systems to support Petrobras’ floating production storage... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Dutch firm SBM Offshore is considering bidding on a tender launched by Brazil's Petrobras to build up to two oil platforms for the state-run oil firm, SBM's president in Brazil, Jonas Lobo, told Reuters. The tender, to build up to two Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels, is part of Petrobras' plans to... Continue Reading →
(OE) Following a competitive tender process, energy technology company SLB has secured a new contract with Petrobras for providing integrated services across all of its offshore fields in Brazil. SLB will oversee the construction of more than 100 deepwater wells, utilizing advanced drilling, cementing and drilling fluids technologies on up to nine ultra-deepwater rigs. The... Continue Reading →
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