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Rio de Janeiro, May 13, 2024 Main highlights: Consistent results: adjusted EBITDA of US$ 12.1 billion, Operating Cash Flow (FCO) ofUS$ 9.4 billion and Net profit of US$ 4.8 billion. Financial debt at US$ 27.7 billion, the lowest level since 2010. Gross debt is undercontrol at US$61.8 billion, within the range established in our Strategic... Continue Reading →
(OM) Harbour Energy expects the FEED process to start shortly for the Zama oilfield development in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico, the company said in a trading update. Later this year, it will participate in an appraisal well on the recent Kan oil discovery in offshore Block 30. In the Andaman Sea offshore Indonesia, testing is underway on... Continue Reading →
OM) Petrobras expects to produce a further 860 MMboe from its revitalization of the Marlim Field in the Campos Basin by 2048, when the term for the concession is due to expire. Prior to the project, Marlim's production was projected to cease in 2025. Instead, Petrobras chose to replace nine platforms with two new FPSOs, which... Continue Reading →
(OM) SBM Offshore expects to deliver the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré to Petrobras later this year, the company said in a trading update. The topside modules lifting campaign has finished, and integration and commissioning activities are progressing. The completed platform should produce first oil from the Búzios Field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil next year. As for other FPSOs... Continue Reading →
(OilNow) Øivind Tangen, Chief Executive Officer of SBM Offshore said that the company’s latest award for the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is its first to be based on a sale-and-operate model. Jaguar is its fifth for ExxonMobil Guyana. The other orders were based on a lease-and-operate model. In the company’s latest... Continue Reading →
Barry Parker, Contributor (OE) Offshore energy is on a growth trajectory. Rystad Energy wrote in February 2024 that upstream oil majors were diving in to deeper waters. “Despite tightened budgets, frontier drilling is fueling optimism for a productive year, particularly deepwater projects in the Atlantic Margin, Eastern Mediterranean and Asia,” Rystad wrote, noting that “the trend... Continue Reading →
(OM) Petrobras has received the Distinguished Achievement Award at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) for its innovations at the Marlim Field and others in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The company’s president Jean Paul Prates said, “Through intensive use of innovation and technology, we managed to increase production in the Campos Basin by 230,000 bbl/d, which was already considered... Continue Reading →
(PN) Yinson announced that the FPSO Maria Quitéria departed the Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry shipyard, in China, heading to Brazil. The vessel is expected to arrive in the country during the second quarter of 2024 and will be installed in the Jubarte field, in the northern part of the Campos Basin. The FPSO will be... Continue Reading →
(OE) The ABS-classed Liza Unity has received the first REMOTE-CON notation for an floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) from ABS. The notation demonstrates the vessel’s alignment with remote-control functions and signifies that the design and construction of the offshore asset are assessed against and adhere to the ABS Requirements for Autonomous and Remote Control... Continue Reading →
(PN) Enauta is looking forward to the arrival of the FPSO Atlanta, which will enter Brazilian waters in the next few days to begin anchoring work. The vessel is scheduled to begin production in August in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. The platform ship has the capacity to process up to 50 thousand... Continue Reading →
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