Offshore drilling firm Noble Corporation has informed about two new drilling campaigns secured for its Noble Venturer drillship in Africa, which is currently employed on drilling assignment with Tullow Oil offshore Ghana. Following the early completion of the Tullow Oil Ghana campaign expected to end in late May 2024, Noble Corporation said it will relocate... Continue Reading →
Uruguay – from totally open to totally licensed in just a few years
History is repeating itself in Uruguay. And Chevron plays an important role (Geo Expro) When the Kudu gas field was discovered offshore Namibia in the early 1970s, Chevron jumped to the other side of the Atlantic to take acreage in Uruguay in a similar setting. It led to the drilling of Uruguay’s first couple of... Continue Reading →
Galp Concludes First Phase of Mopane Exploration Campaign Offshore Namibia
(OE) Portuguese oil company Galp has successfully completed the first phase of the Mopane exploration campaign in the PEL 83 block offshore Namibia, and started a process of evaluating commerciality of oil discoveries made in the past months. Galp (80%, operator), together with its partners NAMCOR and Custos (10% each), said it successfully completed the... Continue Reading →
Petronoticias Exclusive: Seatrium advances in negotiations with Petrobras on the construction of FPSOs P-84 and P-85
(PN) Petronotícias published an exclusive investigation report into the outcome of the Petrobras tender to contract the P-84 and P-85 platforms, for the Atapu and Sépia fields, respectively, in the pre- salt from the Santos Basin. After a few months of negotiations, Seatrium (a company formed by the merger between Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore)... Continue Reading →
Ecopetrol and Petrobras should collaborate on green hydrogen, Colombian president says
(Reuters) - Colombian state energy company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN), opens new tab and its Brazilian counterpart Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab should work together on developing green hydrogen, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "There is a project that I think we could look at through our two big oil... Continue Reading →
Petrobras informs about mothballed fields sale in the Campos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that its Executive Board, at a meeting held today, approved the sale of its entire stake in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petróleo e Gás do Brasil Ltda (Perenco). Production from the two fields was interrupted in March 2020... Continue Reading →
Renewal of Easing of Venezuela Oil Sanctions Linked to Progress on Elections
(Reuters) The U.S. will not renew a temporary license that widely eased sanctions on Venezuela's oil and gas sector unless progress is made by President Nicolas Maduro on commitments for free and fair elections this year, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, three days before the license is to expire. The U.S. has been... Continue Reading →
Buzios, largest deepwater field, reaches milestone mark of 1 billion barrels extracted by 5 FPSO’s
Petrobras, in consortium with the companies CNOOC, CNODC and PPSA, reached a new milestone: the Buzios field reached 1 billion barrels of oil (bbl) produced. The feat was achieved on March 31st, and adds up to the production of the five units in operation in the largest field in the world in ultra-deep waters, the... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC Picks Up ‘Large’ Subsea Contract for ExxonMobil’s Whiptail Off Guyana
(OE) Oilfield services company TechnipFMC has secured a ‘large contract’ from ExxonMobil to supply subsea production systems for the Whiptail development in Guyana’s Stabroek block. TechnipFMC will provide project management, engineering, and manufacturing to deliver 48 subsea trees and associated tooling, as well as 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment. For TechnipFMC, a... Continue Reading →
Strohm wins third and largest ever TCP ‘Jumpers On Demand’ contract from ExxonMobil Guyana
ExxonMobil Guyana has awarded Strohm a TCP “Jumper On Demand” contract for the supply of TCP for the Whiptail project. This brings the project count for the Netherlands-based manufacturer to three for ExxonMobil Guyana, following previous awards for the Yellowtail and Uaru projects. This latest award marks the largest commercial award for pipe supply in... Continue Reading →