(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has confirmed that the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta started sailing towards its final location at the Atlanta Field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. After the conclusion of the activities in Dubai and sea trials, the unit set sail toward Brazil, with the travel time estimated... Continue Reading →
MAN Energy Solutions Lands Major Order for MODEC’s New FPSO
(OE) MAN Energy Solutions has been hired to supply 11 RB-type compressor trains for MODEC’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit that will be deployed at the Raia project, in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The order’s substantial value marks it as the largest single order ever received at MAN Energy Solutions Switzerland, the... Continue Reading →
Big Oil Execs Push Back Against Calls for Fast Energy Transition
(Reuters) Top oil executives took to the stage of a major energy conference on Monday to vocally oppose calls for a quick move away from fossil fuels, saying society would pay a steep cost to replace oil and gas. Big oil companies including BP and Equinor have written down renewable energy projects and others have... Continue Reading →
Exxon Mobil CEO says not trying to acquire Hess
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil(XOM.N), opens new tab CEO Darren Woods on Monday said his company is trying to secure preemption rights over Hess Corp (HES.N), opens new tab's Guyana assets in its dispute with Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab, not buy the company itself. In his first public remarks on the company's pursuit of an arbitration case that could block... Continue Reading →
Final Subsea System Components for Atlanta FPSO En Route to Brazil
(OE) The final pieces of subsea system equipment that will support the production from Enauta’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta at Brazil's Santos Basin have been shipped. The final pieces of subsea system equipment that will support the production from Enauta’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta at Brazil's Santos... Continue Reading →
Exxon-led group strikes new oil and gas discovery off Guyana
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), opens new tab on Friday disclosed a new oil and gas discovery in the prolific Stabroek block offshore Guyana, the company's first announced discovery in the South American country this year. The Bluefin discovery joins more than 30 already since 2015 in the Stabroek block, an 6.6 million acre (26,800 square kilometers)... Continue Reading →
Brazilian energy group Eneva posts $58.2 mln fourth-quarter loss
(Reuters) - Brazilian energy company Eneva (ENEV3.SA), opens new tab on Thursday reported a net loss of 290.6 million reais ($58.24 million) in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of 193.9 million reais for the same period in the previous year. The result was due to an impairment of 432 million reais related to the renegotiation... Continue Reading →
Malaysia’s Petronas Q4 profit falls, flags market uncertainty in 2024
(Reuters) - Malaysia's state energy firm Petroliam Nasional (Petronas) (IPO-PETO.KL), opens new tab said on Friday it expects oil and gas markets to face continued uncertainties this year, as it reported a drop in fourth quarter profit due to lower energy prices. The conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza have led to heightened supply risks, while slowing global... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Awards New Contracts to Siem PSV Pair in Brazil
(OE) Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore has secured new contracts with TotalEnergies for two of its platform supply vessels (PSV) for work offshore Brazil. The contracts are for Siem Giant and Siem Atlas PSVs. The new duration for Siem Giant is three years firm with options up to four more years. For Siem Atlas, the new... Continue Reading →
BP in talks with Venezuela and Trinidad governments to develop gas field
(Reuters) - BP PLC (BP.L), opens new tab said on Thursday it was in talks with the Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago governments to develop a gas field. BP has been seeking to increase its natural gas production in Trinidad to feed into Atlantic LNG's liquefied natural gas export facility. BP's gas output has fallen in the... Continue Reading →