Chevron’s newest mini ROVs for subsea inspections are the result of a partnership with tech company BeyonC to use ROVs that combine a vehicle made by JM Robotics with FiGS sensor technology made by FORCE Technology. Chevron says the mini ROV-based inspections allow the company to get a thorough and accurate assessment of its assets... Continue Reading →
China to boost Brazil oil imports in Q3, replacing some Saudi supply – sources
(Reuters) - Chinese oil refineries, led by heavyweight Sinopec (600028.SS), are set to boost Brazilian crude imports in the third quarter to replace some of the Saudi Arabian supply it cut after the kingdom hiked prices, industry sources said. China, the world's top crude importer, has booked nearly 1 million barrels per day of Brazilian crude... Continue Reading →
Ghana: Tullow Oil’s Jubilee Offshore Field Hits 100,000 Barrels per Day Mark
(OE) Oil company Tullow said Monday that production from its Jubilee oil field offshore Ghana had surpassed 100,000 barrels of oil per day, following the recent start-up of the Jubilee South East (JSE) Project. "Gross production from the field has surpassed 100,000 bopd, after a second JSE production well was brought onstream. Both of the... Continue Reading →
Yinson to Acquire Atlanta FPSO, Activating 15-year Charter with Enauta
Brazilian oil company Enauta said Friday it had received a letter from the Malaysian FPSO company Yinson, notifying the exercise of an option to acquire FPSO Atlanta, through the purchase of all the shares of AFPS B.V., the platform owner company. Enauta normally produces oil from the Atlanta field offshore Brazil using the early production... Continue Reading →
U.S. Probing Exxon Contractor in Guyana for Smuggling Drugs, Gold – Long read
(Reuters) U.S. government officials repeatedly warned Exxon Mobil to avoid doing business with two mining magnates in Guyana, who face a U.S. investigation on suspicions of money laundering, drug trafficking and gold smuggling, according to five people with knowledge of the matter and two intelligence reports seen by Reuters. The Texas-based oil giant ignored the... Continue Reading →
Woodside Returns Trinidad Offshore Exploration Block Found Uneconomic
(Reuters) Australia's Woodside Energy Group has returned a deepwater block to the Trinidad and Tobago government after an exploration appraisal found it would be uneconomic to develop, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. Trinidad and Tobago is pushing to speed up exploration and development of offshore areas aiming to secure natural gas supplies to feed its liquefied... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on contract with COMGÁS
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that, as a follow-up to the release disclosed on May 29, 2023, it has entered into a new natural gas contract with Companhia de Gás de São Paulo ("Comgás"), effective from January 2024 until December 2034, in the estimated amount of R$ 56 billion. The contract is the result... Continue Reading →
Bacalhau FPSO leaves Chinese shipyard after 32 months
Norwegian state-owned oil and gas giant Equinor has disclosed video footage, showing a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will work on its field offshore Brazil, leaving a Chinese shipyard, following 32 months of work. Equinor’s video shows the FPSO Bacalhau hull leaving the Dalian Shipbuilding (DSIC) shipyard in China. This comes over a month after... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Pemex to Lose Some 100,000 bpd of Crude this Month after Deadly Platform Fire
(Reuters) Mexico's state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos will see its crude output reduced by some 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) until the beginning of August after a massive fire on Friday at an offshore platform, a top company source said. The reduced production implies that, in total, Pemex will lose at least 2 million barrels of... Continue Reading →
New upstream energy investment player snaps up three offshore production vessels
(OET) Newly formed upstream energy investment platform Samos Energy has completed its first acquisition by getting its hands on all shares of PetroFirst, a floating energy infrastructure owner, from funds managed by BlackRock Infrastructure and from Petrofac Limited. According to Samos Energy, this acquisition enables it to take over PetroFirst’s fleet of three offshore production... Continue Reading →