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(OED) Partners in the Corentyne block – Canada’s CGX Energy and Frontera Energy – have revised the total cost estimate for an exploration well, which recently found oil-bearing intervals, and its drilling programmed offshore Guyana, which is being carried out by a Noble-owned rig. Back in February 2022, Frontera and CGX disclosed a plan to spend... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies has awarded Aker Solutions a contract to provide its deepwater standard Subsea Production Systems for three additional infill wells tied back to the Moho Nord field in the Republic of the Congo. Aker Solutions said the order was a sizable one. Aker Solutions defines a sizeable contract as being between NOK 0.5 billion (currently... Continue Reading →
Italian offshore energy services firm Saipem has received from ExxonMobil the authorization to proceed with the final phase of its contract related to the delivery of subsea systems for the Uaru oil field development project in Guyana. In December 2022, pending regulatory approvals, Saipem was awarded a large contract by ExxonMobil Guyana for the Uaru oil field... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Norway's Equinor (EQNR.OL) beat first-quarter profit expectations on Thursday, driven by strong results in energy trading, although earnings were below last year's record amid a sharp fall in natural gas prices. The oil and gas producer said adjusted profit before interest and tax for January-March fell to $12 billion from $18 billion a year earlier,... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican national oil company Pemex posted a narrower first quarter net profit of 56.75 billion pesos ($3.15 billion), the state-owned company reported in a filing with Mexico's main stock exchange on Wednesday. During the year-ago period, the Mexican oil giant's profits totaled about $6.2 billion. Revenues during the first three months of the... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies, Sonangol, and Agência Nacional de Petróleo, Gás e Biocombustíveis (ANPG), have signed a heads of agreement related to the future development of the Cameia and Golfinho fields, located on Blocks 20 and 21 in the Kwanza basin, offshore Angola. "This heads of agreement is an important milestone towards a final investment decision expected in... Continue Reading →
(U) Floating production, storage and offloading vessels have been the offshore development solution of choice for some time, a trend set to continue over the next several years. A recent Rytsad Energy report forecast that from this year to 2030, 48 FPSOs will be awarded for greenfield developments, along with dozens of life-extension projects and... Continue Reading →
(U) Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is preparing a pilot project for the capture and storage of industrial carbon dioxide emissions and is looking to build partnerships for a first full-scale CCS hub for the country. While international peers such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and Equinor are already working toward industrial CCS projects in the US... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC announced Tuesday it has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil affiliate Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited to supply the subsea production system for the Uaru project offshore Guyana. The award covers 44 subsea trees and associated tooling, as well as 12 manifolds and associated controls and tie-in equipment. TechnipFMC said it will provide... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) is not giving up on oil exploration in Brazil, the company's country chief Alberto Ferrin said on Monday during the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston. "I would say very crystal clear that Exxon Mobil is not quitting exploration in Brazil at all," Ferrin said, disputing a U.S. newspaper report published last month.... Continue Reading →
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