Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes said Friday it had secured a new service contract for maintenance and monitoring of turbomachinery equipment operations at Coral Sul FLNG, the first deepwater floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) unit operating off the coast of Mozambique on the Eni-led Coral South project. The contract also includes a provision of resident... Continue Reading →
Enauta: Manati Field Output Interrupted Due to Low Gas Demand
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said Friday that the production at the Manati field offshore Brazil has been interrupted due to the reduction in gas demand. "According to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras), field operator and buyer of the gas produced by Manati, this reduction is due to the supply and demand conditions of the... Continue Reading →
Prio to start drilling development wells at Wahoo
(U) Prio plans to start drilling four development wells in the Wahoo oil field offshore Brazil, the company said this week. It will be connected via a subsea tieback to the Frade oil field, which it also owns, the independent oil company said in a statement issued at the Rio Oil & Gas 2022 conference.... Continue Reading →
Samsung Heavy Industries, Equinor Sign Strategic Collaboration Deal
(OE) Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has signed a "Strategic Collaboration Agreement" with Equinor, Norway's largest energy company, to strengthen its competitiveness in the offshore EPC business. According to SHI, the two companies have recognized that a longer-term and closer collaboration on the future project portfolio could be mutually beneficial for Equinor's future projects requiring "Asian... Continue Reading →
Prumo and Neoenergia sign MoU for offshore wind and green hydrogen in Acu port
(U) Brazilian logistics player Prumo and local energy distribution company Neoenergia have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop studies for the production of green hydrogen and offshore wind generation in the Acu Port area of Rio de Janeiro state. The announcement involving Prumo — a partnership between EIG Global Energy Partners and Mubadala Investment... Continue Reading →
Booming Brazilian E&P buoys Rio Oil & Gas show but market still waits on Petrobras rig contract awards.
(OM) News from Rio Oil & Gas 2022 is upbeat about the prospects for offshore E&P, according to Evercore ISI’s most recent Offshore Oracle report, with many international operators offering updates on their upcoming projects slated offshore Brazil. Added to that was Exxon Mobil’s announcement that $13 trillion in new oil and gas investments will be... Continue Reading →
Double win for Wood in Brazil
UK oilfield services provider Wood has been awarded two offshore contract extensions in Brazil, which include the provision of operations services for Trident Energy and maintenance solutions for Equinor. In July, Wood and Trident Energy signed an agreement to perform production and deck operation services onboard platforms P08, P65, PCE1, and PPM1. This contract is a one-year extension of... Continue Reading →
Brazil: Shell Books Maersk Drilling Semi-sub
(OED) Danish offshore drilling firm Maersk Drilling has secured a contract with Shell Brasil for the semi-submersible rig Mærsk Developer in the Campos basin offshore Brazil. The offshore drilling rig will drill one exploration well and perform subsea well interventions at the BC-10 field. The contract is expected to start in March 2023, in direct... Continue Reading →
Trident Energy to sell stakes in two offshore Brazil oil concessions
(U) Trident Energy expects to start looking next month for buyers of stakes in two of the 10 oil concessions it wholly acquired from Petrobras in 2020, its top boss said on Wednesday. The UK firm has hired Brazilian bank Itaú BBA to run the competitive process, Jean-Michel Jacoulot, chief executive officer of Trident, told... Continue Reading →
Shell SURF bids for Gato do Mato project edges toward sanction
(U) Shell expects to decide on sanctioning Gato do Mato, its biggest new Brazilian offshore project, within the next three months – after re-evaluating its viability in the light of supply constraints and rising costs in recent months. The UK-based supermajor has been working on contracting arrangements for a project that will feature a floating... Continue Reading →