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Norwegian shipowner Siem Offshore said it has secured contract extensions for two of its platform supply vessels (PSV) working for TotalEnergies offshore Brazil. Total E&P do Brazil has declared the first of two options for the PSVs Siem Atlas and Siem Giant, and both vessels are now firm until June 2023. Siem Atlas and Siem... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Brazilian chemical maker Unigel on Monday announced plans to build a green hydrogen plant in the northeastern state of Bahia, with an initial investment of $120 million and the goal of making it one of the largest of its kind in the world. The plant is expected to start operations by the end... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Portuguese oil and gas company Galp Energia (GALP.LS) reported a 90% jump in adjusted second-quarter profit on Monday, citing soaring oil prices and a sharp increase in its refining margin. Rapid recovery in demand after pandemic lockdowns and a surge in energy prices driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have boosted profits for oil companies... Continue Reading →
French energy giant TotalEnergies has kicked off production from a field tied back to existing facilities located offshore Nigeria. Back in 2018, the Nigerian media disclosed that Total (now TotalEnergies) had been preparing to make the FID of the Ikike project. A year later, reports started circulating that the oil major was working on sanctioning the development of... Continue Reading →
Mexican national oil and gas company Pemex has taken over the ownership and operation of the FPSO operating on the second largest offshore oil complex in Mexico from Norway’s FPSO operator BW Offshore. BW Offshore revealed on Sunday that Pemex has assumed the ownership and operation of the FPSO Yúum K’ak’náab – known as El Señor del Mar (The Lord of the Sea) – with effect... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has revealed that one of its drillships has started its new assignment offshore Brazil with the country’s state-owned giant, Petrobras. Back in October 2021, Valaris won a deal for the stacked drillship Valaris DS-4 with Petrobras for operations offshore Brazil. The contract was for a minimum term of 548 days. At the time, the Valaris DS-4 rig... Continue Reading →
(Rigzone) In the coming years, upstream capex in Latin America will shift into deeper and deeper water with Brazil, Guyana, and Mexico likely to lead the charge for new spending, Rystad Energy said. While onshore investments stabilized at around $14 billion and shallow water spending continues to decline, deepwater expenditure is projected to grow at... Continue Reading →
U.S. LNG company Sempra Infrastructure and Mexico’s state-owned utility CFE are to jointly develop energy infrastructure projects in Mexico, including the proposed Vista Pacífico LNG project, and the potential development of an LNG terminal in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca. On 21 July, Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, and Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (Comisión Federal de... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 has laid the first subsea cables in the water for the 94.6 MW Hywind Tampen floating wind farm offshore Norway. JDR Cable System is in charge of supplying the electric cables for the project from its factory in Hartlepool, the UK, while Subsea 7 is responsible for the installation of the cables and... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Europe's thirst for oil and gas to replace sanctioned Russian supply is reviving interest in African energy projects that were shunned due to costs and climate change concerns, industry executives and African officials said. Energy firms are considering projects worth a total of $100 billion on the continent, according to Reuters calculations based... Continue Reading →
