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SBM Offshore is pleased to announce that Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL), an affiliate of Exxon Mobil Corporation, has confirmed the award of contracts for the Yellowtail development project located in the Stabroek Block in Guyana. Under these contracts, SBM Offshore will construct, install and then lease and operate the ONE GUYANA FPSO for... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 09/23/2016 and 04/04/2017, informs that it received today from Nova Infraestrutura Gasodutos Participações S.A. (NISA), a company held by Nova Infraestrutura Fundo de Investimentos em Participações Multiestratégia (FIP), an investment fund managed by Brookfield Brasil Asset Management Investimentos Ltda (Brookfield), and by Itaúsa... Continue Reading →
Oslo-listed FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has entered into a short-term contract extension for the Espoir Ivoirien FPSO, moored offshore Ivory Coast. The vessel's firm contract with CNR is scheduled to expire in 2022, but there are extension options available that could see the vessel busy in Ivory Coast until 2036. "BW Offshore has entered into a... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil has sanctioned its fourth and largest to date oil development on its operated Stabroek Block located offshore Guyana, which will be developed with the largest FPSO vessel on the block so far. According to a Monday update from its partner Hess, ExxonMobil made a final investment decision to proceed with the development... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Monday signaled first quarter production results could top a seven-year quarterly record, with operating profits from pumping oil and gas of up to $9.3 billion. A snapshot of the largest U.S. company's quarter ended March 31 showed operating profits from its oil and gas unit could jump by between $1.9... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won contracts with Shell for the provision of its Maersk Voyager drillship for drilling services offshore multiple countries. The contracts are expected to start in April 2022, with a total firm duration of one year. The total contract value is approximately $107.5 million, including a mobilization fee,... Continue Reading →
Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) on Friday received approval to begin work on its fourth offshore oil project in Guyana from the South American country's Environmental Protection Agency. The permit will allow Exxon to begin construction and operation of its Yellowtail project, the latest of up to 10 expected to be producing oil this decade. A... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, informs that discovered a new oil accumulation in the pre-salt in the southern portion of the Campos Basin, in a wildcat well in the Alto de Cabo Frio Central block. The well 1-BRSA-1383A-RJS (Alto de Cabo Frio Central Noroeste) is located 230 km from the city of Rio de Janeiro-RJ,... Continue Reading →
(epbr) The Danish wind turbine giant, Vestas, signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of Rio Grande do Norte (RN) to study the feasibility of implementing a port-industry that includes offshore wind projects and green hydrogen production. The agreement is the result of a visit that Governor Fátima Bezerra made to Denmark in November... Continue Reading →
(epbr) Licensing for offshore wind projects in Brazil surpassed the 106 GW of power under licensing at Ibama this month, with the arrival of projects from TotalEnergies (9 GW) and Shell Brasil (17 GW). TotalEnergies' projects are the Sopros do Ceará, Sopros do RJ and Sopros do RS wind farms, each with 200 wind turbines... Continue Reading →
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