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Japanese FPSO contractor Modec has won a contract with Woodside for the operations and maintenance of the Sangomar FPSO in Senegal. The deal follows a contract signed in January for Modec to deliver the FPSO for Sangomar field development - Senegal's first offshore development. The operations and maintenance contract will cover all in-country installation and commissioning activities following which... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Ecuadorian state-run oil company Petroecuador is weighing a lawsuit against Vitol after the world’s largest oil trader admitted last week to bribing officials in the South American country, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. Petroecuador is working with the nation’s attorney general to assess how much the Vitol-led graft... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 01/03/20, informs that it signed today with Energizzi Energias do Brasil Ltda a contract for the sale of its entire stake in the onshore field of Rabo Branco, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, in the State of Sergipe. The sale value is US$... Continue Reading →
Chinese shipbuilder Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry has delivered the floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel set to work on Eni’s Amoca shallow-water project off Mexico. Cosco held the delivery ceremony on Thursday, 10 December. It was the second large-scale offshore engineering project delivered by Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry yard in Shanghai this year. This... Continue Reading →
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has made its first offshore discovery offshore Suriname. The company, as the operator of Block 52, said Friday the hydrocarbon discovery had been made while drilling the Sloanea-1 exploration well in the offshore block. The Sloanea-1 exploration well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 4,780 meters using... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday his government will investigate allegations bribes were paid by the U.S. subsidiary of the world’s largest independent oil trader Vitol to state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex). Lopez Obrador, speaking at a news conference, said the accusations by the U.S. Justice Department related to... Continue Reading →
Australian player Karoon Energy has offloaded its first shipment of over 500,000 barrels of oil from its newly acquired Baúna production field, offshore Brazil. Karoon said on Thursday that the shipment comprised of oil produced by the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, operated by the Altera&Ocyan joint venture, in the period since the company completed its acquisition... Continue Reading →
Australian oil and gas firm BHP has awarded a contract to McDermott to carry out the preliminary Front-End Engineering Design (preFEED) extension phase for a Floating Production Unit (FPU) that could be installed at its Trion field offshore Mexico. The FPU would be installed in a water depth of around 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) at... Continue Reading →
The world is on track to run out of sufficient oil supplies to meet its needs through 2050, despite lower future demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the accelerating energy transition – unless exploration speeds up significantly and capital expenditure of at least $3 trillion is put to the task, a report by Rystad... Continue Reading →
E-commerce and cloud computing giant Amazon has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement with offshore wind firm Ørsted. In what has been described as Europe's largest ever offshore wind power purchase deal, Amazon has committed to offtake the output of 250MW from Ørsted's planned 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm in Germany. Borkum... Continue Reading →
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