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Jan. 23 (OE) Global ocean services provider DeepOcean has completed trenching and survey operations on inter-array cables for a U.S. offshore wind project. DeepOcean’s scope of work encompassed trenching and surveying of the inter-array cables that connect turbines to the offshore substations. These critical operations ensure the long-term protection and stability of the subsea cable... Continue Reading →
By Rystad Energy Jan. 19 (oilprice.com) The country faces the challenge of reinforcing its pipeline network to absorb growing pre-salt gas while managing declining imports from Bolivia. Although higher volumes of Argentine gas are expected to reach Brazil via Bolivia over the medium to long term, network upgrades will be required to ensure security of supply... Continue Reading →
Jan. 16 - Vessels Contracted by Saipem Are Already En Route to the Campos Basin to Begin Construction of Gas Pipeline Spliethoff, a company based in Amsterdam, has been contracted by the Italian company Saipem to provide engineering, drilling, and construction services for the Raia project gas pipeline in the Campos Basin. The Dutch company... Continue Reading →
Jan. 11 (OE) French tubular solutions supplier Vallourec has secured a significant contract with Shell for oil and gas project offshore Brazil. The agreement covers the supply of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) products and services for Shell’s offshore operations in the development of the Orca project, formerly known as Gato do Mato. The expected... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2 (oilprice.com) Argentina, in a surprise development, overtook Colombia to become South America’s fourth-largest oil producer. The country is undergoing a once-in-a-generation unconventional hydrocarbon boom, which began with Buenos Aires nationalizing integrated energy major YPF in 2012. Since then, Argentina’s oil and natural gas output has kept soaring higher, regularly hitting new monthly highs as volumes... Continue Reading →
Jan. 2, 2026 - Petrobras began oil production from the P-78 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel in the Búzios field, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, this Wednesday, December 31. Búzios 6 (P-78) has the capacity to produce 180,000 barrels of oil and 7.2 million m³ of gas per day. The... Continue Reading →
Dec. 19 (oilnow.gy) U.S. oilfield equipment maker NOV Inc. announced that it won a third-quarter contract from ExxonMobil Guyana to supply an actively heated flexible pipe system for the Hammerhead field development offshore Guyana. NOV said the scope of work includes the design, engineering, procurement, fabrication and testing of a complete flexible pipe system, expected... Continue Reading →
Dec. 15 (TN) Last week, the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) and the Energy Research Company (EPE) released the Natural Gas Booklet of the Ten-Year Energy Expansion Plan 2035 (PDE 2035). The document projects a significant increase in national gas production, driven mainly by the pre-salt layer and new initiatives with offshore processing, such... Continue Reading →
Dec. 9 (oilnow.gy) Suriname’s long-discussed gas-to-shore ambitions are gaining new momentum following PETRONAS’ recent declaration of commerciality for the Sloanea field in Block 52. The Sloanea-1 discovery, drilled in 2020, is now confirmed as a commercially viable gas field following appraisal work and technical studies carried out over the past two years. PETRONAS holds an 80... Continue Reading →
Dec. 8 (Reuters) Petrobras could start producing at the Sudoeste de Tartaruga Verde block in about two years, Sylvia Anjos, the state-run oil firm's head of exploration and production, said on Friday. The firm made a discovery at the block, located in the country's Campos basin, in November. It was "brilliant," Anjos said on the... Continue Reading →
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