Sept. 5 (offshoreWIND.biz) Japanese floating wind technology developer MODEC has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its iTLP2-FOWT concept, a new generation of the company’s tension leg platform (TLP) type floating offshore wind foundation. In 2020, MODEC obtained AiP for the first iteration of its TLP floating wind... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces divestment of Cherne and Bagre fields
August 4, 2025 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the disclosures made on April 17, 2024, and April 25, 2024, announces that it has concluded today the transfer of its entire participation (100%) in the Cherne and Bagre fields, located in shallow waters in the Campos Basin, to Perenco Petróleo e Gás... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Signs R$1.2 Billion Contract for Vessels Aimed at Platform Readiness Campaign
(TN) Petrobras has signed R$1.2 billion charter and nautical operation and hotel service contracts for two self-elevating Liftboat vessels. These vessels will support maintenance and readiness operations for fixed platforms to be decommissioned in the Sergipe-Alagoas and Rio Grande do Norte-Ceará basins. The commercial agreement, resulting from a bidding process, was signed with OOS International... Continue Reading →
EnerMech Nets BP’s Services Contract Extension off Trinidad & Tobago
(OE) July 31 - Energy industry services firm EnerMech has been awarded a two-year contract extension by BP Trinidad & Tobago to continue providing crane operations on the operator’s 12 offshore platforms in the Caribbean country. Project scope includes crane operations, preventive and corrective maintenance, minor modifications, and offshore audits, while EnerMech must also provide... Continue Reading →
Petrobras’ oil and natural gas production increases 5% to 2.9 million barrels in the second quarter of 2025
July 29, 2025 - Petrobras average production of oil, NGL and natural gas was 2.91 MMboed in 2Q25, 5.0% higher than 1Q25. This performance was mainly due to the ramp-up of FPSOs Almirante Tamandaré, in Búzios field, Maria Quitéria, in Jubarte field, Anita Garibaldi and Anna Nery, in Marlim and Voador fields, to Marechal Duque... Continue Reading →
Perenco Brings Woodside’s Trinidad Oil and Gas Assets Into Its Fold
(OE) Perenco has completed the acquisition of the Greater Angostura producing oil and gas assets and associated production facilities from Woodside Energy in Trinidad and Tobago. The finalization of the deal, combined with Perenco’s existing operation of the Teak, Samaan and Poui (TSP) and Cashima, Amherstia, Flamboyant and Immortelle (CAFI) fields, aligns Perenco as a... Continue Reading →
Enhanced Oil Spill Detection System Starts Operating Offshore Brazil
(OE) Miros, in partnership with Belga Marine, has enhanced its Oil Spill Detection (OSD) monitoring system system to include cloud-based monitoring capabilities that are now fully operational across several production assets offshore Brazil. The updated OSD monitoring system has been deployed across multiple production assets of a major Brazilian energy company. By integrating Miros’ technology... Continue Reading →
FourPhase Nets Shell Contract for its Caribbean Oil and Gas Platforms
(OE) FourPhase, a solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas industry, has secured a master service agreement (MSA) with Shell Trinidad and Tobago, for work on its topside offshore oil and gas platforms in the Caribbean. The MSA involves sand management and production optimization. FourPhase also signed two other contracts in the... Continue Reading →
Mento Platform Off Trinidad and Tobago Produces First Gas
(OE) EOG Resources Trinidad (EOG) and BP Trinidad and Tobago, equal joint venture partners in the Mento development, have produced first gas at the field off Trinidad’s southeast coast. The Mento development features a 12-slot, attended facility that is located in acreage jointly licensed by EOG and BP Trinidad and Tobago, owned by BP (70%)... Continue Reading →
Mota-Engil signs R$1.6 billion contract for construction and assembly on Petrobras platforms
(PN) The Portuguese company Mota-Engil, through its subsidiary in Brazil, Empresa Construtora do Brasil, has signed a new contract with Petrobras worth approximately R$1.61 billion (around 250 million euros). The agreement will have an estimated duration of 48 months and involves the execution of a series of maintenance, construction and assembly services on offshore oil... Continue Reading →