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Marine engineering and maintenance specialist Royston has completed service and repair works on essential diesel power units onboard TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel. Royston’s team of engineers completed a 12,000-hour overhaul on a MAN 32/40 main generator onboard the 200-meter long TechnipFMC’s Deep Blue vessel, while it was in transit from Las Palmas to Rio de... Continue Reading →
Companies in the renewables energy business have set out to determine whether a green ammonia floating production vessel can be deployed on certain offshore wind locations. Norway-based H2Carrier AS, developer of the unique P2XFloater concept, said it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Norwegian state-owned hydropower company Statkraft for the study. H2Carrier recently... Continue Reading →
(OM) bp is winding down its oil and gas exploration business in Mexico, according to a Bloomberg report. The move comes six years after its arrival following the opening of the energy sector to private companies as part of the 2013 energy reform. The subsidiary BP Exploration Mexico will conclude its participation in three exploration... Continue Reading →
The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (Ibama) granted the operating license for the shallow maritime and terrestrial sections of the Rota 3 gas pipeline. As a reminder, the Rota 3 Integrated Project covers the gas pipeline and the Natural Gas Processing Unit of the Gaslub Hub. Rota 3 has a total length of approximately 355... Continue Reading →
(OE) Oslo-listed marine seismic survey firm Magseis Fairfield has signed a contract with ExxonMobil for a large Ocean Bottom Node (OBN) project offshore Guyana, where ExxonMobil has so far discovered 11 billion barrels of oil. The project is expected to be conducted using our ZXPLR technology and last for a minimum of 14 months. “We... Continue Reading →
(OE) While floating wind farms are seen as the next big thing in the renewable energy industry as they can be installed further from shore where the winds are stronger, oceanographers from the UK's Bangor University are calling for new research to be done into the environmental impact of turbulence caused by tidal flow past... Continue Reading →
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”), following best practices in corporate governance and transparency, informs its investors and the market in general the preliminary unaudited production data for July 2022 in the assets that the Company holds participation. (1) Macau Cluster had its production in May, June and July impacted by an... Continue Reading →
(OE) Measurements of methane emissions from shallow water oil and gas platforms in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico found they were substantially higher than those from drilling on land, according to research published on Thursday. The study, by researchers at non-profit Carbon Mapper, the University of Arizona, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Michigan and Arizona State... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Nigeria's petroleum regulator said on Tuesday it stood by its refusal to approve Exxon Mobil's $1.28 billion sale of shares in its Nigerian unit to Seplat (SEPLAT.LG) after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the transaction. Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) head, Gbenga Komolafe, said under a new petroleum law passed last year, the petroleum minister... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has granted consent to the acquisition of Exxon Mobil's Nigerian unit by Seplat Energy (SEPLAT.LG), in a $1.28 billion deal announced in February. Buhari, who doubles as oil minister, granted ministerial approval to the deal, the presidency said in a statement on Monday. Exxon and Seplat are expected to operate... Continue Reading →
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