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(OE) Oil and gas company Enauta has confirmed that the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit Atlanta started sailing towards its final location at the Atlanta Field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. After the conclusion of the activities in Dubai and sea trials, the unit set sail toward Brazil, with the travel time estimated... Continue Reading →
(OE) MAN Energy Solutions has been hired to supply 11 RB-type compressor trains for MODEC’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit that will be deployed at the Raia project, in the Campos Basin, offshore Brazil. The order’s substantial value marks it as the largest single order ever received at MAN Energy Solutions Switzerland, the... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- On the outskirts of Rotterdam, a bright orange ship is hoisted above the muddy Rhine with the help of six chunky triangular legs. The vessel has just been retrofit with a huge crane capable of lifting up to 1,600 tons 160 meters above deck. Once the finishing touches have been made, the Wind... Continue Reading →
(OE) Danish offshore marine services company Maersk Supply Service and U.S. vessel owner Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) have partnered up for the construction and operation of a windfarm feeder concept specifically designed for Maersk Supply Service’s next-generation wind installation vessel (WIV). The purpose-built feeder spread includes two tugs and two barges to be delivered in... Continue Reading →
(OE) The fabrication of a floating production storage and offloading (PFSO) for the Raia project in Brazil, operated by Equinor on behalf of the Raia project consortium, has officially started at Seatrium’s BrasFELS Shipyard. The strike steel ceremony, which symbolizes the first steel cut of the FPSO Raia project, marks the start of the collaboration... Continue Reading →
(OM) SBM Offshore has issued updates on its latest FPSO construction programs. Topsides module lifting is nearing completion on the Almirante Tamandaré, with integration and commissioning activities progressing in parallel. The FPSO is due to be delivered later this year and should produce first oil for Petrobras from the Búzios Field in early 2025. Alexandre de Gusmão,... Continue Reading →
(ON) Dutch shipbuilder, SBM Offshore, said it has reserved a multi-purpose floater hull for the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel it is expected to construct for ExxonMobil’s sixth development offshore Guyana. In its 2023 Annual Report, the company said the hull ‘MPF5’, for the Jaguar FPSO, is under fabrication at China’s SWS... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- Latin America’s biggest oil company will be more cautious about issuing blockbuster dividends as it moves to become a renewable energy powerhouse, Petrobras Chief Executive Officer Jean Paul Prates said in an interview. In 10 years about half of Petrobras’s revenue will come from wind, solar and renewable motor fuels — and the... Continue Reading →
Energy and marine consultancy ABL Group has secured a contract by POSH Projects to act as tow master to support and supervise the towage of the Mero 3 FPSO from Yantai in China to Brazilian waters. As part of its scope of work, ABL’s operations in Singapore will provide a tow master to act as... Continue Reading →
(PN) A new giant of the Brazilian seas is taking shape. Equinor announced that it has completed the installation of the topside of the FPSO Bacalhau, which will be installed in the field of the same name, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The topside is the structure at the top of the ship's... Continue Reading →
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