Salunda, the global leader in digitised solutions for safety critical industries, has integrated its Red Zone monitoring solutions on four drilling rigs in Guyana with Intellilift’s proven digital technologies to deliver automated location and control of critical equipment and personnel. The collaboration – on assets belonging to a major offshore drilling contractor - marks the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras announces extension of FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis production in the Tupi field
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that, on behalf of the Tupi field consortium, the company has signed amendments to the Charter and Service Agreements for the FPSO Cidade de Angra dos Reis (located in the Tupi field) with Tupi Pilot MV 22 B.V. and Modec Serviços de Petróleo do Brasil Ltda., extending the charter... Continue Reading →
Azevedo & Travassos signs a R$298 million contract with Petrobras
(PN) Azevedo & Travassos announced the signing of a service provision contract with Petrobras through its wholly-owned subsidiary Heftos Óleo e Gás Construções S.A. . The scope of the agreement includes the provision of integrated industrial maintenance activities on oil platforms located in the Campos Basin. The contract, signed under a unit price contract regime,... Continue Reading →
Oil output, exports drove Guyana economy’s growth of 43.6% in 2024
(Reuters) - Guyana's economy achieved its fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth in 2024, expanding 43.6% as oil output and exports showed solid increases, the Finance minister said on Friday, but the expansion is expected to slow this year. Latin America's newest oil producer last year became the region's fifth-largest crude exporter after Brazil, Mexico,... Continue Reading →
Tracerco Lands TechnipFMC’s Contract for Mero Field’s Subsea Equipment
(OE) Industrial technology company Tracerco has secured a contract from Technip to deliver its measurement and control solutions profiler for the multi-phase subsea separation work on Petrobras’ Mero 3 High Pressure Separator (HISEP) pilot project in the Brazilian pre-salt oil region. Tracerco will supply its Tracerco Profiler instrument, which has been redesigned to deliver critical... Continue Reading →
Six FPSOs targeting over five billion barrels of oil at Stabroek Block – Hess
(oilnow.gy) Hess Corporation has revealed that nearly half of the Stabroek Block’s massive 11.6-billion-barrel reserve will be tapped with six production vessels. “With the six ships that we have already sanctioned, we’re going to be developing over five billion barrels of that 11 billion barrels equivalent [and] there’s more to come,” Chief Executive Officer John Hess said... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies Prepares to Start Drilling in Suriname
(oilprice.com) TotalEnergies will start drilling for oil and gas in Block 64 offshore Suriname in May, a company executive told Reuters this week, saying the company was currently tallying the final tab for the project and organizing the future well operations. TotalEnergies has a 40% stake in Block 64, which it shares with QatarEnergy and Malaysia’s Petronas, both with... Continue Reading →
Prosafe’s Safe Zephyrus Accommodation Rig to Stay Offshore Brazil
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has signed a contract extension with Petrobras for the provision of the Safe Zephyrus semi-submersible vessel for safety and maintenance support offshore Brazil. The original 650-day firm period was due to complete in February 2025, but has been extended by 954 days, bringing in $109.7 million to Prosafe. The extension... Continue Reading →
Guyana oil exports jump, gain Europe market share in 2024
(Reuters) - Guyana's oil exports rose 54% last year to some 582,000 barrels per day (bpd), fueled by European refiners' demand for easy-to-process sweet crudes to replace some Middle Eastern grades, according to traders and shipping data from financial firm LSEG. Since it started exporting oil in early 2020, the burgeoning oil nation has emerged as the... Continue Reading →
CEG farm-out process offshore Uruguay and decision on assets in Trinidad & Bahamas coming in mid-2025
(offshore-energy.biz) Isle of Man-headquartered oil and gas company Challenger Energy Group (CEG) is making progress in setting the stage to embark on a formal farm-out process later this year for a shallow water exploration block off the coast of Uruguay. As the firm is also expected to make up its mind about assets in Trinidad and... Continue Reading →