(OE) Oslo-listed FPSO leasing company BW Offshore has completed the sale of its laid-up FPSO Polvo to BW Energy. The agreed price was $50 million, for which BW Energy $30 million upon the vessel transfer date, with the remaining $20 million provided as a seller’s credit by BW Offshore. BW Offshore has received the remaining... Continue Reading →
Halliburton beats quarterly profit estimates on growing international strength
(Reuters) - Halliburton (HAL.N), opens new tab beat first-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday as higher drilling demand from international markets helped the oilfield services firm counter a slowdown in North America. Oil and gas producers are looking to secure new international and offshore inventories, boosting oilfield equipment and services demand and helping companies like Halliburton. International rig... Continue Reading →
OceanPact signs a R$310 million contact with Petrobras for charter of a support vessel
OceanPact signed a R$310 million contract with Petrobras to charter the vessel Ilha de Santana, (Platform Supply Vessel) support vessel. The charter is for four years, during which the vessel will operate to support Petrobras' logistics and emergency response along the entire Brazilian coast. In April, OceanPact had already announced new contracts with Petrobras for... Continue Reading →
Ecopetrol and Petrobras should collaborate on green hydrogen, Colombian president says
(Reuters) - Colombian state energy company Ecopetrol (ECO.CN), opens new tab and its Brazilian counterpart Petrobras (PETR4.SA), opens new tab should work together on developing green hydrogen, Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday after meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "There is a project that I think we could look at through our two big oil... Continue Reading →
Miko Marine Gets MODEC’s Errea Wittu FPSO Job
(OE) Norwegian company Miko Marine has secured a contract from Offshore Frontier Solutions, a MODEC Group company, for the supply of sea inlet covers for its new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) Errea Wittu, being built for ExxonMobil. Miko will supply two sea chest covers and two sets of pipe covers. The covers use... Continue Reading →
Guyana gas-to-power project to shave weeks off oil output, hit revenue
(Reuters) - Guyana’s efforts to use its natural gas resources to fuel a power plant that would slash the South American nation's energy costs have snagged on construction delays and threaten to curtail the rising oil hotspot's revenue this year by about $1 billion. The $1.9 billion gas-to-power project, Guyana's biggest effort to capitalize on its... Continue Reading →
PGS Secures 3D Contract in South Atlantic
(OE) Marine seismic data company PGS has received a letter of award for a large 3D contract offshore South Atlantic margin from a multiclient company. A Ramform Titan-class vessel is scheduled for mobilization in June, with a forecast acquisition duration of up to 300 days. The value of the contract has not been disclosed, but... Continue Reading →
Pro-coal amendment in Congress delays the arrival of offshore wind farms in Brazil
(Bloomberg) A battle in the National Congress to extend contracts for coal-fired thermal plants is blocking the arrival of the long-awaited offshore wind industry in Latin America's largest economy. A bill to regulate the sector is currently stalled in the Federal Senate, after a group of deputies presented a series of amendments, including one to... Continue Reading →
OceanPact wins R$650 million contract to charter three Emergency Response vessels to Petrobras
(PN) OceanPact, one of the leading companies in responding to offshore emergencies in the country, signed new contracts with Petrobras for a period of four years to charter three OSRVs (Oil Spill Response Vessel) worth a total of R$650 million. The vessels Fernando de Noronha, Jim O’Brien and Macaé will be at the service of... Continue Reading →
Noble Voyager to Drill Another Well for Petronas Offshore Suriname
Petronas Suriname E&P, a subsidiary of Malaysia’s state-owned energy giant Petronas, has exercised the option for Noble Corporation’s Noble Voyager drillship to drill one additional well offshore Suriname. The 7th generation drillship Noble Voyager will remain a little longer for drilling operation in Block 52 offshore Suriname at a day rate of $470,000. The contract... Continue Reading →