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Oct. 22 (OE) OneSubsea has completed a joint industry project in Brazil with TotalEnergies, Equinor, BP and Chevron to develop and qualify fully electric subsea production technologies for applications in water depths of up to 3,000 meters. The Brazil All-Electric Joint Industry Project (JIP), supported through the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency's (ANP) research and development... Continue Reading →
Oct. 21 (msn.com) ExxonMobil (XOM) is nearing completion of its seismic data acquisition program offshore Trinidad and Tobago, marking a key milestone in the company’s first year of exploration activities under its production sharing contract, and is expected to drill an exploration well in 2028, Energy Minister Roodal Moonilal said Tuesday. With the seismic campaign... Continue Reading →
Oct. 15 (OE) TGS and SLB have announced the second phase of their Pelotas Sul multi-client 3D seismic survey offshore southern Brazil, covering approximately 11,200 square kilometers in the Pelotas Basin. A Ramform Titan-class vessel is scheduled to begin data acquisition in October 2026, with the survey expected to be completed in the second or... Continue Reading →
Oct. 15 (offshore-energy.biz) Houston-based Zupt, part of Swiss technology group Rosenxt Group, has signed a framework agreement with Brazil's Mitang Brasil - Soluções Submarinas to jointly support subsea services in Brazil. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Mitang provides offshore survey and positioning services, with experience in LBL positioning, USBL calibration, hydrographic survey, dimensional control, and... Continue Reading →
Oct. 9 - (splash247) Brazilian subsea services player Oceânica Engenharia has won a four-year contract worth around R$354m ($70m) from Petrobras. The new deal covers specialised offshore diving services and diverless operations using ROVs and associated subsea tooling. Oceânica said it could carry out work across up to four simultaneous service fronts, with operations expected... Continue Reading →
Oct. 8 (OE) EnerMech has secured a contract by Subsea7 to provide pipeline and subsea pre-commissioning services for the Ginger offshore development project in Trinidad and Tobago. The contract covers testing, flushing, hydrotesting, water filling, leak testing and commissioning support activities to prepare the project's subsea production system for operation. The scope will support both... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 (offshoreWIND.biz) Verlume, a UK-headquartered subsea batteries and power management systems specialist, has put its 500 kWh modular subsea energy storage system to the test in Aberdeen ahead of planned deployment in the Dutch North Sea, where it will become the world’s first grid-forming subsea battery co-located with offshore wind. Verlume reported on 1... Continue Reading →
Sept. 28 (offshore-energy.biz) Just three months after installing a brand-new electrical system to boost its flagship Brazilian offshore field, Karoon Energy, an ASX-listed international oil and gas exploration and production player, is heading back to the drawing board. After noting a fault on the monitoring system of the SPS-92 well at the Baúna field, Karoon... Continue Reading →
Sept. 28 (OE) Shearwater Geoservices has been awarded a three-year ocean bottom node (OBN) seismic acquisition contract by an undisclosed oil and gas company for work offshore South America, with operations set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026. The contract includes firm scopes in the first and third years of the award period,... Continue Reading →
Sept. 23 (TN) Porto do Açu and operator Perenco Brasil signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the development of the first offshore platform electrification project in the Campos Basin. The agreement entails supplying power from shore to Perenco’s units at the Pargo and Cherne Hubs—located in shallow waters—via an 80-kilometer subsea cable connected to... Continue Reading →
