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(oilnow.gy) Staatsolie said Suriname’s first oil development in the shared basin could cost US$13.2 billion. This would represent the highest development expense for such a project, costing more than any of the six projects already sanctioned for nearby Guyana in the same basin. TotalEnergies, the operator for the Gran Morgu project, had said the project’s estimated cost is... Continue Reading →
Wendy Laursen, Contributing Writer (OE) The 66kV high voltage wet mate connector currently undergoing technical qualification by Baker Hughes weighs in at around one ton and has over 40 liters of dielectric oil protecting copper cable up to 1,200 square millimeters in diameter. The connector is designed to sit on the seabed at the end of... Continue Reading →
(OE) Petrobras has signed a 175-day addendum to Fugro’s current inspection, repair and maintenance services contract, performed by the Fugro Aquarius, to include fully remote subsea inspection surveys of shallow-water infrastructure in Brazil. Work will begin in January 2025, leveraging Fugro’s advanced Blue Essence uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and Blue Volta electric remotely operated vehicle... Continue Reading →
(OE) Global energy technology company SLB, through its OneSubsea joint venture, has secured a contract with Petrobras for the delivery of two subsea raw seawater injection (RWI) systems to increase production at the Búzios field, offshore Brazil. Under the contract, SLB OneSubsea will provide two complete subsea RWI systems to support Petrobras’ floating production storage... Continue Reading →
(TN) For the first time in Brazil, automated operations were performed on an oil well, using technology from the Norwegian company HMH. The maneuver performed with full automation took place in a well in the Santos Basin, and was carried out by Foresea's Norbe IX drillship, which is becoming a pioneer in automated operations with... Continue Reading →
(OE) Following a competitive tender process, energy technology company SLB has secured a new contract with Petrobras for providing integrated services across all of its offshore fields in Brazil. SLB will oversee the construction of more than 100 deepwater wells, utilizing advanced drilling, cementing and drilling fluids technologies on up to nine ultra-deepwater rigs. The... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered energy technology provider TechnipFMC has put the first equipment part of a subsea production system in place for an oil development at the Stabroek block, which ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, operates off the coast of Guyana. ExxonMobil hired TechnipFMC in May 2023 to provide a subsea production... Continue Reading →
JDR Cable Systems (JDR), the global subsea cable and umbilical supplier and service provider, part of the TFKable Group, has been awarded a significant contract by DEME Offshore to support Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project. JDR's comprehensive scope of work covers 176 wind turbines and three offshore substations. It includes pull—in, termination,... Continue Reading →
(OE) McDermott has been awarded a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by Repsol Exploración México for the Polok and Chinwol field development project in the Gulf of Mexico. Under the contract scope, McDermott will provide comprehensive FEED services for the project's engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) of subsea, umbilicals, risers, and flowlines (SURF). "Our... Continue Reading →
Norwegian energy giant Equinor has tucked a new steel pipe production milestone under its belt for its upcoming natural gas project off the coast of Brazil. Equinor marked the occasion by hosting a celebration at Confab, Tenaris’ welded mill in Brazil’s Pindamonhangaba to commemorate the completion of steel pipe production for the Raia project. With over 99%... Continue Reading →
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