Oilfield services giant Schlumberger NV issued a bullish forecast for 2021 on Friday as second-quarter profit topped estimates due to surging margins, with a rebound in oil prices boosting demand for its software and equipment. Global crude prices rose 18% in the quarter that ended in June and have climbed 42% since the start of... Continue Reading →
Singapore-based Keppel Offshore and Marine subsidiaries have been slapped with a request for arbitration from an unnamed counterparty in relation to contracts for the delivery of Floating, Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessels. Keppel said this week that the unnamed claimant had withheld $11.3 million due to Keppel's subsidiaries under the FPSO engineering, procurement, and construction... Continue Reading →
Located in the Atapu field, in the eastern portion of the Santos Basin pre-salt, the P-70 reached its project capacity of 150,000 barrels per day on July 12, with the contribution of just four producing wells, one year after entry into production. This result confirms the excellent productivity of the field's reservoirs and reflects the... Continue Reading →
(Offshore) TGS has issued updates on various seismic surveys in its latest results statement. Offshore Brazil, the Santos multi-client 3D Phase 4 survey is under way over the western portion of the Santos basin: this will be a northwest extension of the existing TGS Santos 3D, covering around 5,000 sq km (1,930 sq mi). Full-volume... Continue Reading →
(Offshore) Transocean Ltd. has provided an update on its offshore drilling rig fleet. As of July 21, the company’s total backlog is about $7.3 billion. Hess has awarded the ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Inspiration a nine-well contract in the US Gulf of Mexico. The contract is expected to run from September 2021 to April 2022. The day rate is $215,000. BHP has... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling received a Letter of Award for one of its jack-up rigs from an unnamed international oil company for additional work in Mexico. "The program is expected to commence in the second quarter of 2022 for a duration of approximately 150 days, adding revenues of USD 15.7 million," Borr said in... Continue Reading →
Solstad Offshore has won two medium-term contracts for its construction vessels (CSV) Normand Frontier and Normand Navigator in the second half of 2021. Normand Frontier will support an ultra-deep subsea project in South America for an international contractor. The vessel has already started mobilization activities, the company informed. The contract duration is 100 days firm plus 60 days options excluding... Continue Reading →
French energy major TotalEnergies and energy transition company Technip Energies have teamed up to decarbonise LNG plants and offshore facilities for the energy transition push. The companies signed a technical cooperation agreement that aims to accelerate the energy transition. Under the agreement, they will explore new concepts and technologies to cover LNG plants and offshore-type... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes has reported a loss in the second quarter of the year regardless of the company posting an increase in orders and revenues. In its second quarter of 2021 report on Wednesday, Baker Hughes said that its orders in the quarter were $5.1 billion, up 12 per cent sequentially and up four per... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation provider Floatel International has secured another contract for one of its units, this time with Norway’s Equinor for operations in Brazilian waters. Floatel informed on Tuesday that Equinor Brasil Energia had awarded a contract to Floatel Victory to provide maintenance and safety unit (MSU) services alongside Peregrino floating production storage and offloading unit... Continue Reading →
