Brazilian oil and gas player Enauta has interrupted production from a well located on a field offshore Brazil ahead of the original schedule and prior to embarking on its new drilling campaign next month. Enauta reported the interruption of production from the well 7-ATL-3H-RJS, which is located at the Atlanta field, on Wednesday. The Brazilian player... Continue Reading →
Sembcorp Marine to Buy Keppel Offshore & Marine for $3.2B, Scraps Merger Plan
(OE) Singapore's Sembcorp Marine (Sembmarine) scrapped a deal to merge with Keppel Corp's offshore and marine unit and form new company, in favour of directly buying the unit for S$4.50 billion ($3.19 billion), the Temasek-backed oil rig builder said on Thursday. The new structure also lowers the value of Keppel's unit by S$378 million from... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC on course for $7 billion subsea bonanza
(U) UK contractor TechnipFMC is on track this year to win new orders totaling almost $7 billion from the subsea sector alone — up as much as 40% year-on-year, and the contractor’s opportunities list is at a record high. “Extending the outlook into 2023, we believe orders over the next five quarters will be at... Continue Reading →
Italy’s Saipem Ups 2022 Guidance after Beating Expectations in Q3
Italy's Saipem improved its guidance for the full year after third-quarter adjusted core earnings and revenue beat analysts' expectations. The energy contractor reported on Thursday an adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of 215 million euros ($216.74 million) compared with an analysts' consensus of 136 million euros. EBITDA was negative for 25... Continue Reading →
More FPSOs heading to Petrobras fields offshore Brazil
(OM) Petrobras has issued an update on the latest FPSOs added to its fields offshore Brazil. On June 21, the P-68, which operates in the Berbigão and Sururu fields in the Santos Basin, reached full production capacity and earlier this month achieved a production record of 161,000 bbl/d. This was above the floater’s nominal capacity and followed... Continue Reading →
Boskalis to delist in November after HAL seals $2.3bn takeover
Dutch offshore contractor and shipowner Boskalis will be delisted in Amsterdam next month following a takeover deal. The group’s biggest shareholder, Monaco investment fund HAL Holding, has sealed a $2.3bn purchase, reaching 98.3% ownership. The last day of trading on Euronext Amsterdam will be 8 November, bringing an end to a public listing of more... Continue Reading →
DeepOcean charters 85-meter multi-purpose support vessel
DeepOcean has signed a charter agreement with shipowner Simon Møkster Shipping for the Stril Server multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV), set to be deployed in the renewables and oil & gas markets. Under the two-year agreement, Stril Server will provide subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair (IMR), light construction and recycling services to DeepOcean’s customers in the... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind: SeaRenergy Nets DolWin6 Work
Offshore wind service provider SeaRenergy said Wednesday it had secured a contract for offshore infrastructure services from Siemens Energy. The scope of work comprises integrated onshore and offshore logistics services executed during the commissioning of DolWin6 converter platform in the German Bight. DolWin6 is TenneT's 13th offshore grid connection system in the German North Sea... Continue Reading →
Elenergy Selects DNV as Owner’s Engineer for S. Korea’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
lenergy Co Ltd, a Korean renewable energy development firm, has hired DNV as the owner's engineer for its 1.5 GW fixed-bottom Chujin offshore wind project. The Chujin offshore wind farm will be the largest commercial-scale offshore wind farm in South Korea, when completed in 2027. As the owner’s engineer, DNV will drive the pre-Front End... Continue Reading →
DOF Wins $25,2M in Vessel Charters, Extensions
The Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF said Wednesday it had won contracts and contract extensions for several of its vessels in Brazil, West Africa, and the North Sea region. The estimated firm backlog for these contracts is approximately NOK 260 million (~$25,2 million) In Brazil, the national oil company Petrobras has awarded an extension for... Continue Reading →