Oil and gas giant Petrobras has awarded CGG with a four-year contract extension for its dedicated reservoir services center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Under the contract, CGG will continue providing its reservoir characterization workflows, such as geostatistical, 4D and azimuthal inversion, while also bringing new technologies to Brazil to further enhance reservoir understanding. These... Continue Reading →
Transocean Takes Delivery of World’s First 8th Generation Drillship
(OE) Singapore-based shipbuilder Sembcorp Marine has delivered the world's first 8th generation drillship, the Deepwater Atlas, to its owner Transocean. The Deepwater Atlas is the first of two ultra-deepwater drillships based on the Sembcorp Marine's Jurong Espadon 3T design. The completed drillship features three-million pound hook-load hoisting capacity and, according to the rigbuilder, sets a... Continue Reading →
Seismic Firm TGS Launches Takeover Offer for OBN Specialist Magseis Fairfield
Norwegian seismic data acquisition and processing company TGS is set to acquire all shares of the Norwegian ocean bottom node survey specialist Magseis Fairfield. TGS will put forward a voluntary exchange offer to acquire all shares of Magseis for a consideration to the Magseis shareholders in the form of 0.0426 ordinary shares of TGS and... Continue Reading →
JV partners putting the wheels into motion for FPSO replacement off Nigeria
(OEM) In a bid to increase production capacity, joint venture (JV) partners in a field located in the Offshore Mining Lease no. 113 (OML 113) off Nigeria have decided to forgo a long-term extension for the current floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel operating on this field, as they plan to replace it in... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Vessels Get ‘Vessel of National Interest’ Designation by U.S. MARAD
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) last Friday designated offshore wind vessels as vessels of national interest making them eligible for financial support through the Title XI Federal Ship Financing Program (Title XI). The Federal Ship Financing Program - commonly referred to as "Title XI" based on the part of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 that... Continue Reading →
Consultancy finalizes pre-salt asset management assessment for Petrobras
(TN) The consultancy Grupo I Can completed the asset management assessment of Petrobras' Santos Basin Exploration and Production Business Unit (UN-BS). Since 2019, the UN-BS has started to implement asset management at the unit, which is located in the pre-salt layer, to understand the maturity level of the organization and, based on that, to develop... Continue Reading →
Corio Brazilian offshore wind push
Last week, Corio also announced five offshore wind projects totalling more than 5 GW in early-stage development off Brazil. Corio intends to develop five projects in Brazil, subject to finalisation of documentation and regulatory approvals, alongside leading Brazilian power generation company Servtec, which has been in the renewables sector for more than 20 years and... Continue Reading →
RWE, Bourbon to Jointly Bid for French Floating Wind Projects
Renewable energy company RWE Renewables France and offshore vessel services provider Bourbon Subsea Services have agreed to jointly bid for the Mediterranean floating offshore wind auction. The two companies have applied to be selected as eligible bidder for the A06 tender, and the respective announcement by the French government is expected during the coming weeks. ... Continue Reading →
BW Energy to Buy Saipem FPSO in Brazil for $73M
Oil and gas company BW Energy has agreed to buy Saipem's Cidade de Vitoria FPSO for $73 million in cash. The vessel is currently owned by Saipem and operated for Petrobras in the Golfinho field offshore Brazil. The sale and purchase of the FPSO is subject to the closing of the acquisition by BW Energy... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 starts floating offshore green hydrogen collaboration with OneSea
Subsea 7 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dutch hydrogen technology developer, OneSea Energy, to collaborate in the field of floating offshore green hydrogen production. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that OneSea and Subsea 7 will move forward together in exploring and developing field-specific solutions for offshore hydrogen production. Both companies will... Continue Reading →