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Heerema Marine Contractors has awarded Huisman a contract to deliver a Motion Compensated Pile Gripper. The Motion Compensation Pile Gripper will enable Heerema to install offshore wind monopiles up to 12.5 meters in diameter, with a length of up to 115 meters and a weight of 3,200 metric tons. The Gripper is designed specifically for... Continue Reading →
Scheduled to form part of Petrobras' 5th production module in the Búzios field, the Modec unit will be submitted to Brazilian authorities' clearance procedures. Afterwards, it will go to the Brasfels shipyard, in Angra dos Reis (RJ), where it will undergo the final commissioning activities. The first oil from the FPSO Almirante Barroso is expected... Continue Reading →
After making a few stops on the way, a floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, destined for Petrobras’ revitalisation project, has arrived in Brazil. Letters of Intent for this FPSO project were awarded to Malaysia’s Yinson in October 2019 by Petrobras. Several months later, the two players entered into definitive contracts and in April 2020, Sumitomo... Continue Reading →
(U) Shell expects to decide on sanctioning Gato do Mato, its biggest new Brazilian offshore project, within the next three months – after re-evaluating its viability in the light of supply constraints and rising costs in recent months. The UK-based supermajor has been working on contracting arrangements for a project that will feature a floating... Continue Reading →
BOURBON has formed a new division dedicated to offshore wind. The company aims to become a major player in this industry, providing pre-studies, transport and installation services, field maintenance, floaters repair and personnel transport, supporting projects from 250 MW to 1 GW by 2030. Bourbon Wind will coordinate all the group's activities in this field, creating... Continue Reading →
Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä has inked what is described as “a pioneering agreement” for decarbonisation projects in the oil and gas segment in the Americas with Brazil’s shipping company Grupo CBO. This is the Finnish player’s first contract in the decarbonisation area for the oil and gas sector in Latin America, and the second one in the Americas. CBO... Continue Reading →
One of Seadrill’s drillships has arrived in Brazil to complete testing operations ahead of its three-year contract with Petrobras. Seadrill secured two contracts with Petrobras for the West Carina and West Tellus rigs back in November 2021. Both agreements, for work on the Búzios field, were signed on a three-year fixed-term basis with a planned start date... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that today it signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited for the construction of the P-83 platform, as a result of the advancement of the Búzios field development project, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. The P-83 will be able to produce up to 225 thousand barrels of oil... Continue Reading →
Italian contractor Rosetti Marino has been awarded a contract by TotalEnergies for the construction of the Fenix project platform, which will be installed 60 km off the coast of Terra del Fuego in southern Argentina. This comes days after TotalEnergies announced a final investment decision for the Fenix gas development, the world’s southernmost gas project. TotalEnergies and... Continue Reading →
Italian oilfield services giant Saipem has won two new contracts in Ivory Coast worth around one billion euros in total. The contracts have been assigned by ENI Cote d’Ivoire-Petroci consortium for the Baleine Phase 1 Project, for the development of the oil and gas field offshore Ivory Coast located at a 1,200 m water depth.... Continue Reading →
