Siemens Energy has won what it says is the largest offshore grid connection order in the company's history. The order, made by Amprion Offshore, will see Siemens Energy supply two offshore wind power converter platforms at sea DolWin4 and BorWin4, and two associated stations on land. The platforms convert alternating current, as produced by wind... Continue Reading →
CGX Secures Funds for Wei-1 Exploration Well Off Guyana. Spud Date Set for October
(OE) CGX, a Toronto-based oil and gas firm focused on the Guyana-Suriname Basin, has secured funding for its next offshore exploration well in Guyana's Corentyne block by agreeing to farm out a portion of its interest to its partner Frontera. As part of the agreement, CGX will transfer 29.73% of its interest in the Corentyne... Continue Reading →
Schlumberger Lifts Revenue Forecast as Oilfield Services Demand Booms
(Reuters) Schlumberger on Friday raised its annual revenue forecast, buoyed by higher demand for its oilfield services from producers looking to raise output as oil prices surged. Global crude prices hovered above $100 per barrel in the quarter, fueled by tight supplies following sanctions on major producer Russia and energy consumption returning to near pre-pandemic levels. Schlumberger's results... Continue Reading →
Kim Heng unit inks MoU with Crowley to support US offshore wind projects
Adira Renewables, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kim Heng, signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Crowley Wind Services to cooperate on offshore wind farm cable laying installation projects across the US East Coast. Under the MoU, Kim Heng will issue updates about material developments and/or the execution of a definitive agreement as and when... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore completes US$1.75 billion financing of ONE GUYANA
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce it has completed the project financing of FPSO ONE GUYANA for a total of US$1.75 billion. The project financing was secured by a consortium of 15 international banks. The Company expects to draw the loan in full, phased over the construction period of the FPSO. The financing will become... Continue Reading →
Floating Wind: DemoSATH Floater Launched in Spain
(OE) Spanish offshore engineering firm Saitec Offshore Technologies and renewables giant RWE on Wednesday marked the completion and the launching operation of their DemoSATH floating wind unit. SATH Technology is based on a concrete platform concept with a plug-and-play Single Point Mooring, the same technology used for FPSOs. The DemoSATH project uses a 2MW turbine... Continue Reading →
MODEC’s new FPSO on the road to Brazil
Japanese FPSO operator MODEC has seen its new floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel set sail from China to Brazil to work in the pre-salt Santos Basin for the country’s energy giant Petrobras. Converted from a very large crude carrier (VLCC) and delivered by COSCO Shipping Dalian in China, the FPSO Almirante Barroso MV32 started its... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes Posts Bigger Quarterly Loss on Russia-related Charges
(REUTERS) Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes on Wednesday reported a bigger second-quarter loss, hit by a $365 million charge from suspension of its Russian operations and supply chain inflation, dampening the benefits of higher oil prices. The company's shares fell about 4.5% to $26.95 in premarket trading. "Our second-quarter results were mixed as each product... Continue Reading →
Halliburton sees years of oil drilling demand after profits jump
(Reuters) - Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co (HAL.N) on Tuesday posted a nearly 41% rise in second-quarter adjusted profit compared to the first quarter, and predicted multiple years of growth in demand for drilling. Driven by high oil prices, the increase was in spite of a $344 million hit from the company winding down assets in Russia... Continue Reading →
CRP Subsea scores several deepwater contracts in Brazil
CRP Subsea has secured several deepwater contracts to provide distributed buoyancy modules (DBMs) in Brazil for undisclosed companies. The distributed buoyancy modules will be used to reduce top tension by maintaining a lazy wave configuration of the pipeline, reducing the risk of pipeline failure and increasing the lifetime of the field, CRP Subsea said. The... Continue Reading →