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Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured a contract with Brazil’s oil and gas giant Petrobras for work in the Búzios field offshore Brazil, making it the third rig contract for Seadrill on the field. The contract was awarded to the West Jupiter drillship and it is for a firm term of 1,040 days with the start expected... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said Friday that its giant 14MW SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine prototype had started delivering power to the grid. The prototype has been installed in Østerild, Denmark. "We are excited to announce that our SG 14-222 DD prototype is now producing power to the grid! What an... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Drillship Amaralina Star will operate dedicated to the Roncador field, from the end of 2022. Constellation and Petrobras signed a charter contract for the unit for a period of two years, with possibility of extension for another 365 days. Constellation presented the best daily rate in Petrobras' bid to contract a rig for the... Continue Reading →
Norwegian billionaire John Fredriksen’s Seatankers Group has acquired an interest in Seadrill’s rival offshore drilling contractor Valaris. Namely, Famatown Finance, a company indirectly controlled by trusts settled by John Fredriksen and a member of the Seatankers Group, has accumulated through open market transactions approximately 5 per cent of the common shares of Valaris. Famatown pointed out that the... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant TechnipFMC has signed three flexible pipe frame agreements with Brazil's Petrobras. "Altogether, the frame agreements form a large contract for TechnipFMC," the company said. For TechnipFMC, a “large” contract is between $500 million and $1 billion. The contracts were awarded as part of Petrobras’s drive to increase oil recovery in its brownfield... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies said Thursday it had received the acceptance of its basis of the design of its INO12TM floating offshore wind concept from classification society DNV. The company said that DNV's acceptance marked important progress towards the Approval in Principle (AiP) of the floater which is designed to accommodate a 12MW wind turbine. "Following an... Continue Reading →
Malaysian oilfield services provider Sapura Energy is facing cash flow and liquidity issues exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Responding to recent news reports, Sapura Energy on Wednesday clarified that it is still a going concern. The company’s business segments continue to execute 59 projects globally and its Exploration & Production business, operated through SapuraOMV, continues... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Valaris has appointed Anton Dibowitz as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Anton Dibowitz, who has been serving as interim President and CEO of Valaris since 3 September 2021 is also a member of the company’s board of directors. “Anton has done a tremendous job leading Valaris over the past three... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has secured a contract extension for one of its units for operations in Trinidad and Tobago. In an update on Thursday, Prosafe revealed that the firm charter period for its Safe Concordia unit in Trinidad and Tobago has been extended and takes the firm operational period through to end-January 2022. The total... Continue Reading →
Petrobras has awarded Akastor’s affiliate AKOFS Offshore with a three-year contract for its subsea equipment support vessel (SESV) Skandi Santos to perform a scope of subsea services in Brazil. Under the $107 million contract, AKOFS Offshore will be performing the operations with its partners Bravante for marine services and IKM Subsea for ROV services. Work... Continue Reading →
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