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(OE) Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has won contracts with Shell for the provision of its Maersk Voyager drillship for drilling services offshore multiple countries. The contracts are expected to start in April 2022, with a total firm duration of one year. The total contract value is approximately $107.5 million, including a mobilization fee,... Continue Reading →
(PN) The contracting of the P-81 platform ship, which will be installed in the promising Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, may be a little closer to an outcome. According to our report, the Brazilian company Ocyan was the only company to submit a bid for the contracting of the unit, whose start of production is scheduled for 2026.... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/embed/FrGBl51bBj0 The hull of the FPSO Prosperity, which will be Guyana's third offshore production unit after the Liza Destiny and Liza Unity, has recently left the dry dock in Singapore, in preparation for topside installation works. The hull arrived in Singapore last year from China where it was built. In Singapore, Keppel will install the... Continue Reading →
Following last year’s announcement about an agreement to explore the combination of Keppel Offshore & Marine with Sembcorp Marine, significant progress has been made in the process. However, more time and deliberation are needed to reach the final agreement to which both companies are committed. As a reminder, the idea behind combining Keppel O&M and... Continue Reading →
UK-based company Sparrows Group, a provider of engineering and maintenance services for the energy industry, said Wednesday it had secured a three-year crane operations and maintenance services contract offshore Luanda, Angola. The agreement, with an unnamed client, covers 10 pedestal cranes and six line and rescue craft boats across the field’s four assets. "Having held... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Ocyan signed a contract with Petrobras for the removal of flexible and umbilical ducts from the Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade de Rio das Ostras and Piranema FPSOs, located in the Campos and Sergipe-Alagoas basins. Ocyan had submitted the lowest bid in the state-owned company's tender, with a value below R$900 million. The... Continue Reading →
Aker Offshore Wind and Aker Horizons have announced an all-stock merger as part of a wider reorganisation to get after energy transition opportunities. The former, a wind developer, will become a privately-held subsidiary of investment management firm Aker Horizons, with the ultimate goal of merging Aker Offshore Wind with another portfolio firm: Mainstream Renewable Power. AOW... Continue Reading →
After making an entry into a carbon capture and storage project earlier this year, giant offshore drilling contractor Transocean is now investing in the exploration of seabed minerals to support the renewable energy supply chain. Transocean informed on Tuesday that it has purchased a minority interest in Ocean Minerals, a company engaged in the exploration of... Continue Reading →
(PN) Constellation reported this week that an amendment to its Judicial Recovery Plan was unanimously approved by its creditors. In a statement, the company stated that the payment conditions and restructuring measures indicated will only come into force after a Confirmation Order issued by the 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro, which should happen... Continue Reading →
Oil and gas major ExxonMobil has completed its drilling operations on the Cutthroat prospect, located in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin off Brazil, but failed to verify the presence of hydrocarbons. ExxonMobil started drilling the exploration well 1-EMEB-3-SES in the Block SEAL-M-428 on 20 February 2022, using Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship. The operations were expected to last between 45 –... Continue Reading →
