(Reuters) Italian energy services group Saipem pledged on Thursday to cut costs and focus more on its traditional offshore business after it reported a swing to a core operating loss for the last year. Saipem said its adjusted core earnings, or EBITDA, were negative to the tune of 1.192 billion euros ($1.34 billion). That compares... Continue Reading →
Venus 1-X Well: Total Makes ‘Significant’ Oil Discovery Offshore Namibia
French oil major TotalEnergies said Thursday it had made a significant discovery of light oil with associated gas on the Venus prospect, located in block 2913B in the Orange Basin, offshore southern Namibia. TotalEnergies said that its Venus 1-X well encountered approximately 84 meters of net oil pay in a good quality Lower Cretaceous reservoir.... Continue Reading →
Transocean negotiates an international charter with Petrobras
Transocean to sign a new charter contract with Petrobras. The company took the lead in the oil company's new request for quotation aimed at the international bid to carry out a drilling campaign in the Tayrona area, located offshore Colombia. According to PetróleoHoje, the two companies have already settled most of the commercial terms. The... Continue Reading →
Transocean Sees Rig Demand, Dayrates Growing in 2022
Offshore drilling contractor Transocean expects rig dayrates to keep growing, boosted by high oil prices and growing demand, the company's CEO said Tuesday, as the company posted its fourth-quarter results. Transocean CEO Jeremy Thigpen said: "As we move into 2022, we are more optimistic than we have been in the past seven years. Energy demand... Continue Reading →
Seadrill Emerges from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Offshore drillship contractor Seadrill on Wednesday announced its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy after successfully completing its reorganization. The Plan was confirmed by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on October 26, 2021. "The restructuring significantly delevered the company’s balance sheet by equitizing approximately $4.9 billion of secured bank debt previously... Continue Reading →
FPSO Cidade de Itajaí completes nine years of operation
The FPSO Cidade de Itajaí (CDI), which completes nine years of operation in February, reached the milestone of 1 million m³ of oil produced in Campo de Baúna, in the Santos Basin, since the signing of service and charter contracts with Karoon, in November 2020. The unit operated by the joint venture Altera&Ocyan (a partnership... Continue Reading →
Enauta approves $1.2 billion investment in Atlanta
(epbr) Enauta announced today that it has approved investments of US$ 1.2 billion in the final production system project in the Atlanta field, in deep waters of the Santos Basin. The resources already include US$ 100 million that need to be contributed after the start of production and US$ 500 million referring to the production... Continue Reading →
Two large shipyards aim at Petrobras own P-80 FPSO contract
(PetroleoHoje) The dispute over the contract for the P-80, Petrobras' own FPSO that will make up the 9th module of Buzios, in the Santos cluster, should be restricted to two large international groups. After successive postponements and a long period of lack of interest, the Sembcorp and Keppel shipyards began to work to present a... Continue Reading →
Seadrill heading for bankruptcy exit
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has revealed a timeline for its emergence from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy, expecting it to be this month. After a year of restructuring, Seadrill anticipates emerging from the Chapter 11 process in February 2022, likely prior to the end of the present week. As previously reported, Seadrill hammered out its plan... Continue Reading →
Yinson and Enauta Pen Firm Contracts for Atlanta Field FPSO
(OE) Malaysian FPSO specialist Yinson said Tuesday it had signed firm contracts with the Brazilian oil company Enauta for the provision, operation, and maintenance of an FPSO in the Atlanta Field located in the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. This follows letters of intent between two firms signed in December 2021. Enauta has been producing oil... Continue Reading →