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The Ventos Potiguar Offshore Wind Complex, which provides for the installation of five plants with a capacity of 2.7 gigawatts, 207 generators, should be the first in the country. With this, Rio Grande do Norte (RN) is on its way to being the first state in the country to have offshore wind energy production. Governor... Continue Reading →
DOF ASA’s Brazilian subsidiary, Norskan Offshore, has secured a new long-term contract and an extension for two of its AHTS vessels with Petrobras. DOF announced on Tuesday, 14 September 2021 that its Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel, Skandi Botafogo with 180t bollard pull (BP) was awarded a brand new three-year contract with Petrobras with the scheduled startup of operations in the... Continue Reading →
Shearwater GeoServices has won a six-month contract extension with seismic data firm CGG on its Nebula survey offshore Brazil and is nearing completion of work for CGG on its North Viking Graben survey. Shearwater has previously conducted work for the extensive Nebula survey in the Campos and Santos basins and the announced extension will run to the... Continue Reading →
Offshore installation services provider Subsea 7 said Tuesday that its Chief Executive Office Ricardo Rosa would retire from his position at the end of December 2021. He will be succeeded from January 1, 2022, by Mark Foley. Foley joins Subsea 7 from Petrofac where he held the position of Group Financial Controller and SVP Finance... Continue Reading →
(Rigzone) The United States rig count is almost double where it was this time last year, according to Baker Hughes’ latest rotary rig count, which was released on September 10. Total U.S. rig figures stood at 503 in the new count, up by six week on week and by 249 year on year, Baker Hughes’... Continue Reading →
TGS has started a new 2D seismic survey in the Mauritania-Senegal-Gambia-Bissau-Conakry (MSGBC) Basin offshore Mauritania. The survey adds to the North-West Africa Atlantic Margin (NWAAM) 2D campaign, the seismic company said. The NWAAM 2021 survey will comprise 7,500 kilometers of seismic data, with a modern broadband acquisition setup. The vessel BGP Pioneer will undertake the survey that... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s offshore vessel operator CBO has closed the acquisition of compatriot player Finarge Apoio Maritimo, taking over five AHTS vessels in the transaction. Finarge is a Brazilian shipping company founded in 2008 as a subsidiary of the Italian company Finarge SRL, which was established in 1981 by the Italian company Rimorchiatori Riuniti S.p.A. Finarge is... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore's Liza Unity FPSO, which last week set sail from Singapore en route to Guyana, has been awarded the SUSTAIN-1 notation by classification society ABS – the first FPSO in the world to receive it. According to ABS, the SUSTAIN-1 notation demonstrates the vessel’s alignment with key elements of the Environmental, Social, and Governance... Continue Reading →
Petrobras, the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the city of Itaboraí and the Federation of Industries of Rio de Janeiro (Firjan) signed a protocol of intentions for the industrial development of the surrounding region of Polo GasLub, in Itaboraí (ex Comperj) The purpose of the protocol is to create conditions for the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Ecuador's state oil company Petroecuador is facing arbitration claims stemming from contractual disputes with two private contractors, the company said on Friday, adding that the processes would not affect crude output. Kamana Services and Servicios Petroleros Igapó separately presented claims stemming from disputes over services contracts signed with Petroecuador in 2016 to the... Continue Reading →
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