Swedish floating wind tech firm Hexicon said Friday its Twin Hub stepping stone project had been awarded a marine license for the installation of an offshore floating wind demonstrator in the Celtic Sea. "Twin Hub floating demonstrator project in the Celtic Sea has now been awarded a marine licence, for a renewable energy test site... Continue Reading →
ABESPetro’s New Board Takes Office
The Brazilian Association of Petroleum Service Companies (ABESPetro) is under new management. Elected at the last Annual General Meeting last year, the new board took office on the 1st. January 2022. On the same date, the new members of the Supervisory Board and the Advisory Board took office. The new Executive Board is made up... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies adds extra Suriname well to Maersk rig’s backlog
TotalEnergies E&P Suriname, a subsidiary of the French energy major TotalEnergies, has decided to exercise its option for one additional well to be drilled by the Maersk Drilling-owned Maersk Valiant rig. Maersk Drilling reported on Friday that TotalEnergies’ Suriname branch has exercised an option to add the drilling of one additional well in Block 58... Continue Reading →
More Shuttle Tankers Needed, Rystad Says
More shuttle tankers will be needed in the years ahead to keep pace with a projected rise in oil volumes needing transport, Rystad Energy said. Produced volumes requiring transport key shuttle tanker markets Brazil, Canada, Norway, the U.K. and Russia are expected to rise to 3.3 billion barrels per year before the end of the... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore nominates Øivind Tangen as member of the Management Board
SBM Offshore is pleased to announce the proposed appointment of Øivind Tangen as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and member of its Management Board. Øivind Tangen (1973, Norwegian) has been working for the Company for 19 years and has a wealth of experience in engineering and operational roles, as well as in strategy and project execution.... Continue Reading →
Enauta shuts down Brazilian field to prepare for pipeline repair
Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has stopped production from the Atlanta field, located offshore Brazil, for inspection and repair following a pipeline issue. Enauta disclosed the preventive stoppage of production at the Atlanta field on Thursday. The firm explained the production at the field was stopped for inspection and repair of a production line... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s Petrobras increases LNG imports by 200% in 2021
(Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) announced on Wednesday it imported a record 23 million cubic meters per day of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2021, a volume around 200% higher than the one recorded in the previous year. The record occurred during a year of strong thermoelectric demand in Brazil, due to the worst... Continue Reading →
Special Flexible Lines for Six Pre-salt Projects – Petrobras
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras will acquire up to 291.9 km of special flexible lines for the Buzios, Tupi, Sapinhoa, Atapu, Berbigao and Sururu fields, located in the Santos cluster. The oil company has launched a tender for the supply of the material, which will have to be non-susceptible to the phenomenon of SCC-CO2. The bidding will mark... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Discovers Gas in Pre-salt Block
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras found evidence of gas in the Três Marias block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The discovery, carried out on the 10th, was made in a water depth of 2,223 mts. The wildcat well was drilled in October by Diamond's Ocean Courage rig. The Três Marias area was acquired in the... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC de-lists from Euronext, sells £100m stake in TechnipEnergies
TechnipFMC has decided to de-list from the Euronext Paris after selling off a chunk of its holding in spin-off firm TechnipEnergies. The firm said it has refocused as a “pure-play technology and services provider” and that a single listing on the New York Stock Exchange best suits it going forward. TechnipFMC completed a planned split with TechnipEnergies... Continue Reading →
