Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has signed agreements with Altera to extend the charter, operation, and maintenance of Petrojarl I FPSO for the Early Production System (EPS) of the Atlanta field located offshore Brazil. Located in the Santos Basin, the Atlanta field is operated by Enauta Energia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, which also has... Continue Reading →
Tubarão Martelo well offline due to ESP failure
(OM) PetroRio has commissioned a workover on the OGX-44HP well at the Tubarão Martelo field in the southern Campos basin offshore Brazil, following a failure in the electrical submersible pump. The well is currently shut-in, with the Kingmaker rig expected to complete intervention work later this month. Production is connected to the FPSO Bravo
Petrobras seeks supplier to develop patented HISEP® technology
(PN) Equipment capable of separating CO2-rich gas from oil at the bottom of the sea. Petrobras, operator of the Libra consortium, started selecting suppliers to execute the project, build, install and carry out HISEP® tests, a technology patented by the company that aims to separate and reinject, even at the bottom of the sea, the... Continue Reading →
Ibama Grants Shell License to Drill in Campos Basin
(PN) The Brazilian Institute of the Environment (IBAMA) granted the operating license for Shell to carry out the drilling activity in block C-M-791, in the Campos Basin. The document is valid for 5 years and authorizes the drilling of up to three exploratory wells in the region. Drilling in the block will be carried out... Continue Reading →
Industry’s first as DNV certifies Subsea 7 polymer lined riser product
Subsea 7 has received DNV Technology Certification for its Swagelining polymer lined riser product, said to be a world first. According to Subsea 7, the qualification programme was designed to address the challenges presented by the dynamic service environment and vertical orientation of the riser product. Using a combination of standard and bespoke test methods,... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC delisting from Euronext Paris, sells more shares in Technip Energies
TechnipFMC is proceeding with the voluntary delisting of its shares from Euronext Paris, following the partial spin-off of Technip Energies and the progressive selldown of its remaining ownership stake. After a comprehensive review of its strategic objectives, TechnipFMC said it has refocused as a pure-play technology and services provider to the traditional and new energies... Continue Reading →
Hexicon’s Celtic Sea Floating Wind Project Gets Marine License
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 →