Oilfield services giant Schlumberger and industrial software provider AVEVA have agreed to integrate edge, AI, and cloud digital solutions to help oil companies optimize oil and gas production. The companies said they'd collaborate together to streamline how energy operators acquire, process, and action field data for enhanced wellsite efficiency and performance. The initial focus of... Continue Reading →
Bristow names retired military man as area manager in Guyana
Offshore aviation services provider Bristow Group has named a retired Guyana Defence Force Air Corps commanding officer as the Guyanese area manager. Bristow reported on Wednesday that it had appointed the retired Commanding Officer of the Guyana Defence Force Air Corps, Courtney Byrne, with 28 years of military experience as the area manager in Guyana. Byrne... Continue Reading →
TotalEnergies’ Appraisal Well Offshore Suriname Fails to Deliver
TotalEnergies' Keskesi South-1 appraisal well in the Block 58 offshore Suriname has encountered non-commercial quantities of hydrocarbons and the well has been plugged and abandoned. The news was shared on Wednesday by APA Corporation, TotalEnergies' 50 percent partner in the offshore block. The well was drilled around 6.2 kilometers from the discovery well Keskesi East-1... Continue Reading →
IBAMA GRANTS LICENSE FOR SEISMIC SURVEY IN THE RONCADOR AND EAST ALBACORA FIELDS
The Brazilian Institute for the Environment (IBAMA) this week granted a license that authorizes the carrying out of 4D seismic surveys in the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields, in the Campos Basin. The document will be valid for one year and eight months. The seismic study may rely on one of the following vessels: MV... Continue Reading →
Energy trader Gunvor Group says U.S. CFTC investigating Ecuador dealings
(Reuters) - Global energy trader Gunvor Group (GGL.UL) is under investigation by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in relation to its dealings in Ecuador, the company said in its first half 2021 results. Earlier this year, former employee Raymond Kohut pleaded guilty to involvement in what the U.S. Department of Justice called a... Continue Reading →
DNV and Altera Infrastructure test notation to reduce emissions in offshore installations
DNV introduced a new class notation, Abate, designed to help owners and operators of offshore floating facilities identify and implement measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Altera Infrastructure, the first company to adopt the solution, has incorporated the notation into the FPSO "Petrojarl Knarr", with successful results so far. The International Maritime Organization (IMO)... Continue Reading →
Fugro wraps up geohazard survey offshore Suriname
Fugro has completed a geohazard site investigation programme for TotalEnergies off the north-west coast of Paramaribo in Block 58 of the Guyana-Suriname Basin. The project involved the acquisition and analysis of geophysical data and geotechnical soil samples approximately 150 kilometres offshore in water depths ranging from 60 metres to 2,100 metres. Fugro carried out the... Continue Reading →
PETRORIO CONTRACTED SCHLUMBERGER, BAKER AND HALLIBURTON FOR FRADE AND WAHOO
(PetroleoHoje) PetroRio defined the contracting of the drilling service for the Frade and Wahoo projects, in the Campos Basin. The start of the campaign is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Instead of the original proposal to close a single package, the oil company opted to split the process into three different businesses, hiring... Continue Reading →
Eni fires up second offshore project in Angola this year
Italian oil and gas company Eni has started production from the Cabaça North development project, in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore, via the Armada Olombendo FPSO. The Cabaça North development, with an expected peak production rate in the range of 15 kbopd, will increase and sustain the plateau of the Armada Olombendo. The... Continue Reading →
Exploration well off Guyana on track to reach total depth in December
Following the spud in August 2021, the Kawa-1 exploration well, located offshore Guyana, is on track to reach total depth in the first half of December 2021. So far, the well results are consistent with pre-drill geological and geophysical expectations. The Kawa-1 well is located on the Corentyne Block where CGX Energy is the operator... Continue Reading →