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The Brazilian Association of Petroleum Services Companies – ABESPetro, elected, at the Ordinary General Meeting, the new Board and Fiscal Council for 2022/2023. Rodrigo Ribeiro (Constellation) was elected the Chief Executive Officer. The new Board also includes Bruno Freitas (SBM Offshore), Lauro Puppim (Saipem), Luana Duffe (TechnipFMC), Marcos Villela (NOV) and Ricardo de Luca (Porto... Continue Reading →
Offshore installation company Subsea 7's Subsea and Conventional business unit has won a 'major' contract. Subsea 7 defines a major contract as being over $750 million. The company said that the award extended the engineering, project management and procurement scope of the contract announced in March 2021. The scope of work includes the provision and... Continue Reading →
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 →
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' 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 →
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 →
(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 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 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 →
(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 →
