Seismic exploration company Shearwater GeoServices has acquired marine seismic acquisition assets previously owned by Polarcus. Shearwater announced two transactions agreed with Tiger Moth, a company affiliated with Woodstreet, for Polarcus assets which are controlled by the lenders from January 2021. Shearwater has acquired streamers and related seismic equipment for a total cash consideration of $50 million. The... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS TO CONCLUDE FPSO BIDDING AND WELL COMPLETION OF PARQUE DAS BALEIAS IN MAY
(PetroNoticias) Petrobras is gradually resuming its project at Parque das Baleias, in the Espírito Santo portion of the Campos Basin. The next month promises to be decisive for the project, which last year was postponed for a year due to the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. At the end of May, Petrobras plans to open... Continue Reading →
Diamond Offshore emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Offshore drilling contractor Diamond Offshore Drilling and its debtor-affiliates have emerged from their Chapter 11 process after completing a financial reorganization under their joint plan of reorganization. Diamond said that it emerged from Chapter 11 on 23 April 2021. The restructuring provides substantial liquidity for the company, resulting in the equitization of approximately $2.1 billion... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering nets over $135 million in subsea contracts
Subsea engineering company Oceaneering International has through its Manufactured Products segment secured multiple contracts during the first four months of 2021, with anticipated aggregate revenue in excess of $135 million. The anticipated revenue from these contracts with international oil and gas operators and marine construction companies ranges in value from less than $10 million to... Continue Reading →
CGG Delivers Data from Agata Reimaging for Brazil Project
CGG delivered the fast-track data from its Agata Reimaging program over the Agata block in the Santos Basin, a highly prolific area of Brazil’s offshore pre-salt. The ultramodern reimaged seismic data set covering over 9,300 sq km will provide valuable information to oil and gas companies wishing to evaluate acreage and assess the potential of... Continue Reading →
Saipem Warns on Outlook After Mozambique Uncertainty
Italian energy service group Saipem said it was unable to update its outlook for the year due to uncertainty over a project in Mozambique as it missed first-quarter expectations. Earlier this week French energy group Total declared force majeure on its $20 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique following insurgent attacks. "Evaluations in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Highlights on Production and Sales in 1Q21
In 1Q21, we kept a solid operating performance, even with the worsening of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The average production of oil, NGL and natural gas in 1Q21 was 2.77 MMboed, 3.1% higher than 4Q20, as P-70, installed in the Atapu field, continued to ramp-up, and due to lower losses with maintenance stoppages on... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil Makes Oil Discovery at Uaru-2 Offshore Guyana
(OE) U.S. oil major ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it made an oil discovery at the Uaru-2 well in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. Uaru-2 will add to the previously announced gross discovered recoverable resource estimate for the block, which is currently estimated to be approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels, ExxonMobil said. Drilling at Uaru-2 encountered... Continue Reading →
Technip Energies buys its own shares from TechnipFMC
Energy transition company Technip Energies has agreed to buy €20 million (approx $24.2 M) equivalent of its own shares from TechnipFMC. In February 2021, TechnipFMC and Technip Energies were separated as two independent, publicly traded companies. Technip Energies deals in LNG, hydrogen, and ethylene as well as blue and green hydrogen, sustainable chemistry, and CO2 management,... Continue Reading →
Equinor hires Seadrill rig for work on Bacalhau field off Brazil
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has secured a four-year firm contract with four one-year options, for the West Saturn drillship with Norwegian oil major Equinor in Brazil. Seadrill said on Tuesday that the contract was awarded by Equinor’s subsidiary Equinor Brasil Energia Ltda for work on the Bacalhau offshore field. The total value for the firm... Continue Reading →