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The floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel Carioca MV30 has set sail from the Brasfels shipyard in Angra dos Reis towards Petrobras’ Sépia field in the Santos Basin pre-salt. The vessel will be the largest FPSO-type unit to operate in Brazil, with a daily capacity to process 180,000 barrels of oil (bpd) and 6... Continue Reading →
(OE) ExxonMobil's Jabillo-1 offshore well in Guyana's Canje Block has reached the planned target depth, however, without finding evidence of commercial hydrocarbons, Exxon's partners in the block said Monday. The Jabillo-1, drilled by the Stena Carron drillship will now be plugged and abandoned. The Jabillo-1 well was drilled to test Upper Cretaceous reservoirs in... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) Sembcorp Marine, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Estaleiro Jurong Aracruz (EJA), won an Addendum to the Tupi BV Contract valued at approximately US$ 175 million for modification works to be completed on FPSO P-71. Originally designed for the Tupi field, the FPSO P-71 will undergo modifications and integration for deployment in the Itapu field. The... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) The contracting of the P-80, FPSO that will make up the 9th unit in Buzios, should only take place in 2022. Less than two months after releasing the bid notice for the acquisition of the new unit in the cluster field under the EPC regime, Petrobras has postponed the delivery date of the proposals... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services major Baker Hughes has announced the release of its 2020 Report on Corporate Responsibility which outlines its corporate strategy for a sustainable energy future. Baker Hughes said on Thursday that it supported the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement, and it believes that the private sector has a crucial role to play in... Continue Reading →
Baker Hughes has secured two contracts by Petrobras to provide 322 kilometers of flexible pipes across five fields offshore Brazil. The first contract covers up to 96 kilometers of flexible pipe for the Sapinhoá and Tupi fields, while the second covers up to 226 kilometers of flexible pipe for the Marlim 2 and Itapu fields. Baker Hughes’ flexible... Continue Reading →
Fugro has completed the divestment of certain assets and the related business of its non-core subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions to PXGEO for $16 million in cash. PXGEO acquired Seabed’s ocean bottom node inventory, handling equipment, related technology, intellectual property, and project backlog. In addition, PXGEO informed that a significant number of personnel responsible for the delivery of... Continue Reading →
Dutch floater operator SBM Offshore has completed the project financing for a total of $1.05 billion for the FPSO Prosperity, which is destined to operate on ExxonMobil’s Payara development offshore Guyana. The project financing, secured by a consortium of 11 international banks, will be drawn in full, phased over the construction period of the FPSO.... Continue Reading →
Norwegian offshore seismic surveyor PGS has been awarded a 4D seismic acquisition contract by ExxonMobil for work offshore Guyana. PGS will deploy a Titan class seismic acquisition vessel in the fourth quarter of 2021 with the acquisition slated for completion in the first quarter of 2022. President & CEO in PGS, Rune Olav Pedersen said: "We... Continue Reading →
UK-based engineering firm John Wood Group, also known as Wood, on Monday said it had reached agreements with authorities in the UK, Brazil, and the U.S. to resolve their respective bribery and corruption investigations into the past use of third parties in the legacy Amec Foster Wheeler business. The U.S. Department of Justice last week... Continue Reading →
