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The FPSO Carioca will arrive in Brazil this week, according to Petrobras. The unit will be docked at the BRASFels shipyard in Angra dos Reis. There, the platform ship will go through the latest integration and commissioning activities before leaving for its final destination, the Sepia field, in the Santos Basin. The unit was built... Continue Reading →
After some postponements, Shell receives proposals for the chartering of the production unit of its project in the Santos Basin Modec and the BW Offshore / Saipem consortium submitted a technical proposal for Shell's bid for the chartering of the Gato do Mato FPSO. The delivery of commercial offers will only be delivered on March... Continue Reading →
A collaborative, green solution developed between COSL Drilling Europe, Kongsberg Maritime, and drilling equipment provider NOV is poised to generate environmental and financial savings in offshore drilling operations. COSL Drilling’s ‘Energy Control’ project has been launched as a means of simultaneously slashing greenhouse gas emissions and substantially lowering fuel and maintenance overheads on the company’s... Continue Reading →
TMC has won a contract to supply the marine compressed air system to the Bacalhau FPSO that Japan's MODEC is building for Equinor. The deal is one of TMC's biggest ever orders. TMC will supply the FPSO’s complete compressed air system consisting of several large offshore screw compressors, air dryers and filter systems, the company said,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras had its best operating performance in 2020, overcoming considerable challenges arising from the pandemic, contraction in global demand for fuels and low prices. We reached annual production records of 2.28 million barrels per day (MMbpb) of oil and NGL and 2.84 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMboed) of total production. Previous production... Continue Reading →
Petrobras opened today the envelopes with the proposals to build their own P-78 and P-79 FPSOs. The Keppel / Hyundai consortium presented the lowest price in Petrobras' bid for the construction of the P-78, the oil company's own FPSO that will be used in the Búzios project. Three Korean shipyards submitted proposals and participated in... Continue Reading →
Lenders of the troubled marine seismic contractor Polarcus, which last week took control of the company's vessel after a debt payment default, will sell Polarcus' vessels and all the employees will be let go. Banks last week tool control of Polarcus' subsidiaries that own seismic vessels, with the subsidiaries in question being Polarcus Asima AS,... Continue Reading →
Italian engineering and construction services firm Saipem has won a contract worth 460 million euros (around $556 million) to build and install foundations at a wind farm offshore France. The contract, awarded by Eoliennes Offshore du Calvados SAS (EODC) for the Courseulles-sur-Mer Offshore Wind Farm in Normandy, France, is subject to EODC reaching a final investment decision... Continue Reading →
Forbearance agreements entered into by offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited with certain creditors in respect of the group’s senior secured credit facility agreements have now expired. Seadrill said that the term of the forbearance agreements expired on 29 January 2021 and that the creditors with which forbearance agreements were entered into were no longer prevented... Continue Reading →
Seismic contractor PGS has completed GeoStreamer acquisition on 17th Round Blocks in Campos Basin offshore Brazil. Ramform Titan has surveyed additional open acreage to complete PGS coverage of the emerging plays of the outboard Campos Basin. This survey provides the first 3D seismic for Brazil’s 17th round, scheduled for October 2021. According to PGS, fast-track anisotropic... Continue Reading →
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