Japan’s floating solutions provider MODEC has started the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) work on the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel set for the Bacalhau field. MODEC said via social media channels on Monday that the company would proceed with EPCI work on the Bacalhau FPSO. The company added that it would... Continue Reading →
C-Innovation Wraps Guyana Survey Remotely from U.S. HQ
C-Innovation, LLC (C-I), an Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate, said on Monday that it has completed its first remote survey scope in Guyana. Remote survey operations are based in C-I’s headquarters in Mandeville, Louisiana, U.S., and conducted by C-Survey (C-S), an internal division of C-I. "This type of survey services enables C-S to be fully operational... Continue Reading →
Petrobras orders $2.3 billion FPSO from Saipem and Korea’s DSME
Brazilian oil and gas major Petrobras has signed a contract with a joint venture formed by Saipem and DSME in the amount of $2.3 billion for the supply of P-79, the eighth unit to be installed in Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt area. With a capacity to process 180,000 barrels of oil per... Continue Reading →
Seabed Geosolutions Receives LOA for Americas OBN Survey
Fugro's soon-to-be-sold marine seismic acquisition subsidiary Seabed Geosolutions has received a conditional Letter of Award (LOA) from an undisclosed company for an ocean bottom node (OBN) project in the Americas region. The project is anticipated to start in the fourth quarter of 2021 after the completion of the current crew commitment in Brazil, extending the... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Set to Start Sapinhoá Field OBN Survey
Brazilian oil firm Petrobras is set to kick off the first of the two seismic acquisitions of the Sapinhoá field monitoring project, in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. "Seismic acquisition is an important tool for managing the deposit (reservoirs) and optimizing production systems, seeking to maximize the value of the assets by... Continue Reading →
Air Products, Baker Hughes to collaborate on global H2 projects
(H2Tech) Air Products and Baker Hughes are collaborating to develop next-generation hydrogen compression to lower the cost of production and accelerate the adoption of hydrogen as a zero-carbon fuel. As part of the collaboration, Baker Hughes will provide Air Products with advanced hydrogen compression and gas turbine technology for global projects, including NovaLT16 turbines for Air Products’... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil cheers fresh discovery off Guyana
Oil major ExxonMobil has made a new discovery at Longtail-3 well located in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, using the Stena DrillMAX drillship. Drilling at Longtail-3 encountered 230 feet (70 meters) of net pay, including newly identified, high-quality hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs below the original Longtail-1 discovery intervals, according to ExxonMobil’s statement on Wednesday. The well is... Continue Reading →
PGS wraps up 3D data revitalization at Bauna field
Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has revitalized 3D data over the Bauna field in southwest Santos Basin and its surrounding area offshore Brazil. This preprocessed dataset is now available for evaluation of blocks for Brazil’s upcoming Permanent Offer Round. The data rejuvenation of legacy survey BM-S-40 started from field tapes and applied the latest workflow for data... Continue Reading →
Aker Solutions Awarded ‘Large’ Subsea Service Deal with Petrobras
Norway's Aker Solutions has signed "a large" framework agreement with Petrobras to provide subsea lifecycle services for Petrobras-operated oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. The agreement has a fixed period of three years and includes an option to extend the contract for two additional years. Aker Solutions defines a large contract as being between NOK... Continue Reading →
Offshore Wind Could Produce Affordable Hydrogen by 2035 , Siemens Gamesa says
Wind power could make it possible to produce hydrogen without emitting greenhouse gases as cheaply as is currently feasible with fossil fuel energy by 2030, turbine maker Siemens Gamesa said in a white paper released on Wednesday. Policymakers see green hydrogen, which is made with renewable power without emitting carbon, as a vital tool to... Continue Reading →