Chile's Underdeep Solutions has expanded its ROV Fleet with a third Seaeye Falcon ROV, to support its aquaculture work Underdeep’s latest Falcon is the second 1000m deep-rated version for the company, which specializes in fish farm inspection and support throughout Chile and the region. Underdeep's three Falcons are currently working at full capacity in the... Continue Reading →
Petronas Makes Its First Offshore Discovery in Suriname
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has made its first offshore discovery offshore Suriname. The company, as the operator of Block 52, said Friday the hydrocarbon discovery had been made while drilling the Sloanea-1 exploration well in the offshore block. The Sloanea-1 exploration well was successfully drilled to a total depth of 4,780 meters using... Continue Reading →
McDermott Nets pre-FEED Extension for BHP’s Trion Floater
Australian oil and gas firm BHP has awarded a contract to McDermott to carry out the preliminary Front-End Engineering Design (preFEED) extension phase for a Floating Production Unit (FPU) that could be installed at its Trion field offshore Mexico. The FPU would be installed in a water depth of around 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) at... Continue Reading →
Brazil’s fuel demand surpasses 2019 levels, with more growth for 2021
(Bloomberg) --Brazil is providing one of the few bright spots for oil demand outside of Asia with the coronavirus continuing to ravage the U.S. and Europe. Fuel consumption in Latin America’s largest economy has already surpassed pre-virus levels and is expected to be stronger than 2019 going into next year on the back of robust... Continue Reading →
Total Taps Norco for UPS, Battery Support on Offshore Angola FPSOs
French oil major Total has awarded a maintenance contract to energy storage equipment manufacturer and service provider Norco Group for its offshore assets in Angola. Norco Group will support Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems and standby battery equipment on Total's Angola’s assets in offshore Block 17. This includes the Dalia, Girassol, Pazflor, and CLOV FPSO... Continue Reading →
Maersk Drilling Names New CFO
Danish drilling contractor Maersk Drilling on Wednesday said its Board of Directors had appointed Christine Morris as the new Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and member of the Executive Management with effect from January 5, 2021. Morris' appointment comes after the current CFO Jesper Ridder Olsen said in July he'd leave to pursue another opportunity outside... Continue Reading →
Petrobras hires DOF anchor handler in Brazil
Norwegian offshore vessel owner DOF Group has won a contract award from the Brazilian oil giant Petrobras. DOF said on Wednesday that Petrobras had awarded a contract to its Skandi Rio vessel. The AHTS18000 Skandi Rio will support Petrobras’ exploration and production activities on the Brazilian continental shelf. The vessel is owned and operated by... Continue Reading →
Offshore helicopter traffic tumbles in 2020 but recovery in sight, Rystad says
Global demand for helicopter transport to offshore facilities plunged in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, a Rystad Energy report shows. According to Rystad’s report from Monday, the helicopter traffic was affected as non-critical maintenance crews were moved to shore and other non-essential operations at offshore facilities were preventatively deferred to reduce the risk... Continue Reading →
Eni and Saipem in push to reduce carbon footprint through new collaboration
Italian oil and gas giant Eni and oilfield services provider Saipem are entering into a collaboration for decarbonization projects in Italy in a push to reduce carbon intensity and achieve CO2 reduction targets. Eni’s CEO, Claudio Descalzi, and Saipem’s CEO, Stefano Cao, on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on the identification and engineering... Continue Reading →
MARKET REACTS WITH INDIGNATION PETROBRAS’ DECISION TO CANCEL TENDER A FEW DAYS BEFORE DELIVERY OF PROPOSALS
The decisions of Petrobras management, led by the current president Roberto Castello Branco, look like aimless ship. The biggest example of this was the cancellation of the tender, announced on Friday night , 25 days before the submission of proposals. The company decided to stop the development of the infrastructure adaptation project of the Monteiro... Continue Reading →