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(PetroleoHoje) Yinson has a great chance of winning the FPSO charter contract for the Parque das Baleias Integrated System, in case Petrobras chooses to proceed with the bidding. The group presented a daily fee of US $ 647,746, which is higher than the offer in the original bid, but still below the price projected by... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Borr Drilling is optimistic and encouraged by signs of shallow water rig market recovery amid strong tendering and contracting activity, clearly visible in the rig owner’s latest contract wins and extensions. The company and its Drilling JVs have been awarded 17 new contracts, extensions, exercised options, and LOAs/ LOIs from the start... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services provider Archer has received approval from a competition regulator in Norway for the acquisition of DeepWell. Following an offer letter from April 2021 to purchase 100 per cent of shares in DeepWell, Archer in early May signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire DeepWell based on an enterprise value of NOK 177 million on a debt... Continue Reading →
(TNPetroleo) Equinor Brasil Energia signed a contract for drilling in the Bacalhau field with Seadrill Management, subject to the final investment decision. The duration of the contract is four years, with start-up scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. The goal is to drill six wells until production begins in 2024. The contract also includes... Continue Reading →
(PetroNoticias) The week is coming to an end with a result long awaited by the Brazilian chain of offshore service providers. Petrobras opened the proposals of the companies that competed in the mega bid for the maintenance and repair of several platforms in the Campos Basin. The tender offered four lots with a reference budget... Continue Reading →
Following a significant contract win in Brazil, United Offshore Support GmbH (UOS) announced the expansion of its Americas business into Mexico. The Germany-based company recently secured a contract with ENI Mexico, part of Eni S.p.A, to provide drilling support for the Valaris 8505 semisubmersible rig. The 2010-built UT786CD design anchor handler G.H. Atlantis will perform... Continue Reading →
(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras received only one offer in the bidding for the chartering of the FPSO for the Integrated System of Parque das Baleias, a project located in the Campos Basin. Only Yinson presented an offer for the bid, held Wednesday. Although the commercial proposal has not yet been opened by Petrobras, it is taken for... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill Limited has elected a new CFO and a new COO as well as a new director to its board as the company prepares to take the next steps in its financial restructuring. Seadrill on Thursday announced the appointment of Grant Creed as Chief Financial Officer and Leif Nelson as Chief Operating Officer, both effective immediately.... Continue Reading →
Consulting organisation Crondall Energy has been awarded a technical consultant role on the SBM Offshore-owned Liza Unity FPSO destined for ExxonMobil’s project off Guyana. Crondall said on Tuesday it would be supporting MUFG Bank Ltd (MUFG) as lenders’ technical consultant for the Liza Unity FPSO project financing. MUFG is acting as a technical bank on... Continue Reading →
Marine seismic contractor Shearwater Geoservices has awarded subsea support vessel operator DOF Subsea contracts a vessel and an ROV contract for seismic support work in Brazil. DOF Subsea's Skandi Neptune vessel will support Shearwater's Ocean Bottom Node seismic campaigns on Petrobras' Jubarte, Tupi, and Iracema fields offshore Brazil. The Skandi Neptune, currently in Norway, is... Continue Reading →
