TechnipFMC handed over the unit to Shell. Another six similar ones will be delivered to the Anglo-Dutch company by January 2022, and, like the first, will be manufactured at Rio Manufacturing Hub, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). How the equipment will be used in the Appomattox field, located in deep waters in the Gulf of... Continue Reading →
UK Fraud Office Secures Assets Linked to Brazilian Bribery Scandal
The UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it had secured just under 1.2 million pounds ($1.6 million) from a Brazilian national implicated in Brazil's "Operation Car Wash", the country's biggest bribery investigation that began in 2014. The SFO said it opened a civil recovery investigation into Julio Faerman in 2015 after the former... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on agreement with Sete Brasil
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on September 28, 2020, informs that its Executive Board approved a new change in the deadline for certain conditions set forth in the agreement signed with Sete Brasil to be implemented. Thus, the effectiveness of the agreement and of the other related contracts will... Continue Reading →
ABB’s Software for Project Aimed at Reducing Offshore Wind Farm Inspection Costs
ABB Marine & Ports has been selected as a technology partner for an EU project exploring the use of remote inspection and maintenance techniques for offshore wind farms. With funding from the biggest EU research and innovation program Horizon 2020, the project, named Atlantis, is targeting a more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable offshore ecosystem. The... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 drops to loss against a backdrop of sluggish activity
Subsea 7 slipped into the red in the third quarter 2020 on decline in activity in the sector and costs generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The engineering and construction specialist recognised quarterly net loss of $43 million, against profit of $42 million in Q3 2019. This brings losses since the start of the year to... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore picks LOC for marine warranty services on two FPSOs
Marine and engineering consulting firm LOC Group has been awarded new contracts with SBM Offshore to act as Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) on two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) projects. These SBM Offshore’s FPSOs will be deployed offshore Brazil and Guyana, LOC said in a statement on Thursday. LOC will provide MWS services for... Continue Reading →
DOF Subsea cuts third quarter loss
DOF Subsea has reported NOK 133 million loss in the third quarter of 2020, against NOK 1.1 billion in Q3 2019. The company generated operating revenue of NOK 1.2 billion, against NOK 1.15 billion same time last year. Revenue also includes cancellation fee of NOK 110 million for two long-term contracts that have been cancelled. Operating profit... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Raises Profit Guidance, Starts Work on Floating Wind Project
Oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore raised its full-year core profit guidance on Thursday on the back of a 23% increase in nine-month revenue and said it had started work on a pilot floating offshore wind project in France. The Dutch company, which supplies floating oil and gas production vessels, now expects 2020 earnings before interest,... Continue Reading →
Wärtsilä to Make CBO Flamengo Brazil’s First PSV Fitted with a Battery Pack
Brazilian offshore support vessel operator CBO has tasked maritime equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä, based in Finland, to convert one of its offshore vessels to operate with hybrid propulsion. The vessel selected for the upgrade is the 2012-built platform supply vessel CBO Flamengo. According to Wärtsilä, the CBO Flamengo will be the first vessel in Brazil and... Continue Reading →
Karoon renews contract for Brazilian FPSO
A joint venture between Brazil’s Ocyan and Altera Infrastructure (formerly Teekay) has been awarded a contract by Karoon for the charter of the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí, which is operating on the Baúna field offshore Brazil. As previously reported, Karoon has finally taken over the operatorship of the Baúna field, located in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil.... Continue Reading →