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Feb. 3 (oilnow.gy) Data collected from new 3D marine seismic surveys across deepwater offshore blocks left unawarded or unresolved in Guyana’s first oil and gas auction will soon play a key role in establishing the country’s first Petroleum Data Repository. The Guyana government first signalled plans to operate a petroleum data repository in 2023, citing concerns that... Continue Reading →
Feb. 3 (TN) According to recent data released in the 2025 Production Consolidation Supplement of the ANP's Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin*, three FPSOs operated by MODEC are among the top 10 producers in Brazil. The FPSO Guanabara MV31 stood out as the leading oil and gas producer in 2025, maintaining the position it... Continue Reading →
Jan. 30 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana Limited continued exploration drilling at the Barreleye-3 well site on January 27, 2026, as it advances appraisal work in Guyana’s Stabroek Block. The operation is being carried out by the mobile offshore drilling unit Noble Don Taylor. Drilling is scheduled to conclude on February 8, 2026. The Barreleye-3 site lies... Continue Reading →
Jan. 30 (offhoreWind.biz) The US government’s offshore wind construction pause left a dent in GE Vernova’s numbers for the fourth quarter of 2025, which might get deeper if wind turbine works at the Vineyard Wind 1 site offshore Massachusetts are not completed according to the project’s current schedule. The US wind turbine manufacturer said on... Continue Reading →
The first wind turbine is now in place at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) site in the US. Jan. 30 ()offshoreWIND.biz) The 2.6 GW offshore wind farm, owned by Dominion Energy, will comprise 176 Siemens Gamesa 14 MW wind turbines and will be able to generate enough electricity to power over 900,000 homes once... Continue Reading →
Jan. 30 (brasilenergia.com.br) Petrobras launches tender for the supply of up to 518.3 km of flexible pipelines of the riser and flowline types. The bid also includes reel rental and area sharing agreement for reel and material storage, as well as supervision, assembly, engineering and logistics services. The tender is divided into two lots: the... Continue Reading →
Jan. 30 (OE) MODEC has signed a statement of strategic intent with Eld Energy and Delta Electronics to collaborate on the development of a solid oxide fuel cell power generation system for offshore and maritime applications, including floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units. The agreement, signed on January 29, 2026, sets out plans to... Continue Reading →
Jan 30 (OE) Equinor has exercised a one-year priced option for Seadrill’s ultra-deepwater drillship West Saturn for operations offshore Brazil. The exercised option adds $114 million to contract backlog and extends the original contract, which started in 2022, through October 2027. West Saturn is a seventh-generation drill ship, adapted for water depths up to 3,600... Continue Reading →
Jan. 29 (oilnow.gy) Drilling activity offshore Guyana has been extended through 2029 after ExxonMobil awarded Noble Corporation plc additional rig years under its Commercial Enabling Agreement. The award applies evenly across four drillships operating in Guyana — Noble Sam Croft, Noble Don Taylor, Noble Tom Madden and Noble Bob Douglas — and is part of a broader... Continue Reading →
Jan. 28 (TN) The Government of Sergipe, through the State Secretariat for Economic Development and Science and Technology (Sedetec), continues to closely monitor the progress of the ‘Sergipe Deepwater’ project (Seap), after the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) approved the development plan for deepwater fields in the state. The decision was... Continue Reading →
