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French oil giant Total and its partner Apache said Thursday they'd made a new significant oil and gas discovery at the Keskesi East-1 well, in Block 58 off the coast of Suriname. This follows previous offshore discoveries in the Block at Maka Central, Sapakara West and Kwaskwasi prospects. Using the Noble Sam Croft drillship, the well... Continue Reading →
Norway-based risk management and quality assurance company DNV GL will change its name to DNV on March 1, 2021. The classification society, providing services to offshore and maritime industries, among others, has had the current name since the 2013 merger between DNV (Det Norske Veritas) and GL (Germanischer Lloyd). "The name simplification is a natural... Continue Reading →
Oil major ExxonMobil is preparing to drill an exploration well in waters offshore Brazil, using Seadrill’s West Saturn drillship. Petroleo Hoje, a Brazilian publisher specializing in oil and gas news, reported on Monday that ExxonMobil and Seadrill are preparing for the drilling campaign in the country and the West Saturn drillship is already located at... Continue Reading →
The Federal Police, in cooperation with the Federal Prosecutor's Office and the Federal Revenue Service, triggered this morning the 79th Phase of Operation Lava Jato, called “Vernissage”. About 70 federal police officers and 10 Internal Revenue Service auditors served 11 Search and Seizure warrants in Brasília / DF (2), São Luís / MA (3), Angra... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil and gas exploration seismic data company PGS has signed an agreement with Uruguay's state oil company ANCAP to reprocess over 11 000 km of existing 2D lines of various vintages, applying the latest seismic imaging techniques. "This rejuvenation will provide new, reprocessed 2D seismic that will tie with PGS’ existing 15 600 sq.... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas services provider Ocyan, formerly known as Odebrecht Oil & Gas, has been awarded a contract for an ultra-deepwater drillship by Petrobras for operations in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Ocyan said last week that the contract was awarded to the Norbe VIII drillship for a duration of 425 days. The contract was awarded... Continue Reading →
Franco-American oil services firm TechnipFMC Plc said on Thursday it resumed its plan to split itself into two, after delaying the move in March. The group, created nearly four years ago via the merger of Technip and FMC, had been planning to separate its engineering and construction activities from its upstream oil services business. However, it put the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas drilling company Constellation has won a long-term contract for its ultra-deepwater drillship Brava Star with the Brazilian oil firm Petrobras. Constellation said this week that the contract for the 2015-built Brava Star drillship was for 810 days and includes a termination for convenience after 180 days subject to a demobilization fee. ... Continue Reading →
This week Petrobras launched a bidding process for chartering one or more vessels for supply, towing and anchor handling (AHTS). The scope of the tender will be national and the deadline for sending proposals has already started. The opening of the bidders' envelopes is scheduled for January 27th. The contract term to be granted by... Continue Reading →
Taking the power to where you want it is another option – perhaps not for compression or pumping system, but potentially for monitoring, inspection, and even intervention systems, such as resident robotics concepts. It’s an idea some have been looking at, such as Ocean Power Technologies, which recently won a DeepStar project award to study... Continue Reading →
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