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Sept 3, 2020 Petrobras in talks with companies that presented lower prices in the bidding. Solstad Offshore presented the lowest price in a bid by Petrobras to hire a vessel to support the operations of underwater robots (RSV). The company offered a daily fee of US $ 53,884.72 with Far Saga, surpassing the proposal presented... Continue Reading →
TOTAL's announcement with Green Investment Group yesterday about Floating wind in South Korea is an important milestone in offshore wind energy and towards accelerated momentum in the Floating wind segment. Quest Floating Wind Energy's Q Vision illustrates a $35 billion Total Addressable Market in CapEx for the Asia Pacific region with South Korea now leading...... Continue Reading →
Sept 3, 2020 ExxonMobil signed a contract with C-Innovation, a company of the Edison Chouest Offshore group, for the chartering of an ROV capable of operating in water depths of up to 4 thousand m. The deal is aimed at the exploratory campaign that will be carried out in Brazil, in early 2021, with the... Continue Reading →
Sept 3, 2020 The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, said on Wednesday (2) that Brazil will be able to dispose of the total production planned for pre-salt gas for the next six years, with the forecast for the start-up of the Route 3 at the beginning of 2021. The Petrobras project is the... Continue Reading →
Sept 3, 2020 Today Petrobras starts receiving proposals from companies interested in providing support with contract management and inspection services for the Buzios 5 Project. What is being put on the table is a kind of "mother contract" or "backbone", as they say in the market, encompassing all the administrative and technical support of the... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Dolphin Drilling has been awarded an $83 million worth contract with Mexican operator Pemex. Dolphin Drilling said on Tuesday that the deal will see its Blackford Dolphin rig utilised in Mexico for the duration of the work. Drilling operations are expected to last around 15 months. Continue reading
Offshore helicopter operator Bristow Group will rename its Aeróleo division in Brazil to Bristow and remain focused on its support of the oil and gas industry and other vertical lift solutions. Aeróleo was an Era Group company and Bristow merged with Era, creating a new helicopter giant, back in June 2020. Continue reading
Offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling said Tuesday that oil company Tullow had hired one of its drillships for drilling offshore Suriname. Tullow Oil has hired the Stena Forth drillship and will use it to drill one well in Block 47, located approximately 260 km north of the coast of Suriname. Continue reading
China's Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS) shipyard has delivered another Guyana-bound FPSO hull for the Dutch FPSO specialist SBM Offshore. Following the delivery of the Liza Unity hull in late 2019, SWS on Monday delivered the Liza Prosperity hull, the second hull built under SBM Offshore's Fast4Ward standardized-FPSO-hull program. The construction of the FPSO Prosperity hull started... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling rig contractor Seadrill said on Monday it has proposed to creditors to turn over its stakes in oil services firms Archer and Seadrill Seabras to redeem its outstanding secured notes. The company controlled by Norwegian-born billionaire John Fredriksen has been in talks with creditors since the end of last year over new debt... Continue Reading →
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