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Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner Solstad offshore has secured several contract extensions with oil companies Total and Equinor in Brazil. France's Total has extended the contracts for the platform supply vessel Normand Swift and the AHTS vessel Far Sagaris until December 2020. Tge vessels will be used to support Total’s activities in the Lapa field... Continue Reading →
Seismic surveyor TGS, a supplier of geological data to the global oil industry, on Thursday said it had made an unsolicited cash offer of $600 million for a key part of rival PGS. If successful, the offer to buy PGS's so-called multi-client library would significantly broaden TGS's worldwide geophysical data offering, the company said. Continue... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation has won a six-month contract for its Noble Sam Croft drillship with ExxonMobil in Guyana. Noble shared the news as part of its 2Q results presentation in which it posted a loss of $42 million. The drilling company, which last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said Wednesday ExxonMobil had awarded... Continue Reading →
Malaysian FPSO provider Yinson has awarded Royal IHC a contract for the supply of a tandem mooring and offloading system and a riser pull-in system for the Anna Nery FPSO. Royal IHC said that the equipment would be placed onto the Anna Nery floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel on behalf of Yinson. Continue... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Vantage Drilling reported a net loss attributable to controlling interest of approximately $31.9 million for the second quarter of 2020. For comparison, Vantage Drilling's 2Q income last year was $590 million, however, this result was mainly due to Vantage receiving around $700 million from Petrobras as part of an arbitration award over... Continue Reading →
On target despite global disruption August 6, 2020 Highlights Effective response to COVID-19 and oil price crises Successfully maintaining focus on health and safety of staff and business continuity Adapting the organization to ensure flexibility, performance and competitiveness Financial results in line with expectation 2020 Directional1 EBITDA guidance increased from “around” to “above” US$900 million... Continue Reading →
August 5, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports that the platforms (P-74, P-75, P-76 and P-77) installed in the Búzios field, in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached new monthly production records in July, of 615,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) and 765,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed). The Búzios field, discovered... Continue Reading →
UK-based offshore energy equipment maker Subsea Energy Solutions is expanding into Brazil following signing a sales agreement with Marine and Offshore Partners. Subsea Energy Solutions said Wednesday that Rio-based M&O Partners would help it develop new relationships and business development with multinational operators such as Petrobras. Continue reading
Norwegian seismic data provider TGS on Friday announced a return to Argentina to complete the previously announced 17,800 square kilometer Malvinas 3D Multi-Client survey. The acquisition is set to restart in Q4 2020 on what TGS said was a "highly- funded survey." TGS further said the survey would continue to grow the 3D library in... Continue Reading →
Aug 4, 2020 Belov Engenharia ordered from the Swedish giant Saab four Leopard work vehicles that will operate in Petrobras' operations in Brazil. The order was booked in the second quarter of 2020. Leopard is a vehicle developed by Saab Seaeye, Saab's underwater robotics division, which is half the size of hydraulic equipment with the... Continue Reading →
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