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OMNI Taxi Aéreo, one of the leading companies in the transportation of oil and gas in Brazil and part of the OMNI Helicopters International (OHI) group, becomes the first operator to introduce the H175 Helicopter in the country. The aircraft arrived this week in Brazil where it will carry out cargo and passenger transport missions.... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant Weatherford has entered a collaboration agreement with the automated well technology specialist with Safe Influx. The two companies say the collaboration would focus on revolutionizing well integrity during the construction phase by bringing to market the first-ever integration of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) solutions and Automated Well Control technology. "This unprecedented collaboration... Continue Reading →
Halliburton must conclude the integrated well construction contract for the development of Mero 2, a production sharing project, located in the Santos cluster. Halliburton presented the best price in the Petrobras bid, having started the process of direct negotiation of the conditions of the proposal with the bidding commission. Source: PetroleoHoje
Offshore marine services provider PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) has secured long-term charters for two of its offshore semi-submersible accommodation units – POSH Arcadia and POSH Xanadu – with Petrobras. The two flotels will provide maintenance and accommodation support for multiple Petrobras platforms and floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels in Brazil waters for... Continue Reading →
Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, is working with FORSSEA Robotics, a startup specializing in smart robotics and visual positioning, and iXblue, a company recognized for its expertise in inertial navigation, subsea positioning and autonomous technologies – to develop a pipeline inspection solution combining subsea drones and the use of visual markers, removing... Continue Reading →
Offshore drilling contractor Seadrill said Thursday its Brazilian subsidiary had been served with a search and seizure warrant in relation to a bribery investigation. "Seadrill Limited confirms that today its subsidiary Seadrill Serviços de Petroleo, Ltda was served with a search and seizure warrant from the Federal Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as part... Continue Reading →
For the first time, Operation Lava Jato investigates the Exploration and Production sector at Petrobras. The Federal Police carried out 25 search and seizure warrants in the 75th phase of the operation, named Boeman - a reference to the mythical creature from Holland popularly known as the bogeyman. Twenty warrants are being fulfilled in Rio... Continue Reading →
Siemens expects Siemens Energy to reach a market value of significantly more than 17 billion euros ($19.98 billion) when it floats on the Frankfurt stock exchange next week, a source close to the company said. The consensus forecasts for the value of the business, which makes gas and wind turbines, is 21 billion to 22... Continue Reading →
Oil major Shell and tech giant Microsoft are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. Joining other oil majors like BP and Equinor, Shell revealed its plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner back in April 2020. Shell and Microsoft said on Tuesday that... Continue Reading →
Efforts to increase remote capability often go hand in hand with increasing ROV residency. But exactly what form residency takes is diverging. Elaine Maslin takes a look. Dial back the clock five years and there was a movement towards an idea dubbed subsea resident remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The idea, in simple terms, is that... Continue Reading →
