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Lankhorst Offshore reports it has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore to supply the deepwater mooring lines for the Liza Unity Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) for ExxonMobil’s Liza oil field offshore Guyana, South America. This follows the deployment of Lankhorst mooring lines for the Liza Destiny FPSO mooring system also in the... Continue Reading →
Brazilian oil and gas company Petrobras has informed that the hull of the FPSO P-71 has arrived from China to a Brazilian shipyard for integration with other modules. Petrobras said on Tuesday that the hull of the FPSO P-71 had arrived in Espírito Santo on March 16. The trip began on December 12, 2019, when... Continue Reading →
March 17, 2020 Oil company is hiring data acquisition company to carry out the activity in the Santos Basin Shell submitted a 3D seismic research project to Ibama to obtain exclusive data on the Saturno block, in the Santos Basin. The campaign will last 180 days and is scheduled for July 2021. The work will... Continue Reading →
Golar Power Ltd has signed a ‘protocol of intentions’ with the State Government of Pernambuco to develop an LNG import terminal in the Port of Suape, located in northeast Brazil. With operations scheduled to start in 2H20, the project includes infrastructure for the supply of natural gas and LNG to generate electricity, in addition to... Continue Reading →
Norwegian vessel owner Solstad Offshore has sold its DLB Norce Endeavour lay pipe barge to Italian oilfield contractor Saipem. Solstad said last Friday that the barge was sold to Saipem’s Portuguese subsidiary, Saipem Portugal Commercio Maritimo Limitada, which chartered the vessel in December 2019. The charter contract started in January 2020 with a firm duration until... Continue Reading →
Forewarned is forearmed, an adage that is particularly true when it comes to deepwater drilling. Offshore drillers are increasingly relying on existing and new downhole data technologies to make real-time decisions and keep operations safe. Multi-trip completions in offshore wells have long left operators in the dark about what was happening in the pay zone.... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services provider TechnipFMC has been forced to put off its planned separation into two independent entities amid challenging market conditions which have emerged recently, including the coronavirus outbreak, the sharp decline in oil prices, and the volatility in global equity markets. TechnipFMC announced its plan to separate into two independent, publicly-traded companies – TechnipFMC and Technip... Continue Reading →
Offshore engineering company expects to reduce mission-readiness time by 30% and training times by 20% through high fidelity, real-time 3D simulations. Houston-based Oceaneering International Inc. is a global leader in the subsea engineering and applied technology field, providing creative, robotics-driven solutions to technical challenges in some of the harshest environments known to man. Continue reading
March 13, 2020 Due to several questions recently received, the ANP clarifies that the certification of local content in items classified as material is prohibited by article 12 of ANP Resolution No. 19/2013 - except when it comes to an acquisition carried out directly by an exploration contract operator and production or when the materials... Continue Reading →
Malaysia’s Sapura Energy has completed the installation of a satellite platform topside offshore Mexico, as part of Hokchi Energy's Hokchi field development. In a post on social media on Friday, Sapura Energy said it successfully lifted and set down the Hokchi Satellite Platform topside, weighing approximately 1,730MT in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading
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