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July 17, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 05/17/2019 and 06/21/2019, informs that, yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed the appeal filed by the company against the decision rendered by the Federal Court of Texas, on 05/17/2019, which confirmed the arbitration award... Continue Reading →
Jul 17, 2020 Petrobras requested a license from Ibama for the implementation of 12 FPSOs in the Santos Basin pre-salt and the reactivation of an FPSO in Mero (“FPSO Mero FR”). There are four new units for the Buzios field (Buzios FPSOs 9, 10, 11 and 12), in addition to the Sepia 2 FPSOs. Among... Continue Reading →
Danish offshore drilling company Maersk Drilling has recently upgraded its 2014-built Maersk Valiant ultra-deepwater drillship. While the Maersk Valiant was recently stacked offshore Port Fourchon the Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) system was upgraded by integrating the new BTR rotating control device (RCD) by Weatherford. Continue reading
Norwegian oil service providers Aker Solutions and Kvaerner, both controlled by Norwegian billionaire Kjell Inge Roekke, will merge to strengthen their base in the global energy industry, both companies said on Friday. Aker Solutions, which provides engineering services, and Kvaerner, which builds oil platforms, were hit when energy firms slashed spending as crude demand plunged... Continue Reading →
July 16, 2020 Petrobras will demobilize the FPSO Piranema Spirit, installed in the Piranema field, in Sergipe, in April 2021. The Brazilian oil company notified Altera Infrastructure (formerly Teekay Offshore) about the demobilization date about a month ago, in compliance with a contractual procedure that requires notice ten month prior notice. The demobilization of the... Continue Reading →
Energy industry analysts seem to agree that the future is bright, or at least brighter, when it comes to the contracting activity for the floating production systems, from 2021 onwards after COVID-19 and low oil prices hit the market in 2020. Norway's Rystad earlier this week said that, apart from the Sangomar FPSO ordered by... Continue Reading →
Marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has completed its survey project for ExxonMobil, within the enormous Stabroek block offshore Guyana where the oil giant has over the recent few years discovered more than 8 billion barrels of oil. The project, announced in February, involved acquiring high-resolution geophysical and geotechnical data through the simultaneous deployment of multiple Autonomous... Continue Reading →
July 14, 2020 Petrobras accepted only one proposal to adapt the gas submarine network of the project in the Campos Basin Mota Engil Engenharia was the only company to have a proposal accepted by Petrobras in the bid for the acquisition of goods and services to adapt the underwater gas network of Parque das Baleias.... Continue Reading →
Jul 15, 2020 The wet Christmas and tree suppliers are looking forward to it. Petrobras' supply teams are finalizing all the details to place on the market the bid for the purchase of 38 trees for the phases that will come in Campo de Buzios, in the Santos Basin. The winning company or the winning... Continue Reading →
Wood, the global engineering and consulting company, has successfully delivered preliminary engineering design services for gas network operator SGN’s candidate site at Machrihanish, on the west coast of Scotland, as part of its Hydrogen 100 (H100) project. The H100 demonstration project will initially aim to supply energy to homes in Fife, Scotland. When powered by... Continue Reading →
