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Oilfield services companies have collectively lost almost half of their market capitalization, hit by the combination of the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, with offshore drillers, in particular, the most affected, Norway's Rystad Energy has said in its analysis released on Friday. "It is widely acknowledged that the oilfield services sector (OFS) is the... Continue Reading →
The enormous potential that offshore wind energy may be able to offer has been making headlines around the world. In late 2019 the Norwegian energy giant Equinor confirmed that its massive investment in the 88 MW Hywind Tampen Offshore Floating Wind (OFW) farm was going ahead. A few days later the International Energy Agency, IEA,... Continue Reading →
Press Release Swedish floating windfarm developer Hexicon AB announced it has agreed to join forces with the leading South African wind developer Genesis Eco-Energy Developments in order to explore the development of offshore wind. The development programme will be driven via a joint venture company in South Africa that will be named GenesisHexicon (Pty) Ltd.... Continue Reading →
In Brazil, where the company's Safe Notos and Safe Eurus are on contracts with Petrobras, the Brazilian oil company in April asked Prosafe for a suspension of the contract for a period of up to 120 days "during which period all logistical services, fuel, and catering support will continue to be provided by Petrobras, and... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore, one of the world's largest FPSO solutions providers, on Wednesday slightly reduced 2020 guidance due to uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the low oil price environment, but the CEO is optimistic the company will not just weather the storm, but come out stronger at the end. The company said it expected... Continue Reading →
Bureau Veritas (BV), a provider of testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) services, has formalized guidelines and a classification notation for floating, production, storage and offloading vessels (FPSOs) and floating production units (FPUs) designed for operation in Brazil’s deep waters. BV said on Thursday that the new class notation IVBS-BRA was an independent verification approach that... Continue Reading →
TGS saw profits slashed in the first quarter due to impairments and lower revenue amid challenging seismic market conditions. Norwegian seismic player reported net loss for the first quarter 2020 of $56 million, against $4 million profit same time last year. Continue reading
Yard workforce employed by Singapore’s offshore builder Sembcorp Marine has been reduced from 20,000 to only 850 workers following movement restriction measures implemented due to the coronavirus pandemic. Sembcorp Marine has been adversely affected by the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic as lockdown measures have severely disrupted transportation, supply chains, manpower access and plant... Continue Reading →
May 11, 2020 The consortium Kerui Método sent a letter to its suppliers of the works of the Natural Gas Processing Unit (NGPU) at Comperj, saying that the Coronavirus Pandemic was hindering their cash flow and compromising payments. This letter was sent at the request of Petrobras itself, by the manager responsible, who was already... Continue Reading →
May 12, 2020 Shell moves forward with campaign in the area of production sharing in the Santos Basin pre-salt Shell started drilling its first well in Saturno, the Santos pre-salt area, which was acquired in the 5th Production Sharing Round in 2018. Well 1-SHEL-33-RJS, called Saturno 1, was drilled in a depth of 2.069 thousand... Continue Reading →
