Mar 20, 2020 Despite the turbulent scenario, Petrobras kept schedule for receiving offers for a new Libra FPSO. SBM and Misc, belonging to the Petronas group, submitted bids for Petrobras' tender for the charter of the Mero 3 FPSO, which is scheduled to go into operation in 2023 in the Santos Basin pre salt. The... Continue Reading →
Saipem, Equinor Working on Floating Solar Panels
Italian oilfield services firm Saipem, and Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor are teaming up to develop a floating solar panel park solution for near coastal applications and rough weather conditions. According to a statement by Saipem, the technology will be based on the in-house developed concept by offshore rig designer Moss Maritime, part of... Continue Reading →
Total Buys 80% Stake in Floating Wind Project
French energy major Total said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement with renewables energy developer Simply Blue Energy to acquire 80% of the Erebus floating wind project in the Celtic Sea. Total, which did not disclose the value of the deal, has said it plans to invest up to $2 billion annually to... Continue Reading →
Lankhorst Deepwater Mooring Lines for Liza Unity FPSO
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 →
FPSO hull arrives in Brazil for module integration
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 →
Shell plans seismic on Saturno
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 to develop LNG import terminal in Brazil
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 →
Saipem decides to buy Solstad Offshore’s lay barge vessel
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 →
Connecting Completions – Deepwater Drilling
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 →
TechnipFMC spin-off put on hold over volatile market conditions
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 →
