(OE) Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has signed an agreement to acquire Havfram, an offshore wind installation contract based in Norway, in a deal worth $985.5 million. The strategic acquisition aligns with DEME's ambition to expand its footprint in the offshore wind energy market and enhances its competitive positioning in turbine and foundation installations.... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore signs US$400 million Sale and Leaseback agreement for FPSO Cidade de Paraty
SBM Offshore has signed a non-recourse sale and leaseback financing agreement for Cidade de Paraty floating, production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, for the total amount of $400 million and with a tenor of eight years. The transaction is expected to be completed before the end of April 2025, following the fulfillment of certain closing... Continue Reading →
Hanwha Ocean Marks Entry into Brazil Deepwater Drilling Market with First Drillship
(OE) Hanwha Ocean has held a naming ceremony for its high specification ultra-deepwater drillship Tidal Action, signaling its official entry into the deepwater drilling industry. The Tidal Action is built on Hanwha Ocean’s proprietary design and is capable of drilling at depths of up to 12 kilometers in waters as deep as 3.6 kilometers. The... Continue Reading →
Shell Hires Stena Drillship for Job Offshore Suriname
(OE) Shell, through its subsidiaries, has awarded a contract to Stena Drilling for the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Stena DrillMAX, which will be put to work offshore Suriname. KE STP Company and BG International Limited Suriname Branch, subsidiaries of Shell, have selected Stena DrillMAX for a drilling campaign, expected to start in the second... Continue Reading →
TGS Gets Shallow-Water OBN Job off Trinidad
(OE) Norwegian seismic firm TGS has secured a shallow-water ocean bottom node (OBN) acquisition contract offshore Trinidad. The 3D baseline contract is scheduled to begin in early third quarter of 2025. The total duration of the survey is approximately 80 days. "Our OBN technology continues to be the preferred choice of the industry and exposes... Continue Reading →
Ocyan announces new president
Ocyan announced Rodrigo Lemos as the company's president, succeeding Luiz Reis. Before assuming the new position, Lemos served as executive vice president of Subsea and Offshore Production. The transition was planned over the last few months to ensure continued growth of the company, with a focus on safety, profitability and customer service. Luiz Reis will... Continue Reading →
Karoon resumes production at the Bauna Field in the Santos Basin
Karoon announced the resumption of operations at the Baúna field in the Santos Basin, after a shutdown that began in early March. In addition, the company also said that it successfully completed the intervention and resumption of production at the SPS-88 well. Thus, production at the field reached 26,500 barrels per day, a level higher... Continue Reading →
BW Offshore’s arbitration saga with Brazilian firm ends in settlement
(offshore-energy.biz) Norwegian FPSO operator BW Offshore has reached a settlement with Brazil’s Prio Comercializadora, previously known as Petro Rio O&G Exploração e Produção de Petróleo, over a dispute concerning a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel. As disclosed by the Norwegian player, the arbitration was agreed to be fully and finally settled before London’s... Continue Reading →
Portugal’s EDPR to auction 90 new wind turbines after pulling out of Colombia project: auctioneer
(Reuters) - Portugal's EDP Renovaveis will offer 90 new wind turbines at auction after pulling out of major Colombia wind energy projects, the website of industrial equipment auctioneer Escrapalia showed on Tuesday. The Vestas V162-5.6 MW turbines will be sold in an online auction, Escrapalia said. EDPR, the world's fourth-largest wind power producer, posted an unexpected net... Continue Reading →
Brazilian FPSO on track to change hands by month end
(offshore-energy.biz) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy is moving forward with the acquisition of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is deployed on its project off the coast of Brazil. Once the firm takes over the ownership of the unit from the FPSO’s current owner and operator, Altera & Ocyan (A&O),... Continue Reading →