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(TN) According to recent data released in the Oil and Natural Gas Production Bulletin of the National Petroleum Agency (ANP), four FPSOs operated by MODEC are among the 10 largest producers in Brazil. The FPSO Guanabara MV31 stood out as the main oil and gas producer in 2024, maintaining the position it achieved in 2023.... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) UK-headquartered and AIM-listed company Afentra has confirmed that hydrocarbon production from a block off the coast of Angola has been offset by a growth in reserves based on the latest Competent Person’s Report (CPR) for Block 3/05, conducted by ERC Equipoise (ERCE). Following its entrance into Angola in May 2023, the company disclosed a sale and purchase agreement (SPA)... Continue Reading →
(OE) Offshore accommodation rig provider Prosafe has signed an agreement with an undisclosed party for the sale of its Safe Concordia semi-submersible flotel. Prosafe signed the deal through its wholly-owned subsidiary for the gross price of $5 million before commissions and expenses. The vessel is expected to be delivered to its new owner upon completion... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) The fourth floating production facility to be operated by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana has departed from Singapore on its route to the South American country's waters, according to a company executive and LSEG vessel tracking data seen on Tuesday. Once the floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is installed,... Continue Reading →
(offshreWIND.biz) The sea trials have commenced and are in progress for Charybdis, the first Jones Act-compliant wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), built in the US. Under construction at Seatrium’s AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, the vessel also recently completed the jacking trial and main crane load testing. Commissioned by Dominion Energy, the vessel is 96 per... Continue Reading →
(OE) Floating production solutions specialist Amplus Energy Services has signed an agreement with Altera Infrastructure to acquire the Petrojarl I floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which recently completed its deployment at Petrobras’ Atlanta field offshore Brazil. The acquisition marks Amplus' initial vessel ownership, positioning the company to expand this strategy and meet growing... Continue Reading →
(PN) DHC Brasil announced that it has signed five new contracts for the provision of offshore air transportation services in the Campos and Santos Basins. Scheduled to begin this year, the new five-year agreements will allow CHC to operate four more AW139s and one additional S-92A helicopters in Brazil. “We have supported Petrobras since 1990,... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to reach a production of 1.5 million barrels of oil per day in the Búzios field in the near future. The information was given by the CEO of the state-owned company, Magda Chambriard, during a Transpetro event. According to her, the increase in production will be supported by a robust hiring of support... Continue Reading →
(OE) SBM Offshore and Petrobras have signed an agreement to study the application of carbon capture modules on floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units. The module design is based on an engineering and design study between SBM Offshore and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), qualified by DNV. It is based on a combination of MHI’s... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has signed two Protocols of Intent to carry out studies on the reuse of oil and gas production platforms that are in the demobilization stage. In the first agreement, in addition to Petrobras, the National Union of the Shipbuilding and Offshore Repair Industry (SINAVAL) and the Brazilian... Continue Reading →
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