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(PN) Recently, Petrobras began drilling a new well in the Buzios Field, in a water depth of 1,939 meters, using the Carolina drillship. The information was made available by the National Petroleum Agency (ANP). The new well was given the technical name 9-BUZ-99D-RJS. The nomenclature beginning with the number 9 indicates that this is a... Continue Reading →
The FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias (Mero 3) began producing oil and gas this Wednesday, October 30, in the Mero field, Libra block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The unit has the capacity to produce up to 180 thousand barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas,... Continue Reading →
(OM) The Woods Hole Group says it has three DeepCLiDAR buoy systems ready for deployment to conduct wind resource assessments, metocean and marine environmental measurements. It also reports that additional buoys are under construction. With the Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 11 in the US Gulf of Maine Outer Continental Shelf scheduled for Oct. 29, 2024,... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a substantial1 contract by Ørsted for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Seaway7’s scope of work covers the transportation and installation (T&I) of... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) TechnipFMC reported third-quarter 2024 revenues of US$2,348.4 million, with a net income of US$274.6 million, or US$0.63 per diluted share. Adjusted net income, which accounts for after-tax charges, was US$280.5 million, or US$0.64 per share. Key factors impacting adjusted net income included a US$60.6 million non-cash tax benefit and an $8.4 million after-tax foreign... Continue Reading →
(TN) Omni Táxi Aéreo, an affiliate of the Omni Helicopters International (OHI) Group, has been selected by Equinor Brasil to operate a new contract, providing aerial support for offshore activities in the Bacalhau field, located in the Santos Basin. The region, which is currently under development, will receive one of the largest FPSOs in the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Energy technology company Baker Hughes has signed ‘significant’ contracts with Petrobras to provide flexible pipe systems that will be deployed across several oil and gas fields offshore Brazil. Baker Hughes will provide 77 km of flexible pipe systems, including includes risers and flowlines for hydrocarbon production and associated gas and water injection with support... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy)Guyana is set to witness the startup of its fourth oil development, Yellowtail—one of the largest investments ever made in the country. Priced at US$10 billion, this project is spearheaded by ExxonMobil and its Stabroek Block partners Hess and CNOOC. The Yellowtail project will feature the ONE GUYANA floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel,... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) SBM Offshore’s Chief Executive Officer, Øivind Tangen confirmed that the upcoming Jaguar floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) will be executed with the same team and expertise that handled the Liza Unity FPSO. “We inherently bring all the learnings from [Liza] Unity and the execution of [Liza] Unity into that project,” said Tangen said in an... Continue Reading →
Japan’s Modec has made further progress in the construction of a hull for a floating production, storage and offloading unit (FPSO) that will be deployed at ExxonMobil’s fifth oil development in the Stabroek block, offshore Guyana. The company announced the completion of the hull assembly of the FPSO Errea Wittu, 40 days ahead of schedule.... Continue Reading →
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