Brought to you by Quest Offshore & Southern Cone Consultants
Nov. 12 (PN) Petrobras expects to add at least 520,000 barrels of oil per day to its production capacity by expanding the capacity of its existing FPSOs. According to the company’s CEO, Magda Chambriard, this strategy will allow for the acceleration of additional production by four years, while also avoiding an estimated $10 billion to... Continue Reading →
Nov. 11 (oilnow.gy) Japan’s MODEC earned more construction revenue from ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead project offshore Guyana in the first nine months of 2026, the company said in its November 10 investor presentation. Group revenue rose 10.1% to US$3.69 billion, while profit attributable to shareholders increased 24.8% to US$306.5 million. MODEC said revenue from Hammerhead and Shell’s... Continue Reading →
Nov. 8 (PN) On the eve of completing 50 years of production, the Campos Basin finds itself at a decisive juncture for its future within the Brazilian oil and gas industry. Responsible for more than half of all the oil ever produced in the country, the region is now grappling with the effects of field... Continue Reading →
Nov. 7 (offshore-energy.biz) Brazil’s state-owned energy giant Petrobras has secured approval in principle (AiP) from classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) concept, advancing a redevelopment plan that adapts the proven P-68 FPSO design to cut risk, cost, and delivery time in Brazil’s Santos Basin. Lloyd’s Register, which awarded... Continue Reading →
Nov. 5 (splash234.com) razil’s competition watchdog CADE has given conditional approval to the proposed merger between Italian offshore engineering giant Saipem and Norway’s Subsea 7, requiring the companies to sell a specialised pipelay vessel to address competition concerns. The Brazilian regulator approved the combination, which will create Saipem7, after the companies agreed to divest the... Continue Reading →
Nov. 3 (splash247.com) Norwegian floater specialist BW Offshore is planning to deploy two of the world’s largest floating wind turbines on its BW Ideol foundations after its Fram Wind Solutions joint venture secured NOK1.94bn ($210m) in state funding support. The 37 MW project will feature two 18.5MW turbines installed on BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool... Continue Reading →
Oct 23 (Reuters) - SLB beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Friday, supported by strong North American oilfield activity, while signaling recovery in parts of the Middle East following conflict-related disruptions. Repeated flare-ups in the US-Iran conflict, now in its eighth month, have pressured oilfield services companies with significant exposure to the region... Continue Reading →
Oct. 22 - Miros, the Norwegian specialist in radar-based real-time ocean surface measurement, has introduced a 3D vessel view providing crews and operators with a consolidated view of the accurately measured sea state surrounding their vessel. The new 3D interface in WaveSystem, a wave monitoring system for weather-critical offshore vessel operations, shows where each wave... Continue Reading →
Oct. 22 (OE) OneSubsea has completed a joint industry project in Brazil with TotalEnergies, Equinor, BP and Chevron to develop and qualify fully electric subsea production technologies for applications in water depths of up to 3,000 meters. The Brazil All-Electric Joint Industry Project (JIP), supported through the Brazilian National Petroleum Agency's (ANP) research and development... Continue Reading →
Oct. 21 (offshoreWIND.biz) Japanese construction company Kumagai Gumi has joined Saitec Offshore Technologies and Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO) in the DemoSATH floating wind project in Spain, with the partners extending the prototype’s operation at the BiMEP test site through 2027. Under a cooperation agreement, the partners will use the extended operating period for research,... Continue Reading →
