(PetroleoHoje) Petrobras will acquire up to 291.9 km of special flexible lines for the Buzios, Tupi, Sapinhoa, Atapu, Berbigao and Sururu fields, located in the Santos cluster. The oil company has launched a tender for the supply of the material, which will have to be non-susceptible to the phenomenon of SCC-CO2. The bidding will mark... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Received License to Begin Seismic Campaign in Tupi and Iracema Fields
(PN) Petrobras announced that it has received a license from the Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) for 3D seismic survey activity in the Tupi and Iracema fields, in the Santos Basin. The document will be valid for 1 year and 30 days. Data acquisition will be carried out by Shearwater Geoservices do Brasil. The... Continue Reading →
PGS begins major data reprocessing project offshore Nigeria
PGS has added 10,700 square kilometers of 3D MultiClient data to its data library coverage of the Niger Delta, kick-starting a major reprocessing project. According to PGS, this will be the cornerstone of a new regional-scale MegaSurveyPlus dataset for Nigeria, with the final data set to be ready in Q4 2022. The Nigeria MegaSurveyPlus covers... Continue Reading →
BW Ideol, Jera, ADEME Pen Investment Deal for Floating Wind Projects
BW Ideol, a company specializing in floating offshore wind solutions has signed an investment agreement with Japan's JERA, and France's ADEME Investissement to create an investment company for financing the co-development of offshore wind projects using BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology over the next 5 years. JERA is Japan’s largest utility company, and ADEME... Continue Reading →
AET Takes Delivery of New Shuttle Tanker for Shell Charter in Brazil
Tanker operator AET has taken delivers of Eagle Campos, the first of another three Suezmax Dynamic Positioning (DP2) Shuttle Tankers purpose built for long-term charter to Brazil Shipping I Limited, a subsidiary of Shell. Shuttle tankers are used for the offloading and transporting oil from offshore oil installations. AET struck a deal with Shell in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Launches RES20 Program Enabling to Recover 20 Billion boe by 2030
Petrobras created the RES20 program, enabling to recover up to 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) in its operational fields by 2030. The program was created with a focus on the incorporation of new reserves and targets the main oil fields of the company. To date, in nearly seven decades of the company's operations... Continue Reading →
Kites powered by offshore wind preparing for lift-off
Tech startup Hydro Wind Energy is in the process of developing scaled prototypes of high-altitude kites powered by offshore wind with the goal to ”disrupt global energy and desalination markets”. The technologies for power generation and energy storage, OceanHydro Wind, and water desalination, SubSea RO Wind, are powered by high-altitude, ocean-based kites and vertical axis wind rotors rather... Continue Reading →
Hexicon forms floating JV in Italy
(RE) Hexicon has teamed up with Avapa Energy to form a joint venture in Italy to develop floating wind projects in Italian waters. AvenHexicon is a 50:50 JV, which will have Hexicon license its patented technology for use in projects and for use by third parties. Hexicon said it has been looking for a partner... Continue Reading →
Interview: André Lima Cordeiro, Executive Manager, Subsea Systems, Petrobras
Brazil has always pushed the boundaries of deepwater exploration and production – and it’s still doing so today. With some of the world’s largest deepwater reservoirs, that are often complex in themselves, it’s had to come up with new solutions. Elaine Maslin found out more from André Lima Cordeiro. (OE) Petrobras has often led the... Continue Reading →
Reducing Risk Across the Lifecycle of Floating Production Assets
Using digital transformation to mitigate risks and increase performance of offshore rigs(OE) Floating production storage and offload vessels (FPSOs) are among the largest investment trade-offs an oil and gas producer will make. On the one hand, these immense vessels offer the promise of exponentially increased production and storage flexibility over onshore counterparts. On the other,... Continue Reading →