TMC Compressors, a Norwegian supplier of compressed air systems for marine and offshore use, has been contracted to supply a large marine compressed air system for Petrobras’ Mero 3 floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which will operate offshore Brazil. TMC Compressors reported on Wednesday that the marine compressed air system for the Mero 3 FPSO (Marechal... Continue Reading →
Offshore Renewable Energy: A Port Puzzle for Floating Offshore Wind
After being very much on the margins of the offshore wind industry, floating offshore wind now appears to be ready to hit the mainstream. With gigawatt scale developments already on the horizon, what will the infrastructure needed to build and support them look like? (OE) Over the past 12 months, the floating offshore wind sector... Continue Reading →
Stena Drilling mulls option to buy new drillship from Samsung Heavy
Aberdeen-based offshore drilling contractor Stena Drilling has revealed an agreement with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries related to an option to buy a newbuild drillship. Stena Drilling informed on Tuesday it had entered into a purchase option agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries for a drillship, giving Stena “the possibility to offer the market a state of... Continue Reading →
Thermoplastic Composite Pipes Could Transport Hydrogen from Offshore Wind Turbines
Offshore wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has signed a collaboration agreement with Strohm, a company specializing in Thermoplastic Composite Pipe (TCP) construction. The duo said Tuesday it planned to develop hydrogen transfer solutions that improve the decentralized green hydrogen concept, where green hydrogen is generated in each wind turbine generator and transported to shore... Continue Reading →
Skandi Neptune completes first stage of OBN campaign in Campos Basin
OF Subsea’s construction support vessel (CSV) Skandi Neptune has completed the first stage of the ocean bottom node (OBN) 4D seismic campaign on the Jubarte field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The vessel recently arrived in Rio de Janeiro after this first stage to undergo scheduled maintenance. The second phase of the project is set to... Continue Reading →
Oil CEOs urge caution over energy transition policy
(Reuters) - Top energy executives this week urged a more cautious transition of energy policy away from oil and gas, but a U.S. Energy Department official said the industry has a moral obligation to address climate change and the economic opportunity it represents. Executives from Saudi Aramco, Exxon Mobil and Chevron, speaking at the World... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Hires PGS for ‘Significant’ 4D Survey Offshore Brazil
Norwegian marine seismic data acquisition company PGS said Friday it was scheduled to start a significant 4D acquisition survey for Petrobras over the Roncador and Albacora Leste fields offshore Brazil in Q2 2022. The acquisition is expected to complete in Q3 2022. The contract was awarded earlier and is already included in PGS reported order... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil earmarks $15 billion for lower-emission spending over next six years
U.S. energy major ExxonMobil has finalized its corporate plans, which increase spending to $15 billion on greenhouse gas emission-reduction projects over the next six years while maintaining disciplined capital investments in its portfolio. Exxon has also increased its annual dividend payment for the 39th consecutive year. As explained by ExxonMobil on Wednesday, the plans support... Continue Reading →
PXGEO Completes 4D OBN Program for Petrobras in Brazil
Marine seismic contractor PXGEO has completed the Sapinhoa 4D Baseline ocean bottom node program in the deepwater Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, for the BMS-9 consortium, which is controlled by Petrobras. The four-month project, which used PXGEO's Manta OBN technology, was on time around the end of October 2021. "The PXGEO COVID-19 mitigation measures were fully... Continue Reading →
PETROBRAS CONFIRMS THAT FPSOS EXPECTED UNTIL 2025 ARE CONTRACTED
Petrobras' 2022-2026 strategic plan foresees 15 new FPSOs in six fields between 2022 and 2026. The director of production development, João Henrique Rittershaussen, highlighted that Petrobras will have under its operation approximately 50% of the FPSOs that will come into operation in the world in the next five years. Of the 15 planned units, 12... Continue Reading →