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TechnipFMC delivered the last of 127 wet Christmas trees (ANMs) contracted by Petrobras in 2012 for pre-salt projects, the company announced on social media on Monday (5/10). The $ 1.5 billion contract was signed with FMC Technologies, which merged with Technip in 2017. Source: PetroleoHoje
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes has launched a vessel-deployed subsea wellhead cutting system called the Terminator. In what Baker Hughes says is "a first-of-its-kind mechanical wellhead removal method", the Terminator system has already been used to cut a subsea wellhead from an abandoned exploration well owned by Wintershall DEA in Norway. Romain Chambault, Europe vice... Continue Reading →
C-Innovation, an affiliate of Edison Chouest Offshore, has acquired the controlling interest in Caltex Oil Tools. Houston-based company has a core management team with more than 65 years of experience in deep water, remote technologies and intervention solutions. The Caltex team should enable C-I to further expand its engineering and subsea service capabilities in order... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that the accumulated production of the Tupi field, located in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, approximately 230 km from the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, reached 2 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) on July, 2020, according to the Brazilian National Agency of Petroleum, Natural... Continue Reading →
OMNI Taxi Aéreo, one of the leading companies in the transportation of oil and gas in Brazil and part of the OMNI Helicopters International (OHI) group, becomes the first operator to introduce the H175 Helicopter in the country. The aircraft arrived this week in Brazil where it will carry out cargo and passenger transport missions.... Continue Reading →
Oilfield services giant Weatherford has entered a collaboration agreement with the automated well technology specialist with Safe Influx. The two companies say the collaboration would focus on revolutionizing well integrity during the construction phase by bringing to market the first-ever integration of Managed Pressure Drilling (MPD) solutions and Automated Well Control technology. "This unprecedented collaboration... Continue Reading →
Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, is working with FORSSEA Robotics, a startup specializing in smart robotics and visual positioning, and iXblue, a company recognized for its expertise in inertial navigation, subsea positioning and autonomous technologies – to develop a pipeline inspection solution combining subsea drones and the use of visual markers, removing... Continue Reading →
Oil major Shell and tech giant Microsoft are embarking on a new strategic alliance to support progress towards a world with net-zero emissions. Joining other oil majors like BP and Equinor, Shell revealed its plans to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050 or sooner back in April 2020. Shell and Microsoft said on Tuesday that... Continue Reading →
Efforts to increase remote capability often go hand in hand with increasing ROV residency. But exactly what form residency takes is diverging. Elaine Maslin takes a look. Dial back the clock five years and there was a movement towards an idea dubbed subsea resident remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). The idea, in simple terms, is that... Continue Reading →
September 18, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has launched two programs aimed at preparing its refining and natural gas activities for an open, competitive market and to transition into a low carbon economy. Biorefino 2030 forecasts projects for the generation of new, more modern and sustainable fuel, different than the current... Continue Reading →
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