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There’s a shake-up happening in the pipeline inspections business. More evolved remotely operated vehicles (ROV), digital aspirations and unmanned surface vessels (USV) are driving a new era of data acquisition and deliverables. It’s offering something of a revolution in the amount of new insights that operators can acquire on their pipelines, while reducing offshore campaign... Continue Reading →
InterMoor has started working on a chain inspection job offshore Brazil, in partnership with 3 other Acteon Group sister companies. The team will inspect the mooring lines of six FPSOs. The project consists in performing full inspection on all mooring lines, an equivalent of 28km of chain/polyester. Continue reading
Jan 17, 2020 The ANP approved the resolution that deals with the procedures to control oil and natural gas burns and losses in E&P activities. The regulation revises ANP Ordinance No. 249/2000 and includes definitions of cases classified as ordinary burns, exempt from prior authorization, and procedures for authorization and validation of extraordinary burns. The... Continue Reading →
Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has installed the Peregrino C platform on the Peregrino field located offshore Brazil ahead of productio startup planned for later this year. Equinor, the operator of the Peregrino field, on Friday launched a video with highlights from the installation of the platform’s two largest modules – the main support... Continue Reading →
JANUARY 14, 2020 (Reuters) - With an eye on the growth potential of Brazil's oil industry with the pre-salt, Japanese giant Modec will seek to win at least one or two major platform charter contracts a year in the country, where it bets on technological development to stand out from international rivals. In an interview... Continue Reading →
Jan 13, 2020 Wind energy is one of the most studied topics in the renewable energy ecosystem. In recent decades, the focus has been on various aspects of land wind turbine modeling and analysis. Especially in Brazil, wind energy has a huge potential that has been researched in recent studies. Led by Professor Alexandre Simos,... Continue Reading →
In surfing, reading the environment and anticipating a wave from a small lump on the horizon can be difficult, but rewarding. This is what SBM Offshore, a Dutch-based FPSO industry specialist which has been building floating production units for 60 years, had done when after a rather dry period for FPSO orders it ordered an... Continue Reading →
As drilling costs keep coming down for land-based wells in unconventional plays, offshore drillers face increased pressure to lower their costs. A key focus area: maintenance budgets for marine drilling risers. Instead of the traditional five-year, calendar-based inspection interval for risers, can drillers use a condition-based monitoring (CBM) methodology to extend the interval to beyond... Continue Reading →
Just a few days after making history with producing Guyana’s first ever oil at its Liza offshore field, ExxonMobil has announced another oil discovery near the field. The U.S. major on Monday said it made an oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Mako-1 well southeast of the Liza field, marking the 15th discovery on the... Continue Reading →
December 19, 2019 Royalties are the most traditional form of taxation of mineral resources in the world. It is compensation for the exploitation of a mineral resource designed to ensure that future generations enjoy the benefits that exploitation of the non-renewable natural resource provides to the current generation. In the Brazilian case, according to Law... Continue Reading →
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