Aug. 26 (PN) -The Buzios field, located in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin, set a new record for natural gas exports in July. During that period, the asset reached an average of 10.8 million cubic meters per day, underscoring the expansion of production destined for the Brazilian market and the operational reliability of... Continue Reading →
Sonardyne Expands SPRINT-Nav into Family of Navigation Products
Aug. 26 (OE) Sonardyne, a Kraken Robotics company, has expanded its industry-leading SPRINT-Nav technology into a complete, scalable family of underwater navigation systems for marine robots, built around a single shared architecture. For more than a decade, SPRINT-Nav has combined the key sensors needed for underwater navigation in a single pre-calibrated instrument. This has helped... Continue Reading →
Pemex and Petrobras Bet Big on High-Risk High-Reward Drilling Off Mexico
Aug. 23 (oilprice.com) Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex and Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras are joining efforts and expertise to drill prospects in Mexican waters in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to unlock huge oil resources from source rock formations that are miles deeper and eight times older than the currently producing formations in the... Continue Reading →
Everllence’s 175D Engines to Power Four Offshore Tugs Destined for Guyana
Aug. 20 (OE) Everllence has signed a contract with a Turkish shipyard within the high-speed segment. The contract comprises 16 × 175D gensets bound for 4 × Rampage 6000‑DE offshore terminal tugs designed by Robert Allen. These will be operated by Smit Lamnalco, a Boskalis company, in Guyana, South America to support an FPSO fleet... Continue Reading →
Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO reaches peak production in the pre-salt
Aug. 20 - Alexandre de Gusmão FPSO, the fifth to be installed in the Mero field in the Santos Basin pre-salt, reached peak production, at 180,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). Mero is the third largest producing field in Brazil, after Búzios and Tupi. “Each unit that reaches the maximum production level envisaged in the project not only contributes to the... Continue Reading →
Tupi asset reaches cumulative production of 4 billion barrels
Aug. 14 - The Tupi asset, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, has reached cumulative production of 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), becoming the first in the company's 73-year history to achieve this production volume. The first pre-salt system to begin commercial production, in 2010, it required the development of a new exploration model and pioneering... Continue Reading →
Proserv Accelerates Growth in Brazil Energy Sector Through Strategic Localisation
Aug. 11 - Aberdeen-headquartered Proserv, a global leader in controls technology, is accelerating its international growth with a strategic push into Brazil’s dynamic energy market; bringing proven expertise and high-value solutions directly to oil and gas operators seeking to optimize performance, reliability, and efficiency. This localisation marks a significant milestone in Proserv’s international growth strategy,... Continue Reading →
Dutch Project Produces First Green Hydrogen On North Sea Gas Platform
Aug. 11 (Forbes) An innovative pilot project in the Netherlands - focused on energy transition solutions - has reached a milestone moment of producing its first batch of green hydrogen on an active natural gas platform in the North Sea. The project - PosHYdon - led by a consortium of partners with support of the Dutch Ministry... Continue Reading →
How Engineers Are Reinventing the Wind Turbine
Aug. 9 (oilprice.com) To accelerate the global green transition, several energy companies are developing more durable and efficient renewable energy equipment, such as wind turbines and solar panels. This has been hugely successful in recent decades, with the creation of larger, stronger wind turbines and more efficient, resilient solar panels. As companies continue to improve... Continue Reading →
This Megaproject Could Keep Brazil’s Oil Boom Running Deep Into The 2030’s
Aug. 7 (oilprice.com) BP’s Bumerangue discovery is more than another giant Brazilian oil find: it could become the project that keeps both BP’s upstream portfolio and Brazil’s production boom alive well into the 2030s. With an estimated 2.5 billion barrels potentially recoverable and peak output that could reach 600,000 b/d, the ultra-deepwater development is large enough to... Continue Reading →