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Jan. 13 (OE) Energy services firm EnerMech has secured a subsea pre-commissioning services contract by Saipem for the Whiptail development, offshore Guyana in the Stabroek Block, operated by ExxonMobil Guyana. The contract award marks EnerMech’s first project on the Whiptail field and builds on its proven track record supporting subsea pre-commissioning campaigns offshore Guyana, including... Continue Reading →
Dec 2 (Reuters) - Oil majors operating in Brazil have closed ranks to oppose a proposed merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, and antitrust agency Cade has asked the two firms to provide its probe with new data on Friday, public documents seen by Reuters show. The resulting new firm, to be called Saipem7, would have... Continue Reading →
Nov. 11 (offshore-energy.biz) How smarter ROV deployment starts with smarter, real-time sea state measurement. The deployment of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) is one of the most critical and riskiest activities in offshore operations. These subsea systems are essential for tasks such as inspections, repairs and construction in challenging underwater environments. But when it comes to... Continue Reading →
Oct. 17 (offshore-energy.biz) U.S. offshore engineering and construction firm McDermott has delivered its first subsea project in Angola, as part of which it worked for TotalEnergies on the Begonia field development. McDermott announced on October 16 the completion of engineering, procurement, construction, installation (EPCI), pre-commissioning and commissioning activities for the development located in Block 17/06,... Continue Reading →
Sept 23 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil, Brazilian state-run Petrobras and oil services provider TechnipFMC petitioned the country's antitrust regulator Cade to intervene in a merger between energy contractors Subsea7 and Saipem, public documents seen by Reuters show. In filings submitted on Thursday, the firms said the merger between Norway's Subsea7 and Italy's Saipem would bring a level of concentration... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) A flexible, large subsea construction vessel owned by Norwegian DOF Group has been contracted on a four-year term charter with Brazil’s oil & gas company Petrobras. Under the contract valued at approximately $165 million, Skandi Salvador will operate with two work-class remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and a subsea crane, with delivery expected in December.... Continue Reading →
Aug 11 (PN) Seagems completed the BRAVA Project, carried out in the Atlanta Field, in the Santos Basin. Signed in 2022, the contract included an EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Installation) campaign, developed in partnership with its shareholder Sapura Energy. The final phase began in April 2024, with the mobilization of the vessel Onix to... Continue Reading →
Portuguese company Mota-Engil announced that it has signed a new and important contract with Petrobras worth approximately R$1.56 billion (around 240 million euros). The agreement is estimated to last 60 months and involves a wide range of services related to the decommissioning of subsea assets in three oil fields in the Campos Basin: Marlim, Marlim... Continue Reading →
(OE) AIS Bardot, a supplier of subsea umbilicals, risers and flowlines, has secured a contract from Saipem for TotalEnergies’ Kamiho deepwater oil and gas project, off Angola. The contract is for the manufacture and supply of three complete hybrid riser lines of 100 meters each. The riser lines will be used to pump seawater to... Continue Reading →
(PN) OneSubsea and Petrobras will jointly develop an integrated umbilical model for subsea control, injection and monitoring, in line with the operator's strategic plan. To this end, the two companies announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding. The new solution, which will use proprietary OscilayTM technology, will enable the integration of the service line... Continue Reading →
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