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May 29, 2020 The oil and gas market is having to deal with a new reality: cost reduction. With this in mind, Dutch SBM Offshore changed the way of contracting FPSO hulls from bilateral agreements to competitive bids. In the market, the comment is that the decision is a strategy to reduce spending on the... Continue Reading →
Allseas' giant Pioneering Spirit offshore construction and decommissioning vessel last week provided a stage for what is believed to be the Netherlands’ first drone to vessel delivery. Mobilizing in Rotterdam’s Alexiahaven for upcoming platform removal projects, the 382 meters long, 124 meters wide vessel last week received a special aerial package containing spare parts. Continue... Continue Reading →
May 25, 2020 The BNDES is proposing a discussion on business models that make the investment in infrastructure for the disposal of natural gas produced in the pre-salt possible, and one of the ideas is the development of an intermediate market for operators of the routes that connect the offshore fields to the market, on... Continue Reading →
The White House on Sunday said it was restricting travel from Brazil to the United States, two days after the South American nation became the world’s No. 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases. The travel ban was a blow to right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has followed the example of U.S. President Donald Trump in... Continue Reading →
The Covid-19 pandemic and the price crisis it has brought upon the oil and gas sector have hit the profitability of exploration and production (E&P) companies hard, energy intelligence firm Rystad Energy has said. Despite the recent relative oil price recovery, dozens of U.S. operators are still threatened by bankruptcies even at a WTI oil... Continue Reading →
Offshore classification company ABS has launch what it says is industry’s most comprehensive support package for offshore operators in Brazil’s complex regulatory environment, with a detailed technical advisory and two new notations. The ABS Practical Considerations for Regulatory Compliance in Brazil provides detailed guidance on navigating the unique regulatory environment in Brazil, ABS said. Continue... Continue Reading →
German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea reported a sharp drop in earnings in the first quarter of 2020, prompting it to cut costs and reduce oil and gas exploration. Production amounted to 626,000 barrel of oil equivalent per day (mboe/d) in Jan-March, unchanged from the same 2019 period, the company said in a statement... Continue Reading →
Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas has completed the farm-down of a 50% stake in an offshore Suriname block to a subsidiary of ExxonMobil. The offshore block, known as Block 52, is located north of the coast of Paramaribo, Suriname’s capital city, and is situated in the prospective Suriname-Guyana basin where several major hydrocarbon discoveries... Continue Reading →
MAY 14, 2020 Vallourec Brasil managed to extend its contract with Equinor until March 2024, in addition to expanding the scope of the agreement with the Norwegian oil company. With the new arrangement, the company will supply new products in the line of seamless steel pipes and OCTG fittings used in operations in Brazil. In... Continue Reading →
May 13, 2020 Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras reports that it has started the opportunity disclosure stage (teaser), regarding the sale of four termal power plants, which three are located in Camaçari-BA (UTEs Polo Camaçari) of fuel oil, and one is located in Canoas-RS (UTE Canoas), of biofuel (diesel or natural gas). The teasers, which... Continue Reading →
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