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(PetroleoHoje) TechnipFMC started the interconnection campaign of the first well of the Mero 1 system to the FPSO Guanabara. The company concluded the work of loading the first batch of rigid lines of the project on the launch vessel Deep Blue from the spoolbase in Porto do Açu, in São João da Barra (RJ), installed... Continue Reading →
The chorus is growing from America’s oil executives for President Joe Biden to throw the federal government’s weight behind an industry he once deliberately shunned: U.S. shale. (WO) The Biden administration, which has made climate one of its policy pillars, has more than once asked OPEC+ to raise crude production to tame energy prices --... Continue Reading →
(Offshore Energy) Houston-based Vaalco Energy has confirmed progress in its activities offshore Gabon, with a field reconfiguration and replacement of existing floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit with a floating storage and offloading (FSO) vessel still on schedule, the latter being targeted for the third quarter of 2022. Back in August 2021, Vaalco signed... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - Publicly traded U.S. shale firms are not budging on production restraint vows as oil markets surge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, leaving smaller producers to lead output gains during the highest prices in seven years. Oil futures on Tuesday traded up as much as 10% to $107 per barrel, the most since July... Continue Reading →
(ON) The extent of the development projects offshore Guyana within such a short space of time since the first oil discovery in 2015 is being viewed as ‘unbelievable’ by Norway-based energy research and business intelligence company, Rystad Energy. Now, the South American country, unknown on the oil map just seven years ago, is on track... Continue Reading →
(PN) The Brazilian Institute for the Environment (Ibama) granted the preliminary license for the production storage and offloading platform (FSO) in the Pargo field, in the Campos Basin. In addition to the vessel, the license also attests to the environmental feasibility of the new 8″ PPG-1A export pipeline. French-British Perenco has been responsible, since October... Continue Reading →
(ON) The unprecedented oil and gas discoveries unfolding in the Guyana-Suriname basin are of historic proportions and make the region stand out as one of the most exciting hot spots the industry has seen in decades. “The Liza-1 well will be equated with the 1-RJS-628 well in terms of discovering a major petroleum province in... Continue Reading →
(Offshore Energy) Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has decided to exercise its option to extend the contracting of a drilling rig chosen for operations on its Atlanta field, located offshore Brazil, adding two additional wells to the scope of work covered by the original contract. Back in January 2022, Enauta entered into a time... Continue Reading →
(OE) Italian oil company Eni has started production from the Ndungu Early Production (EP) development offshore Angola. The field, located in Block 15/06 of the Angolan deep offshore has been developed via the Ngoma FPSO vessel. "The start-up of Ndungu EP is yet another example of how Eni Angola, in full cooperation with Agência Nacional... Continue Reading →
(Bloomberg) -- After watching big banks curtail lending and asset managers pare bets, fossil fuel producers are now losing access to some of Wall Street’s deepest pockets. Blackstone Inc., once a major player in shale patches, is telling clients its private equity arm will no longer invest in the exploration and production of oil and... Continue Reading →
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