Oct. 8 (OE) Rockhopper Exploration has agreed to invest $44 million to acquire a 35% interest in the OSX-1 floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel, which is planned for the accelerated development of the Sea Lion oil field in the North Falkland Basin. The company has entered into a subscription agreement to acquire ordinary... Continue Reading →
Constellation secures certification for pioneering technology and expands cooperation on decarbonization technologies
Oct. 7 (TN) Constellation, Brazil's largest offshore drilling company, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) certification from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) for its "Fuel Processor" project—an innovative technology designed to boost energy efficiency and reduce emissions in diesel engines used on offshore units. AiP validates the safety and technical soundness of disruptive solutions... Continue Reading →
Indian State Firm BPCL Readies $3-Billion Bond to Fund Brazil oil Project
Oct. 5 (oilprice.com) Indian state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) prepares to issue a $3-billion bond to finance its share of a major offshore oil development in Brazil, as Indian companies move to expand in international upstream to secure crude oil supplies. BPCL, India’s second-largest state-controlled oil refiner, expects to raise the sum via... Continue Reading →
Guyana oil production falls to 832,000 b/d in August, lowest in a year
Oct. 5 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s offshore oil production fell to an average 832,000 barrels per day (b/d) in August, the lowest monthly level in nearly a year, according to government data reviewed by OilNOW. Production declined by about 54,000 b/d, or 6.1%, from the 886,000 b/d recorded in July. The reduction was driven primarily by substantially... Continue Reading →
Petrobras makes new oil discovery in Ultra-Deep Waters off the Coast of Amapá
Oct. 2 - Petrobras has found another oil-bearing interval in the Morpho well (1-BRSA-1405-APS), which constitutes a new discovery in block FZA-M-59, located in ultra-deep waters off the coast of the state of Amapá, at a water depth of 2,886 meters. The continued drilling of the well, following the discovery announced in August 2026, was... Continue Reading →
DNV Backs Blue Ammonia FPSO Concept from BW Offshore and McDermott
Oct. 2 (OE) BW Offshore's blue ammonia floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) concept, jointly developed with McDermott, has received Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV, advancing the proposed offshore low-carbon ammonia production solution towards further design development. The AiP provides an independent, risk-based assessment of the concept at an early stage and establishes a... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Platform P-80 (Búzios 9) Begins Journey to Brazil
Sept. 30 - The P-80 platform departed the Tuas Boulevard Yard in Singapore on Wednesday ( (September 30th), bound for the Búzios field in the pre-salt Santos Basin, Brazil’s largest field in terms of reserves and production. With the capacity to produce 225,000 barrels of oil and process 12 million cubic meters of gas per... Continue Reading →
22-year Cheniere-Petrobras LNG pact expands energy bridge between North and South America
Sept. 29 (offshore-energy.biz) As global energy markets continue to navigate the volatility, long-term commitments are becoming the ultimate currency, which U.S.-headquartered energy player Cheniere Energy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras hammers home, as it binds U.S. Gulf Coast liquefaction terminals to Brazil’s energy grid for more than two decades. Cheniere Energy’s... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Taps Chinese Contractor for FPSO Topside Modules
Sept. 29 (OE) China-based BOMESC Offshore Engineering's wholly owned subsidiary Tianjin BOMESC has signed a contract with SBM Offshore for the design, procurement and construction of topside modules for a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) destined for South America. Tianjin BOMESC Offshore Engineering will build the modules at the company's Lingang Offshore Heavy Industry... Continue Reading →
Exxon – One billion barrels: Guyana’s remarkable journey continues
Sept. 28 (Exxon) Producing one billion barrels of oil is an extraordinary milestone anywhere in the world. In Guyana, it represents a story of vision, partnership, and excellence that has reshaped the nation and the global energy landscape. Just over a decade ago, ExxonMobil and our co-venturers made a world-class discovery in Guyana's Stabroek block.... Continue Reading →