(OE) Noble Corporation has reported that its contract drilling services revenue for the first quarter of 2025 totaled $832 million compared to $882 million in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the sequential decrease driven primarily by the benefit received in the fourth quarter of 2024 from the Noble Deliverer's early termination fee. Contract drilling... Continue Reading →
MODEC, Sumitomo Partner Up for Delivery of Gato do Mato FPSO
(OE) MODEC has executed a contract with Sumitomo Heavy Industries for the delivery of Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit for Shell, which will be deployed offshore Brazil. MODEC and Sumitomo Heavy Industries signed a contract for the forward block of MODEC’s new generation hull for the Gato do Mato FPSO,... Continue Reading →
Oil States signs contract with Petrobras for offshore platforms maintenance in the Santos Basin
Oil States announced the signing of a new contract with Petrobras to provide inspection and maintenance services for cranes and cargo handling equipment on offshore platforms. The agreement will last three years and will cover units located in the Tupi, Berbigão and Atapu fields in the Santos Basin. According to the company, the services will... Continue Reading →
Wison lands work on FLNG destined for Petronas’ field off Suriname
(offshore-energy.biz) China-based provider of clean energy services Wison New Energies (WNE) has won a detailed feasibility study (DFS) for a newbuild floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility set to work at a block offshore Suriname operated by Malaysia’s energy giant Petronas. The FLNG unit is slated to work at Block 52, located north of the Surinamese... Continue Reading →
Capricornus Prospect in Namibia’s Orange Basin Delivers Oil Discovery
Rhino Resources, the operator of the petroleum exploration license (PEL85), and its partners have found oil in the Capricornus 1-X well in Orange Basin, offshore Namibia. The Capricornus 1-X well, spudded on February 17, using Noble Corporation’s Noble Venturer drillship, reached total depth on April 2, successfully penetrating the Lower Cretaceous target. The well found... Continue Reading →
Oceaneering ‘outperforms expectations’ so far in 2025 thanks to ‘resilient ROV use and strong vessel activity’
(offshore-energy.biz) U.S. subsea engineering and applied technology firm Oceaneering International has achieved a revenue of $675 million in the first quarter of 2025, a 13% increase year over year, outperforming expectations due to “resilient utilization of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and strong vessel activity”. For Q1 2025, Oceaneering reported an operating income of $73.5 million, a... Continue Reading →
Hanwha Drilling’s Tidal Action Drillship En Route to Petrobras’ Roncador Field
(OE) Tidal Action ultra-deepwater drillship has embarked on a voyage from South Korea to Brazil to start its maiden job at Petrobras’ Roncador field. The drillship has been officially handed over by its owner Hanwha Ocean to its subsidiary Hanwha Drilling, established in 2024 as its drillship fleet operator. Tidal Action, built on Hanwha Ocean’s... Continue Reading →
Prysmian’s Monna Lisa picks up its first cable for largest US offshore wind farm-to-be
(offshore-energy.biz) Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa has been loaded for the first time with submarine cable, destined for what will become the largest U.S. offshore wind farm once operational. Prysmian reported two days ago that submarine cable for Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project was being loaded on Monna Lisa... Continue Reading →
MODEC Wins ExxonMobil Guyana’s Hammerhead FPSO Contract
(OE) MODEC has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Guyana to develop an FPSO for the Hammerhead project. The Hammerhead FPSO will have the capacity to produce 150,000 barrels of oil per day (BOPD), along with associated gas and water. It will be moored at a water depth of approximately 1,025 meters using a SOFEC... Continue Reading →
Atlantic Zonda Drillship Starts its Maiden Job with Petrobras
(OE) The seventh generation Atlantic Zonda drillship, managed by Ventura Offshore Midco, has started operations for Petrobras under a three-year drilling contract. The Atlantic Zonda is managed by Ventura Offshore through marketing and operating agreements with the rig owner, Eldorado Drilling, and the company will earn its management fees and reimbursable revenues from these agreements.... Continue Reading →