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Oct. 14 (Reuters) Oil production by a consortium led by Exxon Mobil in Guyana rose to 770,000 barrels per day (bpd) following the start-up of the group's fourth floating output facility, the company's chief for the South American country said on Monday. Average production by The Exxon group, which controls all crude and gas production... Continue Reading →
Oct. 14 - Norwegian offshore supply vessel owner DOF Group has secured long-term contracts for two of its vessels with Petrobras for work offshore Brazil. The contracts, with a combined value of approximately $200 million, are for Skandi Chieftain high-spec subsea vessel and Skandi Olympia DP2 construction support vessel. The vessels have been awarded four-year... Continue Reading →
Oct. 13, (OE) Sea1 Offshore, formerly Siem Offshore, has secured a new contract for its platform supply vessel (PSV) Sea1 Atlas. The contract for Sea1 Atlas PSV is in Brazil and has a duration of three years, along with six-month option at market terms. The start of operations is scheduled for the first quarter of... Continue Reading →
Oct. 9 (Reuters) - Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras has racked up 180 million reais ($33.7 million) in costs to keep a drillship on standby in the Foz do Amazonas basin, a company source and a local union said, as it awaits a regulator's decision on a drilling request. The NS-42 drillship arrived in August... Continue Reading →
Oct. 7 - Petrobras announced promising results in its drilling program in the Campos Basin. The company notified the National Petroleum Agency (ANP) about the discovery of oil traces in the Agua Marinha block, in well 1-BRSA-1401DA-RJS, in a water depth of 2,601 meters, drilled by the Deepwater Aquila drillship in July. The Agua Marinha... Continue Reading →
Oct. 7 (OE) Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras, for its subsea equipment support vessel AKOFS Santos, which will continue to operate offshore Brazil. Following a competitive tender process, the vessel will continue to perform services as a multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) for Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 - Petrobras announced the chartering of four RSV (ROV Support Vessel) vessels, designed to support subsea operations, in contracts totaling R$10.2 billion. The contract was concluded through a bidding process that began in October 2024. The units will be built at the Navship shipyard, located in Navegantes, Santa Catarina, with delivery scheduled between... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 - MODEC has held a first steel-cutting ceremony for the Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at Shell’s field offshore Brazil. The ceremony was held at the COSCO Qidong Shipyard, marking the start of construction of the the aft block of next-generation hull for the... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 (Reuters) Petrobras is expected to open bids for the contracting of two FPSOs for the Sergipe Deep Waters Project (Seap) on October 15, Renata Baruzzi, Executive Director of Engineering, Technology, and Innovation, said. "The bidders asked for more time. We gave them another 15 days," the director told reporters. Baruzzi also explained that... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 (OE) Subsea robotics firm Forum Energy Technologies (FET) has secured a contract with long-term client DOF for the delivery of a work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and supporting tether management system. The equipment will support extensive subsea operations in Brazil conducted by DOF, which operates one of the largest fleets of FET XLX... Continue Reading →
