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August 17, 2026 Bergen, Norway and Rio de Janeiro - Corvus Energy, global market leader in marine energy storage systems, has entered into a strategic partnership with Belga Marine, a distinguished maritime and offshore service provider based in Brazil, to deliver specialized local support, expert aftermarket battery system services, and on-the-ground spare parts storage to... Continue Reading →
Aug. 14 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s oil production fell in May and again in June, according to government data. ExxonMobil leads a consortium that has invested more than US$50 billion to explore and develop the resource offshore. Production averaged 869,000 barrels per day (b/d) in June. This was down from 895,000 b/d in May and 902,000 b/d... Continue Reading →
Aug. 14 (splash247.com) As shipowners place their first investments in ethanol-fuelled ships, engine technology is well prepared for growing uptake of the biofuel, writes Andrea Lazzaro, head of business intelligence at WinGD. When one of the world’s biggest dry bulk charterers backs a new alternative fuel type, the industry takes notice. But to anyone paying... Continue Reading →
Aug. 14 - The Tupi asset, in the pre-salt area of the Santos Basin, has reached cumulative production of 4 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe), becoming the first in the company's 73-year history to achieve this production volume. The first pre-salt system to begin commercial production, in 2010, it required the development of a new exploration model and pioneering... Continue Reading →
Aug. 13 (Estadao) Seatrium, a marine engineering multinational expanding its global offshore wind operations, sees Brazil as a market ripe for development and hopes to leverage its local infrastructure to manufacture substations and vessels dedicated to the sector. However, the company is making any planning contingent on the maturation of the legal framework. It has... Continue Reading →
Aug. 12 (oilnow.gy) Guyana’s expanding oil production is helping create more work for tanker owners as growing volumes of crude from the Americas are shipped to buyers farther east, according to S&P Global. The trend is part of a wider increase in Western Hemisphere crude supply from Guyana, the United States, Brazil and Argentina. More of those... Continue Reading →
Aug. 11 (oilnow.gy) Two major offshore oil stories have unfolded on opposite sides of the Guyana-Suriname Basin, but the distance between discovery and production has been very different. Guyana went from the Liza discovery in May 2015 to first oil in December 2019, less than five years later. Its first final investment decision (FID) came in... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (PN) Petrobras released the list of companies that submitted bids for the new Albacora FPSO in the Campos Basin. Malaysian company Yinson took the lead in the race, submitting the best offer at US$ 2.297 billion. Four other companies that also submitted bids: China's COOEC (US$ 2.842 billion); India's Shapoorji (US$ 2.9 billion);... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (OE) Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for the provision of inspection, preservation, maintenance, and operational readiness services for subsea interconnection, mooring and anchoring materials. This award marks the third contract secured by Intermoor from Petrobras in less than a year. Under the scope... Continue Reading →
Aug.10 (cnnbrasil) German equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy has signed a contract with the Dutch company SBM Offshore to supply power generation and gas compression systems. These systems will be installed on the P-81 and P-87 platforms, which are destined for Petrobras projects in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The value of the contract was not disclosed. In... Continue Reading →
