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(OE) Floating production solutions specialist Amplus Energy Services has signed an agreement with Altera Infrastructure to acquire the Petrojarl I floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which recently completed its deployment at Petrobras’ Atlanta field offshore Brazil. The acquisition marks Amplus' initial vessel ownership, positioning the company to expand this strategy and meet growing... Continue Reading →
Petrobras expects to reach a production of 1.5 million barrels of oil per day in the Búzios field in the near future. The information was given by the CEO of the state-owned company, Magda Chambriard, during a Transpetro event. According to her, the increase in production will be supported by a robust hiring of support... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) SBM Offshore is working to lay the foundation for capacity building and local content development in Suriname as it looks towards delivering the first FPSO for TotalEnergies’ Gran Morgu project, set to begin production in 2028. Pierre Gaté, Country Entry-Manager of SBM Offshore Suriname, said the company is leveraging its early presence to maximize... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Biofuels (ANP) has disclosed the date for the country’s next oil and gas licensing round. The Agency has also presented draft legislation to encourage more exploratory activities and a tool for tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil and gas production activities in the country. Based... Continue Reading →
(OE) SBM Offshore and Petrobras have signed an agreement to study the application of carbon capture modules on floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units. The module design is based on an engineering and design study between SBM Offshore and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), qualified by DNV. It is based on a combination of MHI’s... Continue Reading →
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré (Búzios 7) has started production today in the Búzios field, located in the pre- salt layer of the Santos Basin. This is the first high-capacity unit to be installed in the field, with the potential to produce up to 225,000 barrels of oil per... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) Companies that committed to investments in U.S. offshore wind infrastructure and supply chains are scrapping their plans as the projects they were meant to serve face huge setbacks, including President Donald Trump's plan to end federal support. The pullback reflects the trickle-down effect of a dramatic downturn in the U.S. offshore wind industry over... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Four mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), made up of drillships owned by Noble Corporation and Stena Drilling, have buckled down and resumed hydrocarbon exploration at the Stabroek block off the coast of Guyana, enabling ExxonMobil Guyana, a subsidiary of America’s oil major ExxonMobil, to stay the course and continue searching for more oil and... Continue Reading →
(oilnow.gy) High impact exploration drilling is expected to remain stable in 2025, with 65-75 wells targeted for completion, compared to 69 in 2024. In this regard, South America could see 17 of these wells being drilled, making it the busiest region globally this year. This is according to energy market research and intelligence group, Westwood... Continue Reading →
(offshore-energy.biz) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy is expected to make up its mind around April 2025 about moving forward with the next stage of development, which represents the entry into front-end engineering design (FEED), for an oil field discovery in the Santos Basin off the coast of Brazil. While Karoon hired a rig... Continue Reading →
