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(PN) Oil major bp inaugurated a new moment in its operations in the Brazilian offshore. This week, the company began drilling the pioneer well (1-BP-12D-RJS) in the Pau Brasil block, located in the pre-salt of the Santos Basin. The well is in a water depth of 2,283 meters and is being drilled by the DS-15... Continue Reading →
(PN) Foresea has 100% of its fleet contracted and had operational uptime (operation quality index) of 98.2% in 2023, the highest in the Brazilian market. According to the CEO of Foresea, Rogério Ibrahim, the drilling sector should remain at a very competitive level in 2024, with increased demands and a stabilization of the tariff recovery experienced... Continue Reading →
(OE) Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta has decided to stop production from the Petrojarl I floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) to perform modifications related to selected equipment maintenance after inspections at the process plant at the Atlanta field, offshore Brazil. According to Enauta, Atlanta field production is expected to be resumed in the... Continue Reading →
(OE) RWE has selected Argeo, a subsea service provider, to perform the site investigation work for Canopy offshore wind farm, a 1.6 GW floating wind project located off the coast of Northern California. The site investigation survey is a key milestone in the development of RWE’s first commercial scale floating offshore wind farm. The planned... Continue Reading →
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has secured multiple contracts with Petrobras, whose combined value is approximately $240 million (NOK 2.6 billion). The contracts are scheduled to start in the second half of 2024 and first half of 2025. Petrobras has contracted the construction support vessel (CSV) Normand Poseidon and two anchor handling tug... Continue Reading →
Norwegian shipbuilder Vard has launched a 171-meter-long cable laying vessel (CLV) Monna Lisa, being built for Prysmian, marking another major milestone towards the delivery of the vessel, scheduled for 2025. Prysmian executives gathered at the VARD shipyard in Tulcea, Romania to celebrate the launching of the new CLV Monna Lisa, the sister ship to the... Continue Reading →
(OE) Noble Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Diamond Offshore, creating a fleet of 41 rigs - including 28 floaters and 13 jack-ups, and a combined backlog of approximately $6.5 billion. Noble will acquire Diamond in a stock plus cash transaction, whereby Diamond shareholders will receive 0.2316 shares of Noble, plus cash... Continue Reading →
(OE) Dutch FPSO leasing specialist SBM Offshore has informed that its Fast4Ward hull has been reserved by TotalEnergies for the Block 58 development project, offshore Suriname. SBM Offshore is working in partnership with Technip Energies, and in line with the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) studies for a floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO)... Continue Reading →
(PN) Enauta is close to completing the anchoring of the new FPSO for the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. In parallel, the latest subsea equipment for the first oil from the new production system has already been installed. The company is working on the final preparations to start operating the field's Definitive System, through... Continue Reading →
(PN) Petrobras is intensifying its exploratory work in the Campos Basin. The company recently started drilling well 4-BRSA-1392D-ESS, in the Jubarte field, in a water depth of 968 meters. The activity is being carried out with the Brava Star drillship, from Constellation. The new well is classified as Adjacent Pioneer Exploration, which is drilled to... Continue Reading →
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