The platform ship Marechal Duque de Caxias arrived in Brazil today, 05/27, from China, heading for the Mero field in the pre-salt Santos Basin. The platform of the FPSO type (floating production, storage, and transfer unit) can produce up to 180,000 barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas, all... Continue Reading →
WoodMac values 10-FPSO development offshore Guyana at US$150 billion
(OilNow) Luiz Hayum, a principal analyst with Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream research team, sees Guyana’s oil bounty raking in huge sums for the ExxonMobil-led consortium and the government. “Our valuation for Stabroek’s ten-FPSO development is over US$150 billion at US$65/barrel Brent prices split between the government and the three block partners,” Hayum said in... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Makes FID to Advance Two Oil Projects Offshore Brazil
(OE) Petrobras, together with its partners, has made the final investment decision (FID) for the second development phase of Atapu and Sépia fields, located in the prolific pre-salt Santos Basin, offshore Brazil. The Atapu field has been producing since 2020 through the P-70 floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, with a production capacity of... Continue Reading →
Petrobras signs contracts with Seatrium for Platforms P-84 and P-85
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – Petrobras informs that, today, it signed contracts with Seatrium O&G Americas Limited to acquire the P-84 and P-85 vessel platforms. Both units will be self-owned and installed in the Atapu and Sépia fields, respectively, in ultra-deep waters of the pre-salt of the Santos Basin, with first oil date between 2029 and... Continue Reading →
MODEC: Keel laying for Guyana-bound FPSO hull done weeks ahead of schedule
(OffshoreEnergy.biz) Japanese FPSO operator MODEC has achieved a new milestone by completing the keel laying for the construction of a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) hull, which is destined for ExxonMobil’s fifth oil development in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction for the FPSO Errea Wittu was held on February 2,... Continue Reading →
First Foundation Installed for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind
(OE) Dominion Energy has announced that the first monopile foundation for the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW), the largest offshore wind farm under construction in the United States, has been installed approximately 29 miles off the Virginia Beach coast. The monopile was installed by the Orion, DEME Group's heavy lift vessel. Once complete in... Continue Reading →
Prosafe’s fleet utilization rate rebounds from last year’s drop in activity
( Offshore-Energy.biz)Oslo Stock Exchange-listed semi-submersible accommodation vessel owner and operator Prosafe has shared its fleet utilization rate for April 2024 alongside insights into the vessel activity during the first quarter of the year. The firm recorded a 56% fleet utilization in April 2024, somewhat lower than the level reported for January, but higher than the utilization rate... Continue Reading →
Apollo and DOF Deliver Extensive Study on Floating Wind Installation Ops
(OE) Apollo and DOF, in collaboration with the ORE Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FoWCoE), have delivered the study on GW-scale floating offshore wind installation methods. Installing a single, state-of-the-art floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) represents a milestone in offshore marine operations. However, GW-scale floating wind farms will require approximately sixty FOWTs, which... Continue Reading →
Saipem Scoops $3.7B for Work on TotalEnergies’ Kaminho Field
(OE) Saipem has been awarded three new contracts by TotalEnergies for the Kaminho project, relating to the development of Cameia and Golfinho oil fields offshore Angola, worth $3.7 billion. The first of the contracts, awarded by TotalEnergies' subsidiary TotalEnergies EP Angola Block 20, refers to the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Transportation and Commissioning of the Kaminho... Continue Reading →
Sapura Ônix Heads to Atlanta Field to Install Subsea Equipment
(OE) The specialized vessel Sapura Ônix is on its way to Atlanta Field in Santos Basin, offshore Brazil, where it will carry out the installation of subsea equipment to support the oil production, targeted for August 2024. Brazilian oil and gas company Enauta said the Sapura Ônix vessel is en route to install multiphase pumps... Continue Reading →