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AET, a petroleum logistics unit of Malaysian energy logistics group MISC Berhad, has taken delivery of Eagle Pilar, a new Suezmax second-generation dynamic positioning (DP2) shuttle tanker built at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyard in South Korea. The 153,180 dwt newbuild has been purpose built for a long-term charter to Brazil Shipping I Limited, a subsidiary... Continue Reading →
PRNewswire/ -- McDermott International, Ltd today announced that on Dec. 31, 2020, it secured $560 million in new capital. As announced on Nov. 18, 2020, the new capital was provided through a series of transactions which was secured through commitments from certain existing lenders and shareholders. McDermott met all conditions necessary to close these transactions and has strengthened its... Continue Reading →
After a long period of negotiations and a lot of market expectations, Ocyan won Petrobras' tender for chartering a rig exclusively dedicated to the Mero field, in the Santos cluster. Drill ship Norbe VIII should start operating in the second semester Petrobras and Ocyan do not reveal details of the bid result. Source: PetroleoHoje
Forship Engenharia, a Brazilian company that has been operating for more than two decades in the oil and gas sector, with strong expertise in commissioning, maintenance and operation of assets, was selected by Petrobras to operate the utilities plant of the Natural Gas Processing Unit ( UPGN) of the Integrated Route 3 Project, at the... Continue Reading →
(Reuters) - EIG Global Energy Partners has sold its stake in the Brazilian portion of the Bolivia-Brazil natural gas pipeline, widely known as Gasbol, to Fluxys Belgium NV, the chief executive officer of the U.S.-based company said on Tuesday. The sale of EIG’s 27.5% stake in the Brazilian part of the pipeline for an undisclosed... Continue Reading →
Offshore accommodation provider Prosafe is still working to resolve its financial situation with lenders and come up with a long-term solution for the company. Prosafe’s previous update on its talks with lenders on 1 October 2020 stated that the discussions were constructive and lenders, in general, maintained their support for the company to continue to operate on... Continue Reading →
Sevan SSP, a company designing cylindrical, offshore facilities such as FPSOs and offshore rigs, has entered the floating wind game with its SWACH design. "Sevan SSP is happy to announce our participation in the development of floating offshore wind energy with our Sevan Wind concept, the SWACH design," the company, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Sembcorp... Continue Reading →
U.S. oil major ExxonMobil has reportedly started drilling at the Bulletwood-1 well site on the Canje Block, offshore Guyana. The news was shared Tuesday by Westmount Energy, an indirect partner in the Canje Block. Westmount owns an indirect interest in the Canje Block as a result of its circa 7.2% interest in the issued share... Continue Reading →
National production in November was 3,550 MMboe / d (million barrels of oil equivalent per day), of which 2,755 MMbbl / d (million barrels per day) of oil and 126 MMm3 / d (million m3 per day) of natural gas. Oil production decreased 4.1% compared to the previous month and 10.9% compared to November 2019.... Continue Reading →
Saipem has started the functional tests of FlatFish, the innovative underwater drone for advanced vessel free subsea inspections, based on AI. According to the company, the vehicle is now going to an extensive sea trial campaign. Since March 2018, Shell has been entrusting Saipem with the license to develop the FlatFish technology and qualify it... Continue Reading →
