ABB Marine & Ports has been selected as a technology partner for an EU project exploring the use of remote inspection and maintenance techniques for offshore wind farms. With funding from the biggest EU research and innovation program Horizon 2020, the project, named Atlantis, is targeting a more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable offshore ecosystem. The... Continue Reading →
PPSA completes seven years
Pré-Sal Petróleo (PPSA) celebrates seven years of activities today, reaching a value of R$ 2.59 billion in revenue for the Union. The amount considers the sale of oil and gas from the Union since November 2017 - start of production of the NW of Libra evaluation area, in a long-term test - until September 2020,... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 drops to loss against a backdrop of sluggish activity
Subsea 7 slipped into the red in the third quarter 2020 on decline in activity in the sector and costs generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. The engineering and construction specialist recognised quarterly net loss of $43 million, against profit of $42 million in Q3 2019. This brings losses since the start of the year to... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore picks LOC for marine warranty services on two FPSOs
Marine and engineering consulting firm LOC Group has been awarded new contracts with SBM Offshore to act as Marine Warranty Surveyor (MWS) on two floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) projects. These SBM Offshore’s FPSOs will be deployed offshore Brazil and Guyana, LOC said in a statement on Thursday. LOC will provide MWS services for... Continue Reading →
EnP buys stake in fields and blocks in Espírito Santo
Energy Platform (EnP) announced the acquisition of a 50% stake in Petro-Victory Energy in the fields of the Lagoa Parda Cluster, recently divested by Petrobras, and in the exploratory blocks ES-T-354 , 373, 441, 477 and 487, all on the Espírito Santo onshore and concluded in the 14th ANP round. The transaction marks EnP's entry... Continue Reading →
Royal IHC prepares for job cuts as it returns to core offshore and dredging market
Dutch offshore vessel and services provider Royal IHC has decided to reorganise to be in line with “a realistic turnover ambition”. This means that about 300 jobs will be lost in the Netherlands and as many as 300 in other locations. In order to return to profitability, after its takeover by an industry consortium, and to offer... Continue Reading →
DOF Subsea cuts third quarter loss
DOF Subsea has reported NOK 133 million loss in the third quarter of 2020, against NOK 1.1 billion in Q3 2019. The company generated operating revenue of NOK 1.2 billion, against NOK 1.15 billion same time last year. Revenue also includes cancellation fee of NOK 110 million for two long-term contracts that have been cancelled. Operating profit... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Raises Profit Guidance, Starts Work on Floating Wind Project
Oil and gas services firm SBM Offshore raised its full-year core profit guidance on Thursday on the back of a 23% increase in nine-month revenue and said it had started work on a pilot floating offshore wind project in France. The Dutch company, which supplies floating oil and gas production vessels, now expects 2020 earnings before interest,... Continue Reading →
Can Colombia Replicate Brazil’s Offshore Oil Boom?
While offshore Brazil, Guyana and to a lesser extent Suriname are gaining the lion’s share of attention when it comes to South American offshore oil, with opportunities opening-up in Colombia. The Andean country’s Caribbean coast is believed to hold considerable oil and natural gas potential. It was with much fanfare that Diego Mesa, Colombia’s Minister of Mines and... Continue Reading →
Global oil demand unlikely to get vaccine boost until later in 2021: IEA
(Reuters) - Global oil demand is unlikely to get a significant boost from the roll-out of vaccines against COVID-19 until well into 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday, a view that is likely to dampen oil price gains since vaccine progress was announced earlier this week. “It is far too early to... Continue Reading →