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Oct. 7 (Reuters) Danish offshore wind developer Orsted maintains a plan to complete its offshore Sunrise Wind project in the United States in the second half of 2027, the company's CEO Rasmus Errboe told reporters on Tuesday. Orsted has meanwhile fully resumed work on the 80% complete U.S. Revolution Wind project, after a federal judge... Continue Reading →
Oct. 7 (offshoreWIND.biz) As the US seeks to reduce reliance on Chinese supply chains by prioritising domestic oil and gas, its offshore wind sector has faced many challenges, from policy setbacks to rising inflationary costs. Meanwhile, Rystad Energy projects that China will account for 45 per cent of global offshore wind capacity by 2030. Despite... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 - PRIO S.A. (“Company” or “PRIO”) (B3: PRIO3), following best practices incorporate governance and transparency, informs its preliminary and non-audited Operational Data for the month of September. Key: (1) At the Polvo and Tubarão Martelo cluster, the workover of TBMT-6H well was completed on September 15, and the well returned to production. (2) At... Continue Reading →
Oct. 7 (OE) Norway-based subsea well intervention and installation services company AKOFS Offshore has signed a firm contract with Petrobras, for its subsea equipment support vessel AKOFS Santos, which will continue to operate offshore Brazil. Following a competitive tender process, the vessel will continue to perform services as a multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) for Petrobras... Continue Reading →
Oct. 7 (OE) Portugal’s Galp has reached a farm-in agreement with KE STP Company, a Shell affiliate, for the acquisition of a 27.5% stake in São Tomé and Príncipe’s Block 4, forming a joint venture with Shell, Petrobras and ANP-STP. With the agreement, Galp expands its presence offshore São Tomé and Príncipe, entering another early-stage... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 - Petrobras announced the chartering of four RSV (ROV Support Vessel) vessels, designed to support subsea operations, in contracts totaling R$10.2 billion. The contract was concluded through a bidding process that began in October 2024. The units will be built at the Navship shipyard, located in Navegantes, Santa Catarina, with delivery scheduled between... Continue Reading →
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol is set to launch the bidding process later this month for a regasification project at its Covenas maritime terminal in the north of the country, CEO Ricardo Roa said on Monday. Ecopetrol will begin accepting binding bids for the project on October 14, with a winner expected... Continue Reading →
Oct 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras has made its first import of non-conventional natural gas from Argentina's Vaca Muerta reserve in the Neuquen basin, the company said on Monday. In a statement, the firm noted the natural gas was transported on Friday via pipelines from Argentina to Bolivia, and from there to Brazil,... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 - MODEC has held a first steel-cutting ceremony for the Gato do Mato floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) unit, which will be deployed at Shell’s field offshore Brazil. The ceremony was held at the COSCO Qidong Shipyard, marking the start of construction of the the aft block of next-generation hull for the... Continue Reading →
Oct. 6 (Reuters) Petrobras is expected to open bids for the contracting of two FPSOs for the Sergipe Deep Waters Project (Seap) on October 15, Renata Baruzzi, Executive Director of Engineering, Technology, and Innovation, said. "The bidders asked for more time. We gave them another 15 days," the director told reporters. Baruzzi also explained that... Continue Reading →
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