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Aug. 10 (PN) Petrobras released the list of companies that submitted bids for the new Albacora FPSO in the Campos Basin. Malaysian company Yinson took the lead in the race, submitting the best offer at US$ 2.297 billion. Four other companies that also submitted bids: China's COOEC (US$ 2.842 billion); India's Shapoorji (US$ 2.9 billion);... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (offshore-energy.biz) Italian energy giant Eni has struck a deal with Texas-headquartered oil and gas company APA Corporation to acquire a stake in a block off the coast of Uruguay. APA has signed an agreement with Eni, enabling the Italian firm to become a strategic partner in Block 6 offshore Uruguay. As a result, the U.S.... Continue Reading →
Aug 10 (Reuters) - Argentina's state oil firm YPF on Monday reported a net profit of $1.21 billion in the second quarter of 2026, compared with $58 million seen a year earlier, citing higher shale production, record processing levels and a hike in international prices. The state-run producer's revenues reached $6.57 billion during the April-to-June... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (OE) Intermoor, Acteon’s Moorings and Anchors business line, has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for the provision of inspection, preservation, maintenance, and operational readiness services for subsea interconnection, mooring and anchoring materials. This award marks the third contract secured by Intermoor from Petrobras in less than a year. Under the scope... Continue Reading →
Aug.10 (cnnbrasil) German equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy has signed a contract with the Dutch company SBM Offshore to supply power generation and gas compression systems. These systems will be installed on the P-81 and P-87 platforms, which are destined for Petrobras projects in the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin. The value of the contract was not disclosed. In... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (offshote-energy.biz) Two ocean-going tugs from the fleet operated by Boskalis, a Dutch offshore services provider, have undertaken a floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) tow mission across the Atlantic. Boskalis has shed light on the role its ocean-going tugs BOKA Alpine and BOKA Glacier recently played in completing a major FPSO towage operation. Each with a bollard... Continue Reading →
Aug 10 (Reuters) - BP has agreed to sell a 20% stake in a block that contains the Trinidad portion of the cross-border Cocuina-Manakin natural gas field to the country's state-owned National Gas Company, the company said on Monday in an emailed statement. BP and NGC signed the deal for the stake in the Manakin portion... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (splash247.com) Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation has bought a 33.3% equity interest in the Gwynt Glas offshore wind farm, developed by EDF and Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in the Celtic Sea. The acquisition marks Sumitomo’s first participation in a floating offshore wind project. The project involves the development, construction, and operation of a floating offshore... Continue Reading →
Aug. 10 (offshore-energy.biz) DOF Group, a Norwegian operator and owner of a fleet of advanced vessels for the energy and marine sectors, has lined up work for two anchor handling tug supply (AHTS) vessels in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) region, encompassing member states and territories across the Caribbean, as well as Belize in Central America... Continue Reading →
Aug.9 (oilnow.gy) Guyana is set to receive a larger share of the oil produced from the Stabroek Block after ExxonMobil and its co-venturers recovered about US$55 billion in investment and a substantial amount of operating costs. To understand why, it is important to understand how cost recovery works. ExxonMobil, Hess (owned by Chevron) and CNOOC... Continue Reading →
