March 31 (TN) SISTAC, a leader in the Brazilian market for inspection, maintenance, and repair of submerged structures for the oil and gas industry, announces that the company and Petrobras have signed a contract addendum extending the provision of services on platforms located in three basins—Santos, Campos, and Espírito Santo—for another year. Initiated in April... Continue Reading →
Renewable energy producers downsize operations in Brazil due to operational restrictions
March 31 (Reuters) - Brazil's renewable energy sector is facing severe headwinds, with major power generators scaling back operations and cutting jobs due to generation restrictions that the national grid operator imposed on wind and solar plants in 2023, companies told Reuters. Atlas Renewable Energy, owned by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) under BlackRock, Newave Energia,... Continue Reading →
Maersk Viridis En Route to US to Install Empire Wind 1 Turbines
March 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) Maersk’s first next-generation wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), Maersk Viridis, has sailed out of Singapore and is on its way to the US, where it will install turbines on Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 offshore wind farm, under construction in the US federal waters off New York. According to Maersk Offshore Wind, the WTIV sailed... Continue Reading →
Virginia Passes Bill to Advance Offshore Wind Workforce Development
March 31 (offshoreWIND.biz) Virginia lawmakers have passed a bill to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry. The bill (HB67), which passed both the Virginia House of Delegates and the State Senate in March and is now awaiting the Governor’s signature, introduces a measure focused on assessing workforce and training needs for the offshore... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Taps Fugro for Brazil’s First Licensed Offshore Wind Survey
March 31 (OE) Petrobras has selected Fugro to carry out a geotechnical site investigation for its Rio de Janeiro Offshore Wind Pilot Project, the first offshore wind development in South America to advance under a formal environmental licensing process. The 18 MW pilot project marks an early step in the region’s offshore wind development, as... Continue Reading →
Qatar Energy and Chevron acquire Shell’s offshore assets in Uruguay.
March 29 (ANCAP) On March 25, new companies formally joined Areas OFF-2 and OFF-7, operated by Shell, within the framework of the existing hydrocarbon exploration and production contracts. QatarEnergy entered Areas OFF-2 and OFF-7, while Chevron also joined Area OFF-7, as non-operating partners in all cases. As a result, in Area OFF-2, Shell now holds... Continue Reading →
Belov Engenharia Signs R$2.7 Billion in Contracts with Petrobras
Maech 30 (Sinaval) Belov Engenharia has signed a total of eight contracts with Petrobras for chartering and providing shallow diving (up to 50 meters) and ROV services with DSV (Diving Support Vessels) type vessels, which will come into effect between the second half of 2026 and the second half of 2027. The signed contracts total... Continue Reading →
Brava Energia to start well driling campaign in Papa-Terra and Atlanta Fields
March 30 - Brava Energia announced today that it has kicked off a campaign to drill four new wells, two in the Papa-Terra field, in the Campos Basin, and two in the Atlanta field, in the Santos Basin. The activities will be carried out with the Lone Star semi-submersible drilling rig, operated by Constellation, with... Continue Reading →
Offshore CCS Moves to Reality with Agogo FPSO Pilot
March 30 (OE) Yinson Production has started operating a pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) unit on the Agogo floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Angola, which is deemed the world’s first post-combustion CO2 capture plant installed on an offshore facility. The system has been developed in collaboration with Azule Energy and Norway-based... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s Haimara gas field to form anchor for ninth offshore Guyana project
March 30 (oilnow.gy) ExxonMobil Guyana is advancing plans for its next development offshore Guyana, with the Haimara discovery expected to serve as the anchor for the project in the southeast section of the Stabroek Block. Company President Alistair Routledge said at a recent press briefing that the development concept for that area groups discoveries from Longtail through... Continue Reading →