The FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias (Mero 3) began producing oil and gas this Wednesday, October 30, in the Mero field, Libra block, in the pre-salt layer of the Santos Basin. The unit has the capacity to produce up to 180 thousand barrels of oil and compress up to 12 million cubic meters of gas,... Continue Reading →
Woods Hole unveils DeepCLiDAR buoys to assist offshore wind development
(OM) The Woods Hole Group says it has three DeepCLiDAR buoy systems ready for deployment to conduct wind resource assessments, metocean and marine environmental measurements. It also reports that additional buoys are under construction. With the Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 11 in the US Gulf of Maine Outer Continental Shelf scheduled for Oct. 29, 2024,... Continue Reading →
First well completed at latest Mero FPSO offshore Brazil
(OM) Petrobras says the first production well has been hooked up to the FPSO Marechal Duque de Caxias at the Mero field in the presalt Santos Basin offshore Brazil. Preparations for startup are now in the final phase. The FPSO, the third permanent production platform over the field, is designed to produce up to 180,000 bbl/d of oil and 12MMcm/d... Continue Reading →
Chevron confirmed as new operator of offshore Uruguay block
(OM) Challenger Energy has completed the transfer of a 60% interest in the AREA OFF-1 block offshore Uruguay to Chevron subsidiary Chevron Mexico Finance LLC, Sucursal Uruguay. All approvals for the transaction have come through from the Uruguayan regulatory authorities. Challenger has received a cash payment of $12.5 million and retains a 40% interest in the block, with Chevron... Continue Reading →
BOEM Links Up with US Department of Defense on Offshore Wind
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Department of Defense (DOD) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support the coordinated development of offshore wind on the US Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The agreement calls for DOD and BOEM to find mutual solutions that support renewable energy in a manner compatible... Continue Reading →
Avangrid, Invenergy Winners of First Gulf of Maine Offshore Wind Auction
(offshoreWIND.biz) Avangrid and Invenergy have each secured two lease areas in the Gulf of Maine auction, where total bids exceeded USD 21.9 million (approximately EUR 20 million), marking the first lease sale in the region and the first for floating offshore wind on the US Atlantic coast. The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)... Continue Reading →
Hess posts quarterly profit beat as Guyana oil output stays strong
(Reuters) - Hess Corp beat estimates for third-quarter profit on Wednesday, helped by higher oil production in Guyana. The Guyana assets are at the center of an ongoing dispute between oil giants Chevron and Exxon that has delayed Chevron's $53 billion takeover of Hess. Hess agreed to the buyout last October, but the deal has been challenged by... Continue Reading →
Subsea 7 – Seaway7 awarded offshore wind contract in UK
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award to Seaway7, part of the Subsea7 Group, of a substantial1 contract by Ørsted for the transport and installation of the inter-array cables of the Hornsea 3 offshore wind project located in the UK sector of the North Sea. Seaway7’s scope of work covers the transportation and installation (T&I) of... Continue Reading →
Colombian ministry says 9 companies interested in offshore wind project
(Reuters) - Colombia's energy ministry said on Tuesday it had received interest from seven foreign and two local companies in an offshore wind power project and that it expected formal bids within the first six months of 2025. The companies include Colombian state oil firm Ecopetrol and power firm Celsia, Spain's BlueFloat Energy, Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners,... Continue Reading →
Mexico’s Pemex posts wider third-quarter loss, hit by weaker peso
(Reuters) - Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex reported a deeper $8.2 billion third-quarter net loss on Tuesday, hurt mostly by a weaker exchange rate even as it benefited from support from the country's new government. The company, in a filing with the Mexican stock exchange, posted a loss of around $4.5 billion in the third... Continue Reading →