(Reuters) - Colombia's majority state-owned energy company Ecopetrol said on Friday that it is in talks with U.S. oil major Occidental Petroleum to possibly buy a stake in CrownRock. Ecopetrol, in a statement, did not include additional details and added that a final decision on the size of the stake and the amount it could pay were... Continue Reading →
DOF Group Wins Multiple Deals with Petrobras in Brazil
(OE) Norwegian offshore supply vessel company DOF Group has secured multiple contracts with Petrobras for work offshore Brazil. AHTS Skandi Jupiter and AHTS Skandi Mercury, both under management contracts with DOF, have been contracted by Petrobras to operate as AHTS 230t BP after the same competitive tender process earlier this year that led to the... Continue Reading →
Bolivia’s YPFB to invest $400 million to drill at latest natural gas discovery
(Reuters) - Bolivian state oil firm YPFB will spend around $400 million to drill gas wells and build facilities at a recently discovered natural gas "mega" field, the company said on Thursday. Production at the Mayaya field, estimated to hold 1.7 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of natural gas, should kick off in three to four years, YPFB... Continue Reading →
Hammerhead will be stand-alone development – Exxon project summary
(OilNow.gy) ExxonMobil’s Hammerhead development will be a “stand alone” project, according to the summary submitted to Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Potentially, additional resources can be tapped, if determined to be feasible and economically viable, the document read. The proposed project will be located in the south central portion of the Stabroek Block, 160 kilometers (km) from... Continue Reading →
Exxon Clash with Chevron Hinges on Control of Hess’ Guyana Asset
(Reuters) Exxon Mobil's legal bid to stop Chevron's proposed $53 billion acquisition of Hess rests on whether the transaction would involve a change of control of Hess' prize subsidiary in Guyana, according to people knowledgeable about the argument. The two top U.S. oil producers are in an arbitration battle over the world's largest oil discovery... Continue Reading →
QatarEnergy Takes Share of Chevron-Operated Block Offshore Suriname
(OE) QatarEnergy has signed an agreement with Chevron to acquire a 20% working interest in a production sharing contract for block 5 offshore Suriname. Pursuant to the signed agreement, Chevron as the operator will retain a 40% interest, while Paradise Oil Company, an affiliate of Suriname’s national oil company Staatsolie, will own the remaining 40%.... Continue Reading →
FPSO Bacalhau Becomes World’s First Newbuild with DNV Emissions Abatement Notation
(OE) MODEC has secured an Approval in Principle (AiP) for Abate Notation from classification society DNV for its FPSO Bacalhau, set for deployment at an Equinor-operated oil project offshore Brazil. In this project, a comprehensive assessment of greenhouse gas emissions abatement on FPSO Bacalhau was conducted according to DNV guidelines. The Abate notation requires stringent... Continue Reading →
Fugro Nets Fresh Work for Community Offshore Wind on US East Coast
(OE) Community Offshore Wind, a joint venture between RWE and National Grid Ventures, has selected Fugro to perform a geotechnical investigation of their lease area in the New York Bight. With 3 GW of offshore wind energy potential, the developed lease area could power more than one million homes in the region, making a valuable... Continue Reading →
Cadeler Lines Up OW Turbine Installation Campaign in 2029
(OE) Danish offshore wind installation firm Cadeler has signed a preferred supplier agreement to secure vessel capacity with an undisclosed client, to transport and install offshore wind turbines. The installation campaign is due to commence in 2029 for an undisclosed client and project.t The effectiveness of the agreement is contingent upon the client’s success in... Continue Reading →
Guyana seeks intel on environmental impacts of ExxonMobil’s seventh oil project
(Offshore-energy.biz) After ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), a subsidiary of the U.S.-headquartered energy giant ExxonMobil, applied for environmental authorization to undertake the development of its seventh oil project in the Stabroek block, off the coast of Guyana, the country’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reviewed the application, concluding that it needs further insights into the potential... Continue Reading →