(offshoreWIND.biz) Ørsted and the US shipbuilder Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) officially christened the first-ever US-built service operations vessel (SOV), ECO Edison, at the Port of New Orleans on 11 May. The construction of the vessel started in March 2022 at ECO’s shipyard in Louisiana, where ECO marked a 50-per cent completion milestone in April last year. The SOV... Continue Reading →
Siem Offshore Rebrands as Sea1 Offshore Following Chairman Exit
(OE) Siem Offshore has changed its name to Sea1 Offshore following an ownership change that saw the company's founder and chairman exit the Norwegian offshore support vessel (OSV) firm. Kristian Siem, longtime leader of Siem Offshore, stepped away earlier this year after reaching a deal to acquire nine vessels in exchange for his 35% stake in the... Continue Reading →
Black & Veatch Completes Feasibility Study for Colombia’s New LNG Terminal
(OE) Black & Veatch has completed a feasibility study for the planned Andes Energy Terminal, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal and power plant. The study assessed site suitability, project design requirements, capital and operating costs, financial viability, financing options, climate resilience, and implementation and construction plans. Beginning with a site assessment that focused... Continue Reading →
FEED start imminent for Zama offshore Mexico
(OM) Harbour Energy expects the FEED process to start shortly for the Zama oilfield development in the Sureste Basin offshore Mexico, the company said in a trading update. Later this year, it will participate in an appraisal well on the recent Kan oil discovery in offshore Block 30. In the Andaman Sea offshore Indonesia, testing is underway on... Continue Reading →
Petrobras details Marlim gains, shipyard initiatives
OM) Petrobras expects to produce a further 860 MMboe from its revitalization of the Marlim Field in the Campos Basin by 2048, when the term for the concession is due to expire. Prior to the project, Marlim's production was projected to cease in 2025. Instead, Petrobras chose to replace nine platforms with two new FPSOs, which... Continue Reading →
Two more SBM FPSOs nearing completion
(OM) SBM Offshore expects to deliver the FPSO Almirante Tamandaré to Petrobras later this year, the company said in a trading update. The topside modules lifting campaign has finished, and integration and commissioning activities are progressing. The completed platform should produce first oil from the Búzios Field in the Santos Basin offshore Brazil next year. As for other FPSOs... Continue Reading →
US faces ‘learning curve’ with offshore wind, says Atlantic Shores exec
(OffshoreMagazine)Rain Byars, technical and delivery director with Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, provided a developer's perspective on US offshore wind during her keynote session on May 7 at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC). The dedicated offshore wind thread was a first at OTC this year. Byars has 14 years of experience in offshore wind, and prior to... Continue Reading →
Petrobras Required to Assess Indigenous Impact of Amazon Offshore Drilling
(Reuters) Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras must do a series of studies on the impact on Indigenous groups in the Amazon area of planned offshore drilling nearby in order to analyze the project's viability, according to a federal agency and documents from government agencies. The wide-ranging studies demanded by Brazil's environmental agency Ibama are meant... Continue Reading →
Jaguar FPSO award is SBM Offshore’s first on ‘sale and operate’ model – CEO
(OilNow) Øivind Tangen, Chief Executive Officer of SBM Offshore said that the company’s latest award for the Jaguar floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is its first to be based on a sale-and-operate model. Jaguar is its fifth for ExxonMobil Guyana. The other orders were based on a lease-and-operate model. In the company’s latest... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum 1Q 24 results
3R Petroleum Óleo e Gas S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3) hereby presents its results for the first quarter of 2024 (“1Q24”) . Except as indicated otherwise, the financial and operational information herein described is presented on a consolidated basis, in Brazilian Reais (R$), and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS... Continue Reading →