Petrobras will not do all of its shipbuilding work in Brazil, a top executive said, dashing industry hopes the state-controlled oil firm would review its awarding process to spur job creation. Steel groups, shipping unions and 14 other organizations which backed the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are pressing the government for... Continue Reading →
Equinor and Partners Invest $9 Billion in BM-C-33 Offshore Project in Brazil
Equinor, Repsol Sinopec Brasil, and Petrobras have taken the investment decision to develop the BM-C-33 project in Brazil. The investment is approximately USD 9 billion. Located in the Campos Basin, BM-C-33 comprises three different pre-salt discoveries – Pão de Açúcar, Gávea and Seat – containing natural gas and oil/condensate recoverable reserves above one billion barrels... Continue Reading →
MODEC’s Guyana-bound FPSO destined for ExxonMobil’s fifth oil project goes to EPCI stage
Japan’s FPSO provider MODEC is moving to the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation (EPCI) phase for ExxonMobil’s floating production storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), which will work on the U.S. energy giant’s recently sanctioned fifth offshore development project in Guyana. MODEC disclosed on Monday, 8 May 2023, that it would proceed with engineering, procurement, and construction on the Uaru FPSO, following a final... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the start-up of FPSO Anna Nery
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras informs that the FPSO Anna Nery started production on May 07, 2023, in Campos Basin, within the project of revitalization of the Marlim and Voador fields, which will produce the post-salt reservoirs and Brava, located in the pre-salt of the two fields. The unit is capable of producing daily up... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on Bahia Terra production
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras, following up on the releases disclosed on 03/31/2023 , 03/14/2023 and 04/13/2023 and 05/02/2023, informs that it obtained authorization from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP) to resume production at 9 more Bahia Terra Cluster facilities (Nova Tororó Collector Station, Pereira Collector Station, Rio Taquipe Collector... Continue Reading →
ExxonMobil’s first development off Guyana found to be in breach of oil spill insurance obligations
A Guyanese court recently ruled that ExxonMobil failed to provide adequate insurance for the costs of recovering from a potentially catastrophic oil spill from its first oil development project located off the coast of Guyana. According to High Court Justice, Sandil Kissoon, ExxonMobil “engaged in a disingenuous attempt” to dodge the full responsibility under its environmental permit for the Liza Phase I... Continue Reading →
Singapore’s Seatrium to Build Two Substations for U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Projects
(OE) Singapore's Seatrium, through its subsidiary Sembcorp Marine Offshore Platforms Pte. Ltd. (“SMOP”), has secured a contract worth more than S$500 million for two offshore wind farm substations from Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and BP. The contract award follows the completion of the FEED (Front-End Engineering and Design) contract secured by... Continue Reading →
Vietnam to More Than Double Power Generation by 2030, Lower Offshore Wind Target
Vietnam aims to more than double its power generation capacity by 2030, but has slightly lowered its target for offshore wind and will heavily rely on coal until the end of the decade, according to a government document seen by Reuters. Total installed power generation capacity in the Southeast Asian country is projected to reach... Continue Reading →
NOV Wins New Contract to Supply Wind Turbine Installation Vessel Design to Havfram
NOV has signed a new contract with China's CIMC Raffles to supply another GustoMSC™ NG-20000X self-propelled wind turbine installation jack-up vessel design for Havfram, an offshore wind services company based in Norway, which recently ordered its second wind turbine installation vessel from CIMC. According to NOV, the NG-20000X-HF vessels are among the largest wind installation... Continue Reading →
Noble drillship cleared to operate offshore Mexico
(OM) Noble Corp drillship Noble Globetrotter I should start a contract offshore Mexico shortly following an extended permitting delay, the company said in its latest results statement. As for other vessels in the company’s 16-strong fleet, the Noble Gerry de Souza has sailed from the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM) to Nigeria. Noble Discoverer is due to begin a one-well contract... Continue Reading →