(OET) Australia’s oil and gas company Karoon Energy has restarted production from assets connected to a floating, production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) vessel offshore Brazil, following maintenance work. Karoon shut-in Baúna production, including from the Patola field, on 28 March due to a loss of containment incident associated with the high-pressure flare on the FPSO Cidade de Itajaí. After the FPSO operator,... Continue Reading →
FairWind Secures Pre-Assembly Contract for Danish Offshore Wind Farms
(OE) Wind industry service company FairWind has been awarded the turnkey pre-assembly contract for the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Nord and Syd at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark. FairWind will be responsible for the pre-assembly erection of 41 Siemens Gamesa’s SG 8.0-167 DD turbines. Each direct drive (DD) turbine will have a power generating capacity... Continue Reading →
World’s Largest Floating Wind Farm Powers Up Another Norwegian Offshore Field
(OE) Norwegian oil and gas Equinor has informed that the Hywind Tampen floating wind farm, the world's largest, has started delivering power to its Snorre field, offshore Norway. "As the operator, we’re proud to announce on behalf of the partners first power production to the Snorre oil and gas field in the Norwegian Sea from... Continue Reading →
Shell to Use New AI Technology in Deepwater Oil Exploration
(Reuters) Shell Plc will use AI-based technology from big-data analytics firm SparkCognition in its deep sea exploration and production to boost offshore oil output, the companies said on Wednesday. SparkCognition's AI algorithms will process and analyze large amounts of seismic data in the hunt for new oil reservoirs by Shell, the largest oil producer in the... Continue Reading →
SBM Offshore Picks M.A.R.S. for Sustainable Decommissioning of FPSO Capixaba
(OE) Modern American Recycling Services Europe, A/S (M.A.R.S.) has been awarded a contract by SBM Offshore for dismantling and green recycling of SBM Offshore’s FPSO Capixaba. The FPSO Capixaba is 362 m long, with a Light Displacement Tonnage of 54.656 Mt. The contract includes engineering, preparation, dismantling, and green recycling of the unit. The FPSO is moored... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on the result of an exploratory well in the ARAM block, Santos Basin
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras informs that it has identified the presence of hydrocarbons in the Santos Basin pre-salt, in an appraisal well in the Aram block. Well 3-BRSA-1387D-SPS is located 260 km from the city of Santos-SP, at a water depth of 1,979 meters. The well is in progress and the oil-bearing interval was... Continue Reading →
3R Petroleum on temporary interruption at Papa Terra Cluster
3R PETROLEUM ÓLEO E GÁS S.A. (“3R” or “Company”) (B3: RRRP3) in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44, informs its investors and the market in general that the production of Papa Terra Cluster has been temporarily interrupted by the Company, on the morning of May 15 due to restrictions on the offloading... Continue Reading →
IberBlue Reveals Second Floating Wind Farm Project Offshore Andalusia
(OW) IberBlue Wind, a joint venture between Simply Blue Group, Proes Consultores, and FF New Energy Ventures, has announced a second floating offshore wind project on the Spanish Southern coast of Andalusia. The project is called La Pinta in tribute to one of the three caravels used by Christopher Columbus on his first trip to... Continue Reading →
TCU: Sale of Petrobras refineries has no irregularities
(epbr) The Federal Audit Court (TCU) informed that it found no evidence of irregularities in the sale by Petrobras of the Shale Industrialization Unit (SIX) and of the Northeast Lubricants and Derivatives Refinery (Lubnor). Monitoring also included divestments from the Phil Project – Phase 2, which include the Gabriel Passos Refinery (Regap) and the Isaac... Continue Reading →
Dutch and Brazilian Ports Form Green Hydrogen Partnership
(OW) The Ports of Rotterdam and Brazil’s Pecém have signed a collaboration agreement on energy projects such as offshore wind and green hydrogen production. The aim of this partnership is to strengthen bilateral cooperation and knowledge and promote public and private initiatives between the Netherlands and Brazil in port development, port logistics, hinterland connection, and... Continue Reading →