This week has been marked by much activity in the oil and gas exploration segment in Brazil. This time, the news comes from Shell Brasil, which has started drilling a new exploratory well in block C-M-659, in the Campos Basin. The well was called internally by the oil company Suçuarana-1 and is in a water... Continue Reading →
European wind developers play down Siemens Gamesa turbine troubles
(Reuters) - Major wind power developers including Iberdrola (IBE.MC), RWE (RWEG.DE) and Orsted (ORSTED.CO) played down the impact of potential problems with Siemens Gamesa onshore wind turbines. Siemens Gamesa parent Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) last week said problems with its more recent onshore platforms could affect up to 15-30% of its installed turbines worldwide, triggering a 37% fall in its share price. It warned... Continue Reading →
ModuSpec to Help Reactivate Stranded Newbuild Jack-up Rig for Latin America Contract
(OE) Offshore drilling rig service and inspection firm ModuSpec has won a contract to support the intake of a stranded new-build jack-up drilling rig. The jack-up was originally constructed in 2020 in Singapore and has remained stranded in the construction yard following the market crash and global pandemic, ModuSpec said. As the upstream oil &... Continue Reading →
Scana’s Seasystems Secures Sizeable Contracts for FPSO Project in Ivory Coast
(OE) Scana-owned Seasystems has secured contracts for an FPSO project offshore the Ivory Coast with an unnamed client.The first contract is regarding the upgrade and refurbishment of a mooring system supplied by Seasystems in 2008, and the second contract is for gimbals used for the transfer of fluids between two floating units. Scana said the... Continue Reading →
Sale of 37 PSVs to Tidewater: Solstad Offshore’s Exit from PSV Sector Imminent
(OE) Norwegian offshore vessel owner Solstad Offshore has revealed the expected completion date for its previously agreed sale of 37 platform supply vessels to the U.S. offshore vessel firm Tidewater. Solstad Offshore in March said it would sell 37 PSVs to Tidewater in a move that will mark Solstad Offshore's exit from the platform supply vessel... Continue Reading →
CGX Energy, Frontera Strike Oil at Wei-1 Well Offshore Guyana
Guyana-focused oil and gas companies CGX Energy and Frontera Energy Corporation said Wednesday they had discovered oil at the Wei-1 well, on the Corentyne block, approximately 200 kilometers offshore from Georgetown, Guyana. "The Joint Venture has successfully finished drilling operations without any safety incidents and expects to release the drilling rig in early July 2023,"... Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Brazil aims to pass offshore wind, green hydrogen laws by year-end, energy minister says
(Reuters) - Brazil aims to pass a regulatory framework for offshore wind and green hydrogen by the end of this year, the country's energy minister told Reuters on Tuesday, as Latin America's largest nation seeks to unlock new sectors to power its energy transition. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has staked his international... Continue Reading →
Petrobras on global notes pricing
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces the pricing of a new global notes issue, in the total volume of US$ 1.25 billion, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. - PGF. The terms of the issue of the new global notes are as follows: Issue: 6.5% Global Notes due 2033 Amount: US$ 1.25 billion... Continue Reading →
TechnipFMC rakes in multi-million deal with Angola’s largest independent oil & gas producer
(OET) UK-headquartered TechnipFMC has been hired by Azule Energy, a joint venture between BP and Eni, to provide subsea production systems for a development project offshore Angola. TechnipFMC deems the contract to be a “significant” one since it is between $75 million and $250 million. Thanks to this deal, the company will supply subsea production systems for Azule... Continue Reading →
POSCO and CIP Sign Offshore Wind and Green Hydrogen MoU
(OW) POSCO International has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Denmark-based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to cooperate on offshore wind and green hydrogen business development. Under the MoU, the two companies will work together to develop offshore wind projects in Pohang, which would serve as a base for supplying renewable energy to POSCO’s Pohang... Continue Reading →